PLDT opens New Year with more services for residential customer

Submitted by bnsantiago on Thu, 01/03/2013 - 12:55

MANILA, Philippines, January 3, 2013 - Leading telecommunications provider PLDT is expected to boost its retail offerings with the recent launch of its digital servicing brand called HOME. Using the powerful fiber optic broadband which runs at up to 100 Mbps, HOME connects all electronic devices in people’s homes - such as computers, tablets, smart phones, and smart TVs - for seamless, simultaneous streaming and interconnectivity.
 

Telecommunications giants bring SMART Pinoy to serve Filipinos in the UK

Submitted by bnsantiago on Thu, 12/20/2012 - 12:56

MANILA, Philippines, December 20, 2012 - PLDT Global Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of PLDT Group, the Philippines largest telecommunication firm, has made another breakthrough entry in the European market. Through an MVNO partnership with one of the most established operators and platform providers, Teleena – the Mobile Virtual Network Enabler of Vodafone in the United Kingdom, the collaboration is deemed to set the bar in the UK MVNO market specifically catering to the Filipinos.  
 

PLDT packages pharma mobile app with Smart M2M Pharma

Submitted by bnsantiago on Mon, 11/12/2012 - 12:59

MANILA, Philippines, November 12, 2012– Leading telecoms company PLDT, through its mobile corporate arm Smart Enterprise, will begin rolling out an enterprise-grade mobile application that will benefit the pharmaceutical industry and medical representatives for efficient monitoring of their activities and management processing.

Smart M2M (machine-to-machine) Pharma is a tailor-fit solution for medico-marketing or pharmaceutical marketing that bundles connectivity requirements and mobile applications that can run on desired smart devices such as smartphones or tablets.

9 months 2012 consolidated core net income at P28 billion

Submitted by bnsantiago on Tue, 11/06/2012 - 13:10

MANILA, Philippines, 6th November 2012 –– Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company today announced its unaudited financial and operating results for the first nine months of 2012 with consolidated Core Net Income, before exceptional items, declining to P28.0 billion. While 8% lower than the P30.6 billion recorded in the same period in 2011, the bulk of the decline, or P2.4 billion, was incurred in the first semester. Read more

Fiber reinvigorates fixed line services

Submitted by bnsantiago on Wed, 10/24/2012 - 13:11

MANILA, Philippines, October 24, 2012 – After being overshadowed by mobile services for more than a decade, fixed line services are making a comeback on the back of high-speed broadband internet powered by fiber optic technologies.

PLDT-Smart Technology Group Head Rolando Peña said fiber optic technology enables the fixed line network to transmit voice, data, and video over the internet at much higher bandwidths, faster speeds, and better quality.

PLDT partners with 7 int’l, local firms for fiber-to-the-home rollout

Submitted by bnsantiago on Sat, 10/20/2012 - 13:15

MANILA, Philippines, October 20, 2012 – Telecommunications leader PLDT has partnered with seven international and local contractors for the first phase of its P1.8 billion fixed-line fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network roll-out program.

According to PLDT-Smart Technology Group Head Rolando Pena, the contractors were tasked to deliver to millions of Filipino homes the full range of broadband internet services through the ultra-fast FTTH broadband delivery platform nationwide.

PLDT now Microsoft’s first Silver Certified Partner for Messaging and Hosting in the Philippines

Submitted by bnsantiago on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 13:17

PLDT, through its wholly-owned subsidiary ePLDT, Inc., has recently gained the Microsoft Silver Certified Partner status for Messaging and Hosting, the first Philippine company to receive this distinction.

This new development directly upgrades the company's hosted Microsoft offerings, particularly Hosted Exchange which is the leading enterprise email platform that provides business-class email, calendar and contacts on computers, phones and web browsers. Microsoft Silver Certified Partners benefit from exclusive support and resources directly provided by Microsoft.

PLDT Cloud to boost local adoption of cloud computing

Submitted by bnsantiago on Tue, 10/16/2012 - 13:50

MANILA, Philippines, October 16, 2012 – With the launch of its own public cloud infrastructure, PLDT is set to further boost cloud computing adoption in the Philippines.

“Leveraging on our massive investments in network enhancements and data center expansion, PLDT can provide for present and future ICT needs as businesses become more complex and competitive,” said Vic Tria, PLDT Vice President and Head of Corporate Business Solutions. “Through our new enterprise-grade public cloud infrastructure, we are making cloud computing more accessible across all organizations.”

STATEMENT OF PLDT CHAIR MANUEL V. PANGILINAN RE TERMINATION OF DISCUSSIONS ON THE ACQUISITION OF GMA NETWORK

Submitted by bnsantiago on Thu, 10/04/2012 - 13:52

4 October 2012

“The termination of the GMA acquisition initiative is not expected to adversely impact the PLDT Group’s strategy of evolving from a traditional telecommunications company into a multimedia service company,” said Manuel V. Pangilinan, Chairman of PLDT.