MANILA, Philippines, 5th November 2013 –– Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (“PLDT”) (PSE: TEL) (NYSE: PHI) today announced its unaudited financial and operating results for the first nine months of 2013 with Consolidated Core Net Income, before exceptional items, amounting to P28.8 billion, P1.1 billion or 4% higher than the P27.7 billion recorded in the first nine months of 2012. The increase was due mainly to higher service revenues and EBITDA, as well as lower depreciation. Read more.