PLDT launches uniquely Filipino mobile service in the US, partners with global telco giant T-Mobile

Submitted by jibanawa on Mon, 06/23/2014 - 14:17
MANILA, Philippines, June 23, 2014 – Leading Philippine telecom and multimedia services provider PLDT has partnered with global telco giant T-Mobile to bring a uniquely Filipino mobile service in the US which is now home to about 3.5 million Filipinos.

PLDT Solidifies Cloud Leadership with Oracle Infrastructure, Database and Middleware Hosted in PLDT Cloud

Submitted by jibanawa on Thu, 06/19/2014 - 14:16
MANILA, Philippines, June 19, 2014 – Leading telecommunications service provider PLDT announced that they would be offering Database as a Service (DBaaS), Middleware as a Service (MWaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) services in the country. The services will be hosted on Oracle’s Engineered Systems to provide high performance computing to enterprise and government customers. Companies can pay a monthly subscription for the services through PLDT’s corporate business group, PLDT ALPHA Enterprise

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RCBC, Smart Enterprise beef up partnership on expanded mobile operations

Submitted by jibanawa on Tue, 06/17/2014 - 14:14
MANILA, Philippines, June 17, 2014 – Leading commercial bank Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC), has recently renewed stronger ties with PLDT, through its wireless enterprise arm Smart Enterprise, in expanding its mobile-based operations in preparation to the forthcoming ASEAN economic integration.

PLDT’s US Freedom Concert Tour series feature top celebrities, newest mobile service

Submitted by jibanawa on Thu, 06/12/2014 - 14:13
Filipinos in the United States will have the opportunity to celebrate the 116th Philippine Independence Day with their favorite celebrities from the Philippines at the Freedom Concert Tour, a spectacular series of delightfully genuine Filipino shows sponsored by PLDT US Mobility which starts on June 13 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles California.

PLDT fiber assets to reach almost 100,000 kms by yearend

Submitted by jibanawa on Mon, 05/26/2014 - 14:12
Further Fortifying its “Fiber Advantage” MANILA, Philippines, May 26, 2014 – Leading multimedia provider PLDT will roll out an additional 15,000 kilometers of new fiber optic cable facilities this year with an investment of over P1 billion to further fortify its already formidable fiber advantage. This would extend the PLDT Group’s fiber network to nearly 100,000 kilometers by the end of 2014.

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1Q2014 Core net income up 2% at P9.8 billion

Submitted by jibanawa on Tue, 05/06/2014 - 13:52
MANILA, Philippines, 6th May 2014 –– Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (“PLDT”) (PSE: TEL) (NYSE: PHI) today announced its unaudited financial and operating results for the first three months of 2014 with Consolidated Core Net Income, before exceptional items, amounting to P9.8 billion, 2% or P0.2 billion higher than the P9.6 billion registered in the same period last year.

PLDT invests P2 billion to bring world-class, fast wireless broadband service to Filipino homes

Submitted by ebmendoza on Thu, 04/24/2014 - 15:41

MANILA, Philippines, APRIL 24, 2014 – Telecoms leader PLDT has invested approximately P2 billion in the past year to bring the country’s first Time-Division Duplex-Long Term Evolution (TD-LTE) technology that enables high-speed wireless broadband services to Filipino homes.

PLDT Technology Group Head Rolando Peña said PLDT has built TD-LTE sites from Cagayan province in Northern Luzon to Davao del Sur in Mindanao to complement efforts to broadband the entire archipelago via fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) and Next Generation Network (NGN) services.