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Singil sa kuryente bababa

By Mer Layson | March 10, 2014 - 12:00am

Bababa ang singil sa kuryente ng Manila Electric Company (Meralco) ngayong Marso.

Bansa

Meralco eyes offshore $ bonds

By Iris Gonzales | September 3, 2013 - 12:00am

Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), the country’s biggest power distributor, is eyeing to issue offshore dollar bonds as early as this month for its general funding requirements, the company said yesterday.

Business

Digitel to invest P3.8B over five years on landline upgrade

February 10, 2006 - 12:00am

Gokongwei-owned Digital Telecommunications Phils. Inc. (Digitel) will invest P3.8 billion over a five-year period for the installation of its wireless local loop (WLL) network, which will give landline subscribers...

Business

NEC seeks arbitration on Digitel supply contract

October 15, 2002 - 12:00am

NEC Corp. of Japan has filed a request for arbitration with the international court as it demanded the immediate payment of $237 million or about P12 billion from the Gokongwei-owned Digital Telecommunications Inc....

Business

NEC declares Digitel in default

By Zinnia B. Dela Peña | October 11, 2002 - 12:00am

Just a week after its failed bid to acquire the controlling interest in Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT), the Gokongwei group once again found itself faced with a dilemma, this time after Japan’s...

Business

Digitel seeks NTC intervention in dispute with two other carriers

March 14, 2002 - 12:00am

Gokongwei-owned Digital Telecommunications Phils. Inc. (Digitel) has asked the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to intervene following the refusal of two of the country’s leading mobile phone service...

Business

Digitel all set to launch mobile phone service

December 5, 2001 - 12:00am

The Gokongwei-owned Digital Telecommunications Phils. Inc. (Digitel) is all set to commerciallly launch its cellular mobile telephone service (CMTS) next year, joining five other players in this highly competitive...

Business

Digitel may defer $210-M bond float

October 30, 2001 - 12:00am

Plans by the Gokongwei-owned Digital Telecommunications Phils. Inc. (Digitel) to raise funds for its planned cellular business via a bond float may have to wait for better times. Digitel senior vice president William...

Business

Telecom subsidy proposed for ‘missionary’ areas

July 27, 2001 - 12:00am

Government is planning to subsidize the setting up of telecommunication facilities for so-called "missionary" or unprofitable areas and collecting more from areas that can afford to pay higher rates. ...

Business