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The Philippines’ PLDT has contracted Amdocs to transform its IT infrastructure under an expanded six-year service agreement. The new contract builds on a seven year master transformation agreement that will see Amdocs modernize PLDT’s IT applications and help…
In the digital era, competitive advantage is not just a matter of being able to connect to the world. It is about creating a scalable business-friendly environment that connects enterprises to anywhere in the world. Responding to this opportunity, Philippine…
The Philippines’ PLDT has expanded the reach of its FTTH services to east Metro Manila in the latest phase of its nationwide fiber expansion program. The operator has added over 70,000 fiber lines in the area following deployments in south Metro Manila as…
PLDT and Globe have completed the final payment for their joint acquisition of conglomerate San Miguel Corporation’s telco assets, despite the ongoing court challenge from the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC). The final 13 billion peso payment of the…
The Philippines’ PLDT has announced that wireless subsidiary Smart has secured a 25-year extension to its franchise. President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a new Act that effectively extends Smart’s franchise until 2042. The franchise allows Smart to…
Philippines operators PLDT and Globe Telecom have both cut mobile voice rates to as low as 1 peso ($0.02) per minute, in response to slumping voice usage and a regulator-encouraged cut in mobile termination rates last year. Globe and PLDT’s wireless division…
PLDT has ramped up its FTTH rollout with the launch of what it calls its first “Fibr City” in Cebu, which provides residents of Toledo City with speeds of up to 1Gbps. The initiative, named after PLDT’s Home Fibr branded FTTH service, has been conducted in…
PLDT, together with its mobile arm Smart Communications, has signed a MoU with Huawei Technologies to jointly conduct research and development into 5G mobile technology. The goal of the partnership is to commercially launch 5G networks in in the Philippines…
PLDT plans to expand the reach of its high-speed FTTH service by around 80% in 2017 to reach 4.4 million homes passed, the company announced. The expansion will see around 1.9 million new serviceable homes added to the network footprint, which reached 2.5…
The Philippines’ two major telecom operators – PLDT and Globe Telecom – have agreed to reduce their voice interconnection rates to bring down the price of domestic mobile and fixed line calls in the country. Department of Information and Communications…
The Philippines’ PLDT has reported a 20% drop in net income for the first nine months of the year to 21.7 billion pesos ($442 million) due to higher capex costs and declining revenues. Revenue fell 2% year-on-year to 125.4 billion pesos, but remained stable…
The Philippines’ Court of Appeals has halted the Philippine Competition Commission’s (PCC) investigation into Globe and PLDT’s joint acquisition of San Miguel Corporation’s telecoms assets. The court has agreed to a request by PLDT to grant temporary relief…
The Philippines’ Court of Appeals has approved an application from the nation’s two major operators to consolidate their legal challenge against the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) over their acquisition of the telecoms assets of conglomerate San…
Philippine service provider PLDT has opened the country’s biggest data center at major business district Makati City. The new facility has been built to serve a wide range of organizations, particularly those handling vital data such as banks, business…
The Philippines’ Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), operators, private organizations, media partners and other government agencies have started testing the nation’s new 911 emergency hotline. The new emergency hotline will be rolled out…
The chief of the new Philippines Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has ordered the inventory of used and unused telecoms spectra. In his first public speaking engagement and media interview since assumption into office on July 1,…
