by PLDT Media Services | May 20, 2011

HONG KONG, 20th May 2011 -- Like their families back home, more and more Filipinos in Hong Kong have become savvy users of the Internet. To address that growing need, PLDT Global through 1528, its mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in Hong Kong, has launched a mobile internet service that enables subscribers to go online anytime, anywhere to check emails from home, “IM” their friends, update their social networking accounts, and even watch videos.

by PLDT Media Services | May 20, 2011

HONG KONG, 20th May 2011 -- PLDT Global Corporation (PGC), in cooperation with Docomo Pacific, is bringing its Mobile Virtual Network Operation (MVNO) business to Filipinos in Guam next month.

Through this partnership, Docomo Pacific, which operates a cellular service in Guam, will offer PGC’s Smart Pinoy services and lower rates for voice calls and text messages, to and from the Philippines.

by PLDT Media Services | May 04, 2011

MANILA, Philippines, May 04, 2011 – Business, by nature, is a competitive racetrack. Partnering with the best is the key to rising from the rest and being top dog in the industry proves one’s staying power.

So it is through this that the PLDT Corporate Business Group recently launched its new identity as PLDT Alpha Enterprise at the grand car-filled Alpha Track Day held at the Clark Speedway in Subic – a whole day event where speed, precision, and performance dominated the atmosphere.

by PLDT Media Services | Mar 31, 2011

MANILA, Philippines, March 31, 2011 – Sun Cellular will continue to offer unli voice and text services even after PLDT completes its investment in Digitel Inc., Sun's parent company, PLDT President and CEO Napoleon L. Nazareno said yesterday.

by PLDT Media Services | Mar 29, 2011

• Transaction to have an equity value of P74.1 billion
• Consumers to benefit from wider and complementary array of products and improved quality of service
• Paired networks to accelerate continued expansion of broadband rollout and other next-generation technologies in both fixed and wireless space

by PLDT Media Services | Mar 21, 2011

Manila, Philippines, March 21, 2011 - Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (“PLDT”) priced PHP5 billion 5-year, 7-year and 10-year fixed rate notes with a group of primary institutional lenders last March 18, 2011.  Issue date will be March 24, 2011.  The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (“HSBC”) acted as the sole lead manager and bookrunner for this transaction. Proceeds from the facilities will be used to finance capital expenditures and refinance existing debt obligations.

by PLDT Media Services | Mar 16, 2011

MANILA, Philippines, 16th March, 2011 – Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) ranks as the second largest dividend payer in Southeast Asia and the largest dividend payer from a dividend per share basis, according to the results of a recent survey that affirmed the telecom leader as a “benchmark for companies not only in the country but across the Asia Pacific region as well.”

by PLDT Media Services | Mar 01, 2011

MANILA, Philippines, 1st March 2011 –– Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company
today announced its audited financial and operating results for 2010 with consolidated Reported Net Income increasing by 1% to P40.2 billion, from the P39.8 billion recorded last year. Core Net Income for 2010, net of exceptional items, rose 2% to P42.0 billion, from P41.1 billion in 2009. Read more

by PLDT Media Services | Feb 25, 2011

MANILA, Philippines, February 25, 2011 – The Philippine Navy has tapped the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) to set up an integrated communications system that will link the country’s naval forces.

The Philippine Navy now relies on PLDT’s IP VPN (Internet Protocol – Virtual Private Network) backbone for video conferencing, data and voice transmissions of its six naval groups stationed in different parts of the archipelago.

by PLDT Media Services | Feb 20, 2011

MANILA, Philippines, February 20, 2011 – JAC Liner, one of the leading bus lines in the country, has become the first bus line to offer free Wi-Fi access in its buses with the help of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT).

Through PLDT SME Nation, PLDT’s group that focuses on small and medium enterprises, 90 percent of JAC Liner’s buses that ply routes to Lucena and Mauban in Quezon, Biñan and Sta. Rosa in Laguna, and Marinduque, now have free Wi-Fi internet for passengers.