MANILA, Philippines, October 19, 2015 – Leading multimedia and telecoms company PLDT has recently opened up interconnection links with another telco service provider in the province of Iloilo in the Western Visayas region to allow free local calls between their subscribers.
This interconnection agreement enables PLDT customers to make local calls to Globelines subscribers for free, covering the following municipalities in Iloilo: Ajuy, Alimodian, Banate,Barotac Nuevo, Barotac Viejo, Cabatuan, Calinog, Dingle, Duenas, Dumangas, Estancia, Iloilo, Janiuay, Leganes, Leon, Oton, Passi, Pavia, Pototan, San Miguel, Sara, Tigbauan, and Zaraga.
“With this new interconnection, our subscribers in Iloilo may now call their friends, family members, and business associates, regardless of their telco connection, anytime without having to worry about long distance charges,” said PLDT Panay Customer Service Operations Zone Head Rene Lescano.
PLDT’s business office in Iloilo which covers Panay Island serves walk-in telephone applicants, installs and repairs telephone and DSL lines, accepts bills payment, services report repairs and billing concerns. It also offers voice, video, and data or triple play services on a single internet protocol (IP) platform.
“Enabling the IP backbone is PLDT’s Domestic Fiber Optic Network (DFON), the most extensive fiber optics network in the country which now spans more than 100,000 kilometers long. DFON facilitates the direct transmission of the internet data to our gateway, providing subscribers fast and reliable internet experience,” Lescano said.
Earlier this year, PLDT has set up interconnection links in 17 Capiz municipalities, namely: Mambusao, Pontevedra, Roxas City, Cuartero, Dao, Dumalag, Dumarao, Ivisan, Jamindan, Maayon, Mambusao, Panay, Panitan, Pilar, Pres. Roxas, Sapian, and Tapaz.
Last year, PLDT has also set up links in Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Zambales, and Misamis Occidental which has enabled PLDT customers to call the other telco’s subscribers in the area for free.
In July and August last year, PLDT’s services in Pangasinan in Northern Luzon as well as the Bicol region in the provinces of Albay and Sorsogon were also interconnected with Globelines, allowing subscribers to make free phone calls locally to various towns and cities.
