Upgraded network infrastructure is part of the digital transformation for buildings luring
demanding locators
11 August 2016, Manila, Philippines — NOW Corporation, a listed company in the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE Ticker: NOW) announced that it has successfully completed the upgrading of the network infrastructure of a major edifice in Makati City. The building, PET Plans Tower, a 29-storey tower located along EDSA in Guadalupe, Makati City, is among the first to digitally transform through NOW’s network infrastructure services, equipping it with fiber-in- the-air broadband that complements its fiber underground. With this completed upgrade, PET Plans Tower will now be able to provide its existing and future tenants with guaranteed Internet connectivity speeds bundled with wireless cable TV and high-value IT products and services. “As more commercial and residential buildings rise at an exponential rate, and as more tenants of these buildings become more bandwidth-hungry to connect their multitude of devices to the Internet, our objective is to make these buildings ‘future-ready’ now. We’d like to make its wiring structure for bandwidth be able to handle and maintain guaranteed broadband flow to and from their tenants’ units,” bares Kristian Alisasis Pura, Head of Enterprise Marketing of NOW Corporation. Pura also explained that property managers and real estate developers should take control their property’s bandwidth needs, from which they should earn enormous revenues. “We partner with building owners and real estate developers to own a piece of the telecom service business by selling bandwidth connectivity to tenants. In short, with NOW’s shared economy concept, they become profitable “building ISP”. Their contribution to the joint venture is to upgrade their in-house infrastructure or turn to NOW for their network upgrade. They can then simply charge tenants for the bandwidth, which is theirs anyway, just so they are assured of reliable Internet connection. Their tenants expect nothing less.” To help upgrade or transform their building into Triple-A grade in terms of connectivity, NOW provide free in-building inspection, in-house wiring assessment and budget formulation. With its network infrastructure upgrade now completed, ESL Tower Condominium Corporation, the company that manages PET Plans Tower, is now poised to accelerate its lead as one of the forthcoming BPO/KPO buildings. They can now service current tenants with reliable broadband Internet and take in large enterprises that need a more reliable broadband connectivity, including BPOs and KPOs. For the BPO industry that is expected to grow beyond US$25 billion, Pura said buildings do not have any choice but to follow where the money in real estate chooses to go; thus, an upgrade of building infra is crucial. NOW Corporation has been a major IT firm since 2002. The company served blue-chip companies including Towers Watson, UCPB, Coca-Cola, SC Johnson, International Shared Services, BDO, Chinabank, Philippine National Bank, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Golden Arches Development Corporation (McDonalds), Phinma Group of Companies and SM Retail. NOW Corporation offers guaranteed Internet connectivity via the usual monthly pricing scheme, with bracketed service fees depending on speed requirements. Among its high value services include:- Connectivity – from 30Mbps to 700Mbps
- Collaboration – comes with 1TB cloud storage, mobile sync access, calendar, task management, online meetings of up to 200 participants.
- Content Distribution – broadcast of content through desktops, laptops, tablets and mobile devices with social media integration
- Channel Development – publish enterprises’ content and push to their respective customers/stakeholders
- Cybersecurity – secure network infrastructure and implement measures on how to protect the network from potential hacking
- Configuration of Network Infrastructure – upgrade or transform the building’s infrastructure and prepare to accommodate large bandwidth requirements, which it provided to ESL Tower Condominium Corporation