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DAVAO, Philippines, August 2, 2012 - Over 150 aspiring start-ups, students and professionals from all over Mindanao participated in the first technology entrepreneur bootcamp held in Davao City recently. The activity, which marked the end of the week-long Smart Technology Festival, came just a few weeks after the telco’s completion of its network overhaul in Davao.

The Philippines’ leading telecommunications provider will be the country’s first network with 40G, 100G and OTN switching capabilities further upgrading its Domestic Fiber Optic Network to support next-generation fixed and mobile voice, video and data services.

MANILA, Philippines, July 9, 2012 – Telecoms leader PLDT has earned the distinction of being the first Philippine company to be given investment grade credit ratings by all three (3) major international credit watchers, following a recent upgrade by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services.
 

“We are gratified that PLDT is the first corporate in the country to obtain such ratings from the three major global credit watchers – S&P, Moody’s Investors Service, and Fitch Ratings,” said PLDT President Napoleon Nazareno.

MANILA, Philippines – Leading telecommunications company PLDT and subsidiary SubicTel signed up an agreement recently with 10 Subic merchants to provide the latter with premium WiFi service, increasing to 125 the total number of establishments currently powered by PLDT’s WiFi zones in the Subic Bay Freeport area.
 

CEBU, Philippines, June 27, 2012 – Leading telecommunications provider PLDT officially launched its first data center to operate outside of Luzon with VITRO Data Center in Cebu.

Housed in the PLDT Compound in Mandaue City, the third facility in the VITRO network of data centers will benefit enterprise businesses based in Cebu and other provinces in the Visayas region by providing full information and data management and telecommunication services.

MANILA, Philippines – Telecoms leader PLDT partnered recently with Asian Hospital and Medical Center to provide exclusive Telpad applications, giving stronger connections to hospital patients, doctors, and staff.
 

MANILA, Philippines, June 11, 2012 – Leading telecommunications company PLDT, in partnership with the Asia CEO Awards, has formally opened the search for the Global Filipino Executive of the Year.

MANILA, Philippines, May 22, 2012 – PLDT continues to lead the Philippine broadband market with its revenues from broadband and internet increasing by 34% to P5.8 billion in the first three months of the year compared with the same period last year. This brings the combined broadband subscriber base of the PLDT Group to more than three million as of end-March, representing nearly 65% market share.

MANILA, Philippines, May 14, 2012 - PLDT's decision to raise its investment in MediaQuest Holdings Inc, owner of  television network TV5 and direct-to-home satellite provider Cignal TV, highlights its stepped up efforts to diversify its business through new multi-media services.
 
PLDT through its wholly-owned subsidiary, ePLDT, is investing P6 billion in the form of Philippine Depositary Receipts (PDRs) in MediaQuest to sustain the growth momentum of TV5 and Cignal TV. MediaQuest is owned and controlled by the PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund.
 

MANILA, Philippines, 8th May 2012 –– Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company