PLDT has officially asked the NTC to withdraw/void its “Certificate of Public Conveyance and Necessity” to operate, maintain, and charge rates for the services of its unit, Connectivity Unlimited Resources Enterprise, Incorporated (CURE). This is part of the sacrifices PLDT has to make as a condition for its purchase of Digitel. This is a vital, [...]
When a company gobbles up another company operating in the same industry one thing is sure to happen: redundancy! PLDT has formally announced that in the coming months, it would focus on integrating Digitel/Sun operations to its own which will inevitable cover workforce reduction due to the duplication of roles. To date, about 850 Digitel [...]
The NTC has issued a very stern warning to PLDT – the regulator wants to be appraised of the status of PLDT’s divestment in Connectivity Unlimited Resource Enterprises Inc. (CURE). Gamaliel Cordoba, NTC Commish: “… This pertains to NTC case 2011-072, wherein the Commission held in its decision dated October 26, 2011 that after consummation [...]
Yes, getting the number one spot is easy, that is if your mother company (PLDT) has enough money to buy your way to the top! Smart, together with Sun, has the biggest base for postpaid with close to 2M subscribers by end 2011! And Smart expects its postpaid base to grow more with the launch [...]
Its final folks! Sun is now irretrievably lost in the bowels of PLDT the devourer! Digital Telecommunications Philippines Inc. (the company behind Sun Cellular) is leaving the Philippine Stock Exchange after a more than 15 year run as a locally listed company. The decision for the delisting was made by PLDT – which maintains that [...]
PLDT assured the NTC that it will turn over a 3G license this July as part of the conditions listed in the PLDT-Digitel deal. The telco giant also states that it on track with the migration of 1.4M Red Mobile subscribers to Smart. Here’s the thing: PLDT controls more than 70% of the market with [...]
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