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After 16 years at the helm of one the country’s top two telcos, Ernest Cu is stepping down. Here’s what you should know about who’s taking his place.
It's hard to remember a time when Ernest Cu wasn't at the helm of Globe Telecom. But the longtime telco veteran, who led one of the country's top telecoms firms for the last 16 years, has announced that he ...
The Philippine Competition Commission officially okays the P6.8 billion deal.
PLDT is set to officially purchase ABS-CBN's Sky Cable after the Philippine Competition Commission gave the green light for the acquisition on Friday (January 19). In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange on Monday (January 22), ABS-CBN said ...
A major shakeup.
PLDT announced on Monday (April 17) that key executives of the company were leaving via resignation and "early retirement." This could signal the start of major reforms for the telco giant following the budget overrun issue last year. According to a financial ...
But there’s some good news for the country’s third telco.
Dito CME Holdings Corp., the holding company of Dito Telecommunity Corp. firm chaired by businessman Dennis Uy, posted a net loss of P15.43 billion in the first half of 2022, an increase of 300 percent from the P3.81 billion net ...
The company’s not content being just the “third player.”
Dito Telecommunity Corp., the telco company owned and controlled by businessman Dennis Uy, is gunning to be the country's top telco. With a current user base of 10.3 million subscribers, the company aiming to break up the duopoly of Globe ...
Talking about mobile data services.
Globe's mobile data traffic for the first half of the year reached 1,761 petabytes, which is a 59-percent increase from last year, the company reported on Monday (August 9). It is also 182 petabytes more than the 1,579 ...
For the 4th year in a row.
Smart Communications is officially the fastest mobile network in the country, based on an independent study by internet metrics service Ookla. The analytics platform showed the PLDT-owned network with a speed score of 44.70 during the first half of the ...
About time.
Subscribers who want to switch mobile phone networks but want to keep their existing number may do so starting September 30. That's when Telecommunications Connectivity Inc. (TCI), the joint venture among the three telcos for mobile number portability, will start commercial ...
Good to have next time you travel.
Globe Telecom's 5G roaming service is now available in the U.S. and Canada, the company announced on Thursday (June 10). The telco partnered with AT&T in the US and Telus in Canada to offer "the widest 5G network coverage ...
Barring construction delays.
The Jupiter Cable System is expected to be completed by the end of 2021, barring any further delays, PLDT officials said.The submarine telecommunication system will increase the telco's international capacity by five times, to nearly 60 terabits, which in turn ...
The country’s third major telco wants to attract up to two million subscribers by the end of 2021.
Dito Telecommunity is finally in Metro Manila and is targeting to attract "a couple million" subscribers by the end of the year. The country's third major telco officially launched its services in 46 areas in the country's capital region, as ...
It will launch in Visayas and Mindanao first.
DITO Telecommunity, the third player in the increasingly competitive telecommunications field, has confirmed that it will roll out its commercial launch on March 8. In a statement, the company confirmed a report on ABS-CBN that it is initially launching in 17 ...
Don’t plan on switching networks just yet.
On September 14, 2020, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) granted NOW Telecom Company, Inc., an extension of its provisional authority to install, operate, and maintain a nationwide mobile telecommunications system. According to the company, the authority essentially allows the company to operate ...
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