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Wilson Yang, general manager of Cebcom Management Corp., has asked the NTC to look into ECPI’s decision to close its paging operations since this was made arbitrarily and unilaterally, without prior notice or any consultation with the regulatory agencies, the company’s business partners and its subscribers.

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                    [Summary] => Paging company-turned call center operator Easycall Communications Phils. Inc. (ECPI) will undertake an equity restructuring scheme to wipe out a P330-million deficit, thus cleaning its balance sheet to pursue its expansion plans.


Leon Dy, ECPI corporate information officer, told the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) that the equity restructuring will involve the offsetting of the company’s accumulated deficit against and up to the limit of the capital surplus or additional paid-in capital (APIC) as of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002.


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                    [Summary] => Easycall Communications Phils. Inc. (ECPI) will form a 50-50 joint venture with the US-based Centralized Marketing Co. for a call center business that would focus on high-margin accounts from clients abroad.


The former paging operator said its board approved last week the partnership with CMC or its wholly-owned Philippine holding company in line with its new corporate focus on the contact center business geared toward the foreign market.


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                    [Title] => BOI investments surge 129% in 2001
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The BOI  attributed this  to the massive expansion projects undertaken by  major telecommunications firms in 2001.


Among the biggest BOI-registered investments during the period, Globe Telecom Inc. topped the list with P39.728 billion, followed by Smart Communications which pumped in P17.102 billion for its expansion project.


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Wilson Yang, general manager of Cebcom Management Corp., has asked the NTC to look into ECPI’s decision to close its paging operations since this was made arbitrarily and unilaterally, without prior notice or any consultation with the regulatory agencies, the company’s business partners and its subscribers.

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Leon Dy, ECPI corporate information officer, told the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) that the equity restructuring will involve the offsetting of the company’s accumulated deficit against and up to the limit of the capital surplus or additional paid-in capital (APIC) as of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002.


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                    [Title] => BOI investments surge 129% in 2001
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The BOI  attributed this  to the massive expansion projects undertaken by  major telecommunications firms in 2001.


Among the biggest BOI-registered investments during the period, Globe Telecom Inc. topped the list with P39.728 billion, followed by Smart Communications which pumped in P17.102 billion for its expansion project.


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NTC orders probe on closure of Easycall’s paging service

By Christina Mendez | October 27, 2002 - 12:00am

The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has ordered an investigation into the impending closure of the last remaining paging sites of Easycall Communications Phils. Inc. (ECPI) following a complaint from...

Business

Easycall to undertake equity restructuring

By Christina Mendez | July 2, 2002 - 12:00am

Paging company-turned call center operator Easycall Communications Phils. Inc. (ECPI) will undertake an equity restructuring scheme to wipe out a P330-million deficit, thus cleaning its balance sheet to pursue its...

Business

EasyCall, US firm tie up for call center venture

By Christina Mendez | June 4, 2002 - 12:00am

Easycall Communications Phils. Inc. (ECPI) will form a 50-50 joint venture with the US-based Centralized Marketing Co. for a call center business that would focus on high-margin accounts from clients abroad. The...

Business

BOI investments surge 129% in 2001

By Marianne V. Go | February 14, 2002 - 12:00am

The Board of Investments (BOI) reported yesterday that total BOI-registered investments surged 128.53 percent to P104.04 billion last year from P44.65 billion in 2000. The BOI attributed this to the massive...

Business