Cebu City mulls JVA with private company for underground wiring pipeline for telcos

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/20/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government is working on a joint-venture agreement (JVA) with a private company that would build underground electrical connections for telecommunication.  Councilor Jerry Guardo, council’s chairperson for the committee on infrastructure,…

City dad pushes for regulation on wire heights on posts

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 12/07/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor Jerry Guardo, the chairperson of the City Council’s committee on infrastructure, is pushing for the regulation of the height of electric and telecommunication wires attached on electrical posts. Guardo said…

Telco expands connectivity, services in Cebu, eyes BPOs

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 11/12/2018

EASTERN TELECOMMUNICATIONS Telecommunications company, Eastern Communications, is expanding its reach in Cebu with stronger connection and a line-up of connectivity and cybersecurity solutions in a bid to address the growing needs of the business process outsourcing (BPO)…

Duterte okays franchise of Villar-owned telco, Streamtech

Inquirer.net 10/23/2018

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has approved the franchise of the Villar-owned Streamtech Systems Technologies Inc. to provide nationwide telecommunications services. The President signed Republic Act No. 11089 on Oct. 18, 2018, allowing Streamtech “to construct, install, establish, operate…

Telco to strengthen foothold in Cebu market

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/06/2018

TOGETHER with the expansion of the business process outsourcing (BPO) and manufacturing sectors in Cebu, the need for support infrastructure also grows. Eastern Communications, one of the country’s leading telecommunications firms, sees this opportunity as they are…

DICT to push through with selection of 3rd telco by Q4 2018

Inquirer.net 08/23/2018

THE Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Thursday shut the door to further delays in the third telco selection process, saying that a new contender to the PLDT Inc. and Globe Telecom duopoly will be…

Telco strengthens hold of Cebu’s growing data protection market

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/15/2018

PLDT opens 2nd Vitro Data Center in Cebu; P1B facility can support more local businesses With the growing need for businesses to expand into the digital landscape, protecting their data and systems also becomes an imperative. It…

DICT exec: 4 consortiums eye third telco player slot

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/03/2018

At least four local firms in consortium with foreign telecommunications companies have expressed interest to bid as a new and third telco player in the country, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT)said. Although he refused…

Exec: More projects for Cebu

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/30/2017

GLOBE EXPANSION continues Telecommunications provider Globe is poised to continue spending for network improvement projects all over the country next year, with Cebu getting a substantial share of its capital expenditure. Ernest Cu, Globe president and chief…

Smart’s program gets int’l nod

PR 10/05/2016

Telco included in Fortune magazine’s ‘Change the World’ list When engineer Angelique Caritan was still a college student in Mindanao, she underwent a technology training conducted for free by engineers of mobile leader Smart Communications. The training…

Telcos’ ‘power women’ share success secrets

Victor Anthony V. Silva 09/12/2016

How women can survive, grow in male-dominated industries Walk past the road blocks and don’t let it stop you.” Gina Nomellini, chief finance officer of GTT, gave this advice to women who would want to grow in…

Traditional telcos must face head on the digital challenge

Victor Anthony V. Silva 09/07/2016

Amid the rise of challengers within and outside the telecommunications industry, service providers were told to lower costs or find other revenue sources. Rob van den Dam, global telecom industry leader for IBM, said majority of telco…

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