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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.

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

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.

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, 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.

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.”

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“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. 

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.