myDSL Biz – business solutions for SMEs from PLDT
Posted on November 13th, 2009
A new and improved myDSL service which was designed for business use was launched last week by the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT). The new service was geared specifically for the small and medium enterprise (SME) segment.
The new myDSL is an internet business solution from PLDT which offers subscribers a full connectivity and computing setup in different packages. It has the new Biz Box which is a wireless router that effectively turns an office into a Wi-Fi hot spot.
The Biz Box is a Wi-Fi capable DSL modem which has four ethernet ports and two USB ports suitable for local area networking. The business solution also throws in for free a Red Fox LCD desktop unit or Neo Basic laptop units to set SMEs up for a higher chances of success.
Examples of business packages are Small Biz Lite (at 3.5 Mbps) subscription for P4,000 is bundled with a desktop, and a Powerpack C (8 Mbps) for P50,000 and comes with four desktops and a laptop.
Other types of myDSL Biz packages are: the Small Biz Junior (4.5 Mbps) for P8,000 with a laptop; the Small Biz Senior (5 Mbps) at P14,500 and comes with a desktop and laptop; the Powerpack A (6 Mbps) for P20,000 with two desktops and one laptop; and the Powerpack B (7 Mbps) at P35,000 and comes with three desktops and a laptop.
PLDT marketing head for SME Group, Jerameel Azurin, said “myDSL has evolved from being a commercial broadband internet service to also as a broadband business solution that can help SMEs streamline their processes, lower their costs, bring up their revenues and increase their online presence.”
The new myDSL Biz was unveiled at the NBC Tent in The Fort, Taguig City by PLDT chairman Manuel Pangilinan, PLDT president and CEO Napoleon Nazareno, and PLDT senior vice president for Corporate Business Group Eric Alberto, in an event that was filled with a crowd dressed in Halloween costumes.
