PLDT Group brings together the best and biggest in telecoms at 2013 Asian Carriers Conference

Submitted by jibanawa on Sat, 08/31/2013 - 12:05

Leading telecoms firm PLDT with its mobile subsidiaries Smart Communications and Sun Cellular will once again bring together the best and biggest telecom carrier firms around the world at the 9th Asian Carriers Conference (ACC) at Shangri-La’s Mactan Resort & Spa in Cebu from September 3 to 6.

Among the global telcos and ICT firms represented in this year’s conference are US giant firms AT&T, Verizon, and Microsoft, as well as Huawei and ZTE of China.

PLDT 1H 2013 consolidated core net income at P19.4 billion

Submitted by bnsantiago on Wed, 08/07/2013 - 15:08

MANILA, Philippines, 7thAugust 2013 –– Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company
(“PLDT”) (PSE: TEL) (NYSE: PHI) today announced its unaudited financial and operating
results for the first six months of 2013 with Consolidated Core Net Income, before exceptional items and including discontinued operations, amounting to P19.4 billion, 5% or P1.0 billion higher than the P18.4 billion recorded in the first half of 2012. Read more

PLDT CEO among Asia’s top-ranked executives

Submitted by bnsantiago on Tue, 08/06/2013 - 15:14

MANILA, Philippines, August 6, 2013 – PLDT President and CEO Napoleon Nazareno has been ranked among the best telecom CEOs in Asia in the prestigious 2013 All-Asia Executive Team survey conducted by the New York-based Institutional Investor.

Covering 1,600 top analysts and portfolio managers in the world, the survey shows that Nazareno is the only CEO from the Philippines who landed in the list of Best CEOs in Asia for the telecommunications sector.

PLDT consistent dividend policy cited as best among PH companies

Submitted by bnsantiago on Fri, 07/26/2013 - 15:23

PLDT tops poll in Hong Kong-based Alpha Southeast Asia magazine

MANILA, Philippines, July 26, 2013 – Leading telecoms company PLDT was recently cited for having the Most Consistent Dividend Policy among publicly-listed Philippine companies in the 3rd Annual Southeast Asia Institutional Investor Corporate Awards by Hong Kong-based investor publications Alpha Southeast Asia Magazine. The award was based on the votes of independent investors and analysts surveyed by the regional publication.

PLDT enables enhanced connectivity for UST community

Submitted by bnsantiago on Wed, 07/24/2013 - 15:44

The University of Santo Tomas (UST), through its IT Department the Santo Tomas e-Service Providers (STePs) has tapped PLDT ALPHA Enterprise to deliver key business solutions that will enhance and strengthen connections within the UST community.  By switching to PLDT’s premium Internet service i-Gate, UST will enable its faculty and students, as well as alumni located both in the Philippines and abroad, to easily access the UST online resources and be updated on the latest university news and events.  Future enhancements of communications systems are also in the university’s agenda, with PLD

PLDT Partners with Ciena for International Intelligent Optical Mesh Network

Submitted by bnsantiago on Fri, 07/19/2013 - 10:48

MANILA, Philippines, July 19, 2013 – Ciena Corporation, the network specialist, announced today that PLDT, a leading telecoms provider in the Philippines, has deployed Ciena’s 5410 Packet-Optical Reconfigurable Switch System (RSS) and OneConnect Intelligent Control Plane software across its global network footprint.

Philippines’ largest telecommunications provider enhances global points of presence with highly resilient multiservice networking capabilities

The Future Is In Our Fiber

Submitted by bnsantiago on Thu, 07/18/2013 - 10:51

Remarks at the 2013 PLDT Annual Stockholders Meeting

By Napoleon L. Nazareno

President and Chief Executive Officer

PLDT and Smart Communications, Inc.

14 JUNE 2013, SHANGRI-LA MAKATI

 

MR. CHAIRMAN,

BOARD OF DIRECTORS,

MY FELLOW SHAREHOLDERS,

COLLEAGUES AT THE PLDT GROUP

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN

 

GOOD AFTERNOON!

PLDT completes P1 billion data network service expansion program

Submitted by bnsantiago on Thu, 07/11/2013 - 10:56

MANILA, Philippines, July 11, 2013 --Leading telecoms company PLDT announced it completed a P1 billion expansion program to fortify its core internet protocol (IP) backbone, and international and domestic networks and enable these systems to handle a much larger volume of data, voice, and video traffic for enterprise customers.

“Our enterprise customers can now rely on end-to-end managed services that are even more robust, reliable, and resilient than before,” PLDT President and CEO Napoleon Nazareno said.

PLDT boosts myDSL Biz with customizable business bundles for SMEs

Submitted by bnsantiago on Tue, 06/25/2013 - 10:58

MANILA, Philippines, June 25, 2013– Leading telecoms company, PLDT, through its enterprise arm PLDT SME Nation, has upgraded the current line of PLDT myDSL Biz packages, loaded with the latest tech gadgets and cloud solutions, powered by faster connectivity speeds for SMEs.

The new myDSL Biz now offers faster connection speeds ranging from 4Mbps to 15Mbps, with guaranteed minimum speeds of up to 1.6Mbps, static IP addresses,  a Biz Box modem that enables Wi-Fi connectivity for multiple users and a SUN 3G dongle for back-up connectivity.