PLDT fires up Davao City with free Wifi on Diamond Anniversary

Submitted by mamelchor on Fri, 03/16/2012 - 16:01

by PLDT Media Services | Mar 16, 2012

MANILA, Philippines, March 16, 2012 - PLDT is bringing Araw ng Dabaw to the world by providing free wifi to festival goers as Davao City celebrates its diamond anniversary this year. WiFi Zones, powered by PLDT, will fire up the entire city at the height of the Araw ng Dabaw festivities from March 14 to 18.

PLDT brings Baguio’s Panagbenga to the world via free WiFi service

Submitted by mamelchor on Wed, 02/22/2012 - 15:58

by PLDT Media Services | Feb 22, 2012

MANILA, Philippines, February 22, 2012 – Telecoms leader PLDT will bring Baguio City’s Panagbenga Flower Festival to the world by providing unlimited high-speed Wifi access for free to festival goers from February 24 to 26.

WiFi Zones powered by PLDT will provide Baguio City’s famous Session Road with multiple WiFi access points scattered from the PLDT Baguio Business Office to Harrison Street in front of Burnham Park for the famous floral floats parade.

PLDT DSL speed upgrades completed soon

Submitted by mamelchor on Tue, 02/21/2012 - 15:57

by PLDT Media Services | Feb 21, 2012

MANILA, Philippines, February 21, 2012 – Telecoms leader PLDT will complete this month speed upgrades for its PLDT myDSL connections in Metro Manila that will significantly boost the internet bandwidth for its DSL subscribers.

PLDT myDSL plan 999 subscribers will have speed upgrades to 1.5mbps from 1mbps that started last February 1. Earlier, the myDSL plan 1995 was upgraded to 3mbps from 2mbps, and plan 3000 was upgraded to 5mbps from 3mbps.

PLDT Alpha Enterprise enhances service lineup with VITRO Data Center

Submitted by mamelchor on Fri, 02/03/2012 - 15:56

by PLDT Media Services | Feb 03, 2012

MANILA, Philippines, February 3, 2012 - PLDT Alpha Enterprise has beefed up its services portfolio by converging with VITRO Data Center.

VITRO Data Center is the country’s first purposely-built, industrial-strength data center.  Leveraging on the PLDT Group’s robust telecommunications infrastructure, VITRO provides redundant and high-capacity connectivity nationwide and overseas.

PLDT, AXIATA GROUP AND RELIANCE COMMUNICATIONS PARTNER WITH TM FORUM FOR MANAGEMENT WORLD ASIA 2012

Submitted by mamelchor on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 15:55

by PLDT Media Services | Feb 01, 2012

Manila, Philippines: 1 February 2012 - The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), along with Axiata Group and Reliance Communications, has strategically partnered with TM Forum for the staging of the premier Asian communications conference dubbed “TM Forum’s Management World Asia 2012” on February 7 and 8, 2012 at the Pan Pacific Hotel at Marina Square in Singapore.

PLDT announces results of tender offer to Digitel minority shareholders

Submitted by mamelchor on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 15:54

by PLDT Media Services | Jan 19, 2012

Manila, Philippines, 19th January 2012 – PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE
COMPANY (PLDT) (PSE: TEL) (NYSE: PHI) today announced the results of its tender offer for the remaining Digital Telecommunications Phils., Inc. (Digitel) common shares held by the public.

Digitel minority shareholders will be paid the same price as majority – PLDT

Submitted by mamelchor on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 15:53

by PLDT Media Services | Jan 04, 2012

MANILA, Philippines, January 04, 2011 – THE TENDER offer price of P1.6033 per share being made by PLDT to the minority shareholders of Digitel is the same price paid to JG Summit Holdings Inc. and other related parties, according to PLDT spokesman Ramon Isberto. The JG Summit Group was the majority shareholder of Digitel with 51.55% equity stake before the buyout.

PLDT wins international award from Metro Ethernet Forum

Submitted by mamelchor on Tue, 12/27/2011 - 15:52

by PLDT Media Services | Dec 27, 2011

MANILA, Philippines, December 27, 2011 – PLDT, the country’s leading telecommunications company, took home one of the top awards in the 2011 MEF Carrier Ethernet Service Provider Awards for Asia-Pacific during the 4th Annual Carrier Ethernet APAC Event held recently at the Resorts World Convention Centre in Sentosa, Singapore.

PLDT helps secure corporate clients’ vehicles

Submitted by mamelchor on Sun, 12/18/2011 - 12:48

by PLDT Media Services | Feb 18, 2011

MANILA, Philippines, February 18, 2011 – Clients of PLDT may no longer worry about the security of their vehicles and other property on the field.

In an intensified effort to provide security to its corporate clients, PLDT has announced its VIP Protection Program. The VIP program is short for “Vehicles with Intelligent Protection” and is powered by PLDT FASTrack, a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Global Positioning System (GPS)-enabled asset security and tracking solution.