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                    [Title] => PLDT completes P2.5-B fiber optic project
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Dominant carrier Philippine long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) has completed a P2.5-billion expansion project involving the installation of over 5,000 kilometers of fiber optic cables to support the aggressive roll-out of high-speed data services on its fixed and mobile networks.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097197 [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/8788/yee7.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 826778 [Title] => PLDT unit sells 27% stake in Philweb [Summary] =>

ePLDT Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of dominant carrier Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co., is selling its 27 percent stake in Philweb Corp. of businessman Roberto Ongpin for a total consideration of about P4.257 billion.

[DatePublished] => 2012-07-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097197 [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 652812 [Title] => (Update) Local stocks end on 4-month low as unrest in Egypt spooks investors [Summary] =>

The local market fell to its lowest level in more than four months, pulled back by concerns over the social unrest in Egypt.

[DatePublished] => 2011-01-31 16:05:56 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 99161 [Title] => Bomb scare sends peso, stock market in tailspin [Summary] =>

The rash of bombings in Metro Manila, with the latest one at the SM Megamall last Sunday, sent shock waves through the local financial markets yesterday, sending the stock market and the peso in a tailspin.

At the Philippine Stock Exchange, the 30-company composite index plunged by 66.59 points -- its lowest finish since Oct. 15,1998 and its biggest single-day percentage drop in almost three months-- due mainly to broad-based selloff, while the peso plummeted to nearly 42 to the dollar to close at 41.915 or 24. 50 centavos lower from Friday's close of 41.670 to the dollar. [DatePublished] => 2000-05-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1237712 [AuthorName] => Conrado Diaz Jr. [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 99035 [Title] => Home Cable prepares to challenge SkyCable for leadership inMindanao [Summary] =>

DAVAO CITY -- Home Cable Inc. is set to challenge the dominance of the Lopez-owned SkyVision (SkyCable) Inc. in delivering cable antenna television (CATV) service in Mindanao.

This developed as Infocom Technologies Inc. launched recently its Internet operations here despite the strong presence of SkyiNet and Mozcom.

Both Home and Infocom are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. [DatePublished] => 2000-05-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1199471 [AuthorName] => by Marigold Yao-Endriga [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 100585 [Title] => Firms offer high-speed Internet services [Summary] =>

Traditional telecom companies in Asia are finally taking notice of new competitors which threaten to eat up their businesses by offering high-speed Internet and data services.

The new companies normally do not offer basic telephone access but broad band capabilities to support the huge demand for information, particularly from the Internet.

Broadband, which is currently an industry by-word, is a transmission medium capable of supporting a wide range of audio and video frequencies for multi-media applications.

The Yankee Group, a US-based research organization, said that [DatePublished] => 2000-04-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1194060 [AuthorName] => by Endriga [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 100298 [Title] => Mabuhay Satellite debt restructuring program hits snag [Summary] =>

The P6-billion debt restructuring program which Mabuhay Philippines Satellite Corp. is working out with its creditor banks again hit a snag as both parties failed to agree on details of the transactions.

Mabuhay president Gabriel Pimentel said yesterday that the main source of conflict lies in the interest rates on the firm's unpaid obligation. He did not provide specific figures.

"There are still a number of issues being discussed. Primarily, we cannot agree on the interest rates . . . [DatePublished] => 2000-03-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 100928 [Title] => Piltel hopes to finalize restructuring agreement with creditors thismonth [Summary] =>

Cash-strapped Pilipino Telephone Corp. (Philtel), expects to sign a final agreement with its creditor banks this month, wth the hope of closing the company's overall restructuring program for its whopping P34.9-billion obligation by yearend.

Manuel Pangilinan, president and chief executive officer of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. [DatePublished] => 2000-03-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1237712 [AuthorName] => Conrado Diaz Jr. [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 100868 [Title] => SEC clears DFNN operations [Summary] =>

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has given the go-signal for the Diversified Financial Network Inc. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 100771 [Title] => Globe up against PLDT in new dispute [Summary] =>

Despite the reported agreement between Globe Telecom and the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1199471 [AuthorName] => by Marigold Yao-Endriga [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )

DISTANCE TELEPHONE CO
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                    [ArticleID] => 1079231
                    [Title] => PLDT completes P2.5-B fiber optic project
                    [Summary] => 

Dominant carrier Philippine long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) has completed a P2.5-billion expansion project involving the installation of over 5,000 kilometers of fiber optic cables to support the aggressive roll-out of high-speed data services on its fixed and mobile networks.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097197 [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/8788/yee7.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 826778 [Title] => PLDT unit sells 27% stake in Philweb [Summary] =>

ePLDT Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of dominant carrier Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co., is selling its 27 percent stake in Philweb Corp. of businessman Roberto Ongpin for a total consideration of about P4.257 billion.

[DatePublished] => 2012-07-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097197 [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 652812 [Title] => (Update) Local stocks end on 4-month low as unrest in Egypt spooks investors [Summary] =>

The local market fell to its lowest level in more than four months, pulled back by concerns over the social unrest in Egypt.

[DatePublished] => 2011-01-31 16:05:56 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 99161 [Title] => Bomb scare sends peso, stock market in tailspin [Summary] =>

The rash of bombings in Metro Manila, with the latest one at the SM Megamall last Sunday, sent shock waves through the local financial markets yesterday, sending the stock market and the peso in a tailspin.

At the Philippine Stock Exchange, the 30-company composite index plunged by 66.59 points -- its lowest finish since Oct. 15,1998 and its biggest single-day percentage drop in almost three months-- due mainly to broad-based selloff, while the peso plummeted to nearly 42 to the dollar to close at 41.915 or 24. 50 centavos lower from Friday's close of 41.670 to the dollar. [DatePublished] => 2000-05-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1237712 [AuthorName] => Conrado Diaz Jr. [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 99035 [Title] => Home Cable prepares to challenge SkyCable for leadership inMindanao [Summary] =>

DAVAO CITY -- Home Cable Inc. is set to challenge the dominance of the Lopez-owned SkyVision (SkyCable) Inc. in delivering cable antenna television (CATV) service in Mindanao.

This developed as Infocom Technologies Inc. launched recently its Internet operations here despite the strong presence of SkyiNet and Mozcom.

Both Home and Infocom are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. [DatePublished] => 2000-05-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1199471 [AuthorName] => by Marigold Yao-Endriga [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 100585 [Title] => Firms offer high-speed Internet services [Summary] =>

Traditional telecom companies in Asia are finally taking notice of new competitors which threaten to eat up their businesses by offering high-speed Internet and data services.

The new companies normally do not offer basic telephone access but broad band capabilities to support the huge demand for information, particularly from the Internet.

Broadband, which is currently an industry by-word, is a transmission medium capable of supporting a wide range of audio and video frequencies for multi-media applications.

The Yankee Group, a US-based research organization, said that [DatePublished] => 2000-04-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1194060 [AuthorName] => by Endriga [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 100298 [Title] => Mabuhay Satellite debt restructuring program hits snag [Summary] =>

The P6-billion debt restructuring program which Mabuhay Philippines Satellite Corp. is working out with its creditor banks again hit a snag as both parties failed to agree on details of the transactions.

Mabuhay president Gabriel Pimentel said yesterday that the main source of conflict lies in the interest rates on the firm's unpaid obligation. He did not provide specific figures.

"There are still a number of issues being discussed. Primarily, we cannot agree on the interest rates . . . [DatePublished] => 2000-03-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 100928 [Title] => Piltel hopes to finalize restructuring agreement with creditors thismonth [Summary] =>

Cash-strapped Pilipino Telephone Corp. (Philtel), expects to sign a final agreement with its creditor banks this month, wth the hope of closing the company's overall restructuring program for its whopping P34.9-billion obligation by yearend.

Manuel Pangilinan, president and chief executive officer of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. [DatePublished] => 2000-03-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1237712 [AuthorName] => Conrado Diaz Jr. [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 100868 [Title] => SEC clears DFNN operations [Summary] =>

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has given the go-signal for the Diversified Financial Network Inc. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 100771 [Title] => Globe up against PLDT in new dispute [Summary] =>

Despite the reported agreement between Globe Telecom and the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1199471 [AuthorName] => by Marigold Yao-Endriga [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )

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