PLDT completes P861 million Palawan undersea fiber optic cable project

Submitted by jibanawa on Mon, 01/27/2014 - 19:38
Telecoms leader PLDT has completed the rollout of nearly 300 kilometers of state-of-the-art submarine fiber optic cables linking Palawan province in western Philippines to the rest of the PLDT network to meet the rapidly increasing demand for robust and reliable telecoms and data services in one of the country’s top tourist destinations.

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PLDT leads Filipino homes to the multimedia future

Submitted by jibanawa on Fri, 01/24/2014 - 19:36

The country’s leading telecommunications company has done it again.

“We have gone beyond telecommunications,” says Ariel P. Fermin, PLDT EVP and head of HOME business. “PLDT HOME is now a full-service multimedia company, changing with the times to offer solutions that meet the ever-evolving communication needs of Filipino families.”

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PLDT Offers Debut SEC-Registered Bonds

Submitted by jibanawa on Thu, 01/23/2014 - 19:35

Manila, Philippines, 23rd January 2014  – Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), the leading telecommunications service provider in the Philippines, has received approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to sell bonds with a base offer size of P10 billion, with an option for oversubscription of up to P5 billionThis will be PLDT’s maiden SEC-registered peso retail bond issuance.

PLDT links Bohol to Visayas and Mindanao network hubs with P400M submarine cables

Submitted by jibanawa on Tue, 01/14/2014 - 19:32

MANILA, Philippines, January 14, 2014– Leading telecoms company PLDT has completed the installation of over 150 kilometers of submarine fiber optic cables costing over P400 million that will link the island of Bohol with the major network centers in Visayas and Mindanao, providing a much needed boost to the earthquake-hit province.

PLDT launches suite of mobile M2M solutions

Submitted by jibanawa on Mon, 12/16/2013 - 19:23

MANILA, Philippines, December 16, 2013– Leading telecoms company PLDT, through its corporate wireless enterprise arm Smart Enterprise, is introducing a set of M2M (machine-to-machine) solutions that aims to benefit credit, sales, and mobile payment operations for local businesses.

SMART Enterprise recently launched Smart M2M Credit, M2M Sales, and M2M Pay in an effort to expand its M2M offerings in the mobile platform, digitizing operations for credit investigations, sales monitoring, and wireless card payments.

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Smart, Sun reconnect all towns and cities post-Yolanda

Submitted by jibanawa on Mon, 12/09/2013 - 19:22

[December 9, 2013/ Manila] — As of December 8, 2013, Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) and Digitel Mobile Philippines, Inc. (DMPI) through its brand Sun Cellular (Sun) have restored network services in all the cities and municipalities in Visayas that were hit by Super Typhoon Yolanda about one month ago.