PLDT launches digital HOME service

MANILA, Philippines - Dominant carrier Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) has launched its digital servicing brand called HOME to connect all electronic devices such as smart TVs, smart phones, computers, and tablets for residential subscribers. PLDT executive vice president and head of HOME Business Ariel Fermin said the new product using the powerful fiber optic...

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PLDT contractor sued for damages in Minglanilla

CEBU, Philippines - The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company and one of its contractors were sued for damages over the death of a motorist in Minglanilla which was allegedly caused by the company’s negligence. The heirs of the late Sergio Genon, who died of a vehicular accident in Linao, Minglanilla on July 19, 2012, filed a civil case for damages against the PLDT and SLL International Cables Specialist Corporation. Marichu Genon, who signed the complaint on behalf of the heirs, is demanding over P600,000 in actual, moral and exemplary...

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PLDT completes network upgrade end 2012

MANILA, Philippines - Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) announced Tuesday, September 11, that it finished its P67-billion (USD$1.6 billion) network modernization program ahead of schedule, and that customers should already be feeling the benefits of better service. “The group’s investments have produced a network that is unrivaled in terms of coverage, capacity, and resiliency,” PLDT President and CEO Napoleon L. Nazareno said in a statement released on September 11. The two-year network modernization program began in early 2011...

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PLDT continueing expans FOC infrastructure

Given the rapid increase in telecommunications traffic, the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) will continue to spend about 20 to 25 percent of its capital expenditures on its fiber optic technologies. Rolando Peña, PLDT’s and Smart Communications Inc.’s technology group head said Tuesday that the telco would use the monies for the laying down of more fiber optic cables. It has already spent, to date, about P40 billion in this effort. This comes to about 54,000 kilometers of fiber optic cables, the backbone of its high-speed data...

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7 PLDT contractors for P1.8-B network rollout

PHILIPPINE Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) has tapped seven international and local contractors for the first phase of its P1.8-billion fixed-line fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network rollout program. PLDT-Smart technology group head Rolando Peña said the contractors are tasked to deliver to millions of Filipino homes the full range of broadband Internet services through the FTTH broadband delivery platform. The chosen contractors are Chinese telecom suppliers Huawei Technologies, FiberHome, Sunsea Telecom Ltd., and Tyco Electronics, Singapore-based...

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PLDT invests P856M for fiber optic link

TELECOMS giant Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) and its mobile phone subsidiary Smart Communications Inc. (Smart) are building an all-new P856-million fiber optic cable (FOC) route that will connect Cebu to Bohol and then run on to Misamis Oriental. This new facility, which will be completed by September 2013, will significantly boost the resiliency of PLDT transmission links to Bohol and the entire island of Mindanao. The new facility will be initially equipped with 210 gigabytes per second (Gbps). "We have fast-tracked this...

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PLDT building FOC backbone to Palawan

MANILA - Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. and its mobile unit Smart Communications Inc. are jointly building a new fiber optic cable transmission backbone to Palawan that would increase network capacity to handle huge text, call and Internet traffic. The new FOC, which will cost P1.4 billion, is slated for completion in the first half of 2013. The new transmission network will have an initial capacity of 400 gigabits per second – a huge expansion of the existing capacity of the digital radio transmission system currently serving the...

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Globe PLDT Interconnection in Zamboanga

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The successful activation of local interconnection services between Globe Telecom and Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) in Zamboanga is expected to boost the growing information and communications technology (ICT) industry in the city, specifically for the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector. After five years of negotiation, the two major telecom players have completed their network link-up in the city, following the announcement of National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) Commissioner Gamaliel Cordoba...

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Zamboanga City plans upgrading telecom lines

Zamboanga City - The city government is talking with telecommunication firms for a multimillion-peso fiber-optic line project that would support call center operations. Mayor Celso Lobregat said in a recent interview that this forms part of efforts for the city to become a call center hub in Mindanao. "Fiber- optic and tri-band connections are some of the basic requirements to accommodate calling centers. However, Zamboanga City is not yet connected with these high-tech communication lines and this is a major stumbling block for the city to lure...

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