Converge Information and Communications Technology Solutions Inc., doing business as Converge ICT or simply Converge, is a telecommunications service provider in the Philippines. It operates fiber-optic broadband networks, Internet Protocol television (marketed as Converge Vision in partnership with Pacific Kabelnet), cable television (marketed as Air Cable), and cable Internet (marketed as Air Internet) in the country. As of June 2023, it had 1,969,663 FiberX subscribers, capturing 54% of the country's fiber to the home market share.[3] As of 2022, the Converge fiber backbone spanned 600,000 kilometers, reaching 495 cities and municipalities across the country.
History
Converge was established in 1996 as the ComClark Network and Technology Corp. by Dennis Anthony Uy in 1996 at Angeles City.[4]
In 2009, the Congress of the Philippines enacted Republic Act No. 9707, to grant Converge ICT Solutions Inc. the franchise to construct, install, establish, operate, and maintain a telecommunication system throughout the Philippines.[5]