MANILA – Enterprise services are expected to lead the 2026 growth of Converge ICT Solutions Inc. as businesses continue shifting toward digital and online platforms, company officials said.

“While we have not provided a breakout on our expected growth on the enterprise side, we do expect full company growth to be 8-10 (percent) of last year, when we do expect enterprise to be a big driver of that as well,” said Converge chief operations officer Benjamin Azada during an online briefing.

The fiber broadband provider reported PHP11.2 billion in revenues in the first quarter, up 3.7 percent from the previous year, driven largely by strong performance in its enterprise segment.

Enterprise revenues increased 16 percent to PHP2 billion, while residential revenues rose slightly by 1 percent to PHP9.23 billion.

The company’s total subscriber base also grew 14 percent to more than 3 million, supported mainly by the expansion of prepaid fiber internet users.

Converge has allocated between PHP18 billion and PHP23 billion in capital expenditures for the year to further expand its network infrastructure.

During the briefing, Converge chief executive officer and co-founder Dennis Anthony Uy said continued investment in infrastructure is crucial as demand for artificial intelligence and cloud services increases.

“Today, everyone is talking about the potential of AI and (the) importance of sovereignty data. But the reality is simple. We cannot have AI, and we cannot have data sovereignty without the underlying infrastructure to support them. At Converge, we are building the infrastructure. We have to build (a) foundation, ready to provide quality service for (the) digital future of both the residential and enterprise market,” Uy said.

He also emphasized the importance of strengthening local cloud capabilities to support both government and private sector needs.

“As long as we have an ecosystem, it’s the whole solution. We have, pretty sure, the type of the market. This is quite (a) big opportunity for us,” he added.