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.
 

PLDT sets service-ready cloud infra for PH banks’ IT outsourcing

Submitted by jibanawa on Mon, 12/02/2013 - 19:20

MANILA, Philippines, December 2, 2013 – Leading telecoms provider PLDT, through its corporate enterprise arm PLDT ALPHA Enterprise, recently announced that it has taken measures to ensure the local banking and finance industry’s requirements are met in allowing IT outsourcing with its BSP-compliant Cloud services and infrastructure.

PLDT honors Most Loyal Subscribers

Submitted by jibanawa on Wed, 11/27/2013 - 19:18

In celebration of PLDT’s 85th anniversary, nine of its most loyal subscribers were recognized in a simple program held in Makati today.

Chosen from PLDT HOME’s Most Loyal Connections Contest conducted previously this year, the nine awardees have been PLDT subscribers since the 1960s , 70s, and 80s up to the present. They came from all over the country, with two from Metro Manila, another two from North Luzon, and one each from Cebu, Bacolod, Iloilo, Davao, and Zamboanga.

Winners of PLDT’s 85 Iconic Years Video tilt bared

Submitted by jibanawa on Wed, 11/27/2013 - 19:17

Leading telecoms company PLDT announced the winners of the 85 Iconic Years Video Competition during the Company’s 85th anniversary celebration in Makati earlier today.

Open to all subscribers, the competition required participants to record an original video of alternate endings or remake of PLDT’s classic and well-loved TV commercials using current technologies or PLDT products and services.

PLDT fixed broadband subscriber base sustains double-digit growth, corners almost 70% of market

Submitted by jibanawa on Tue, 11/26/2013 - 19:16

MANILA, Philippines, November 26, 2013 – Leading telecoms provider PLDT has fortified its dominant 70% share in the local home broadband market as its subscriber base steadily grew by double-digit.

PLDT HOME EVP and Head of Home Business Ariel Fermin said that the PLDT myDSL and myBro broadband solutions remain in the number 1 and 2 spots among broadband services in the local market today.

“We expect to sustain this robust double-digit performance as we aggressively expand our customer base,” Fermin said.