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DITO confirms plans for Q3 follow-on offering

August 9, 2024 - 8:00am

DITO CME [DITO 2.00 ?2.6%; 54% avgVol] [link], the parent company of Dito Telecommunications (Dito Tel), was...

Stock Commentary

China Telecom eyes $8.4 billion IPO, world’s biggest in 2021

August 10, 2021 - 12:00am

China Telecom could raise more than $8 billion in a Shanghai initial public offering that would be the biggest this year, months after it was delisted in the United States amid Washington’s stand-off with...

Business

Philippines on track for major upgrade in ICT infrastructure in 2020

By Richmond Mercurio | November 29, 2019 - 12:00am

The Philippines is on track to see major advancement in information and communications technology services by next year as the government’s Vision 2020 looks to bear fruit.

Business

The last to know

By Korina Sanchez | September 18, 2019 - 12:00am

Defense Sec. Lorenzana apparently was unaware of the agreement between the AFP and the incoming third telecommunications company which is a partnership between Dennis Uy, a known friend of President Duterte and state-owned...

Freeman Opinion

Dito Telecom says it has cybersecurity plan amid concerns over its Armed Forces deal

By Patricia Lourdes Viray | September 17, 2019 - 5:07pm

Dito Telecommunity assured the public that it has a cybersecurity plan following its deal with the Armed Forces.

Headlines

Dito investing P20 billion for Clark data center

By Richmond Mercurio | September 8, 2019 - 12:00am

Third telecommunications player Dito Telecommunity Corp., a partnership between the group of Davao-based businessman Dennis Uy and state-owned China Telecom, is investing P20.5 billion to put up a data center in...

Business

House OKs Mislatel sale, transfer to China Telecom

By Jess Diaz | May 24, 2019 - 12:00am

The House of Representatives approved a resolution on Monday allowing the “transfer, sale or assignment of the controlling...

Headlines

Open access data transmission

By Boo Chanco | January 30, 2019 - 12:00am

Our hopes are focused on the third telco delivering enough competition to make the current duopoly provide better services...

Business

Biased selection?

By Boo Chanco | November 28, 2018 - 12:00am

I would expect a ratings agency as well regarded as Fitch to go beyond the optics in making conclusions. But it claimed in a statement that there was bias in the selection of the Mislatel/China Telecom consortium...

Business

Third telco selection signals Philippine government’s ‘bias’ toward China — Fitch

November 22, 2018 - 9:33pm

The selection of Mislatel — a consortium of a Filipino tycoon and state-controlled China Telecom—as the Philippines’...

Business