Negros Occidental has long been regarded as a region with unrealized potential. As a first class province, it has always become an area of advancement in the Visayan region but with less access to opportunities to fully modernize. Government initiatives alone don’t close the digital divide. Local partners do. And in Kabankalan, one company has been doing that work longer than most: KCAT.
Extending Reach Where It Matters Most
One of the most significant contributions KCAT makes to the LGU’s digital agenda is coverage. While national programs like the DICT’s Free Wi-Fi for All only reached Kabankalan’s City Public Plaza in October 2024, seven years after the program’s national rollout, KCAT has been building local connectivity infrastructure well ahead of that curve.
Today, KCAT’s services extend beyond Kabankalan City into neighboring areas including Ilog, Cauayan, Himamaylan, Sipalay, and Mabinay.
A Local Partner for a Local Agenda
KCAT operates in that same spirit. As a homegrown company rooted in Kabankalan, it has a stake in the city’s progress that a national telco simply doesn’t. When the LGU moves, KCAT moves with it, like a neighbor invested in the same outcome.
The Philippines approved its first National Digital Connectivity Plan in January 2026, targeting reliable internet access for every Filipino by 2028. The policy environment is aligned. The LGU is pushing. And KCAT, already on the ground, already expanding, is part of how southern Negros actually gets there.