MANILA, Philippines, October 2, 2012 –Leading telecoms provider PLDT is investing P560 million to triple the capacity of its internet gateway in anticipation of a rapid rise in the number of broadband customers in the next few years.

“Every Filipino who uses Facebook, or Twitter, watches Youtube or searches on Google will benefit from this program,” said PLDT-SMART Technology Group Head Rolando Pena. “This will also provide improved services for the outsourcing industry and other businesses that rely heavily on the internet.”

MANILA, Philippines, September 19, 2012 - Telecoms leader PLDT recently completed its suite of broadband services with the roll-out of PLDT Fibr, touted to bring the fastest connections, via fiber optic cables, directly to the home.

“This is a clear differentiator for us. We are not just providing the fastest the most dependable broadband connection but we are also enabling customers to enjoy connected entertainment across devices that fit their lifestyle at home,” said PLDT Head of Home Marketing Dan Ibarra.

MANILA, Philippines, September 11, 2012 - Telecoms leader PLDT has completed its massive two-year P67 billion ($1.6 billion) capital expenditure program for the modernization of its network ahead of schedule that will significantly enhance service quality and reliability and more than triple voice and data capacity.
 
“The Group’s investments have produced a network that is unrivalled in terms of coverage, capacity, and resiliency,” PLDT President and CEO Napoleon L. Nazareno said.
 

PLDT ALPHA Enterprise has expanded its Microsoft Exchange offering with an enterprise-grade email solution running on the latest Exchange Server 2010.

PLDT AppFarm Hosted Exchange on public cloud is built using the world’s leading enterprise email platform that provides business-class email and other collaboration capabilities from various access points.  Email, shared calendars, and address lists can be easily accessed from one’s desktop, laptop and mobile phone; a web-based version makes the service available from any device with an Internet connection.

MANILA, Philippines, September 07, 2012 – State-run Pag-IBIG Fund tapped the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) to bring the agency’s services closer to its 11 million members worldwide.

PLDT Vice President and Corporate Relationship Management Head Renato Castaneda said that the facilities of their information and communications technology unit PLDT ALPHA Enterprise will power the Pag-IBIG call center. The partnership is expected to boost the ability of Pag-IBIG to efficiently monitor and manage inbound calls to its 724-4244 Hotline.

Philippine telecoms leader PLDT and its mobile subsidiary Smart Communications together with Digitel and Sun Cellular will again host the much-awaited Asian Carriers’ Conference (ACC) 2012, with Department of Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez Jr. as keynote speaker, at Shangri-La’s Mactan Resort & Spa in Cebu from September 4 to 7.
 

Up to PhP5M in funding offered for the best Pinoy tech innovations

[August 31, 2012/Manila] –IdeaSpace Foundation, Inc. (IdeaSpace) launched today its national competition in search of the country’s top ideas for technology entrepreneurship, the first private-led comprehensive incubation program in the Philippines.

MANILA, Philippines, August 30, 2012 – The Department of Agriculture (DA) has partnered with a leading telecoms provider to link up all its field offices nationwide.

The partnership with the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) for a so-called Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) project will enable the DA to widely disseminate information to and from its 45 offices nationwide, including those in the country’s 16 regions.

MANILA, Philippines, August 21, 2012 – The PLDT Group sustained the strong growth in its broadband and internet business with total revenues from these services up by 32% year-on-year to P11.6 billion in the first half of the year.

“We have clearly maintained our leadership position in broadband and internet as our subscriber base continued to grow, hitting more than 3.1 million as of end-June this year,” said PLDT and Smart President and CEO Napoleon Nazareno.

MANILA, Philippines, August 18, 2012 – Leading telecommunications provider PLDT is bringing Davao to the world by providing free Wifi to Kadayawan festival goers. WiFi Zones, powered by PLDT, will fire up the city at the height of the Kadayawan festivities from August 18 – 19.

“We hope to showcase the colorful Kadayawan festival to the world by providing spectators free premium Wifi access that will enable them to share their photos or videos of the festival to their families and friends here and abroad,” said PLDT Davao Customer Service Zone Head Benjamin Gaite.