Easycall Communicates Philippines Inc., the former paging leader in the Philippines, gets a boost from local technology firm Global E-Business Solutions Inc. as the company hiked its stake in Easycall to push it to pursue ventures in the wireless broadband Internet sector.
In their disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), Easycall said that its board [...]

The San Miguel Corp. (SMC), the country with most diversified conglomerate, has been extended a P2 billion loan by the state-owned Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank). The loan would be used by SMC to finance its expansion program.

Because of the continuous growth of the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry in the Philippines, so are the related businesses and products that go along with them. One of them is the headset, particularly the blue-tooth headset.
GN Netcom, Denmark-based and the world’s largest manufacturer of hearing aids and headsets, is very much aware of this [...]

To allow local residents more opportunities to spend more time talking with their families and friends abroad, Globe Telecom has reduced its international voice and text rates to major destinations by as much as 87%.

Here’s another first from the Smart Communications, the country’s leading wireless services provider. The company launched recently the beta phase of its mobile email, the first daily flat-rate, unlimited push email solution in the country.

The National Development Co. (NDC) is planning to avail of a loan from private banks in order to raise at least $300 million by yearend. NDC will be buying  a portion of the controlling of stake of Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank) and the Development of the Philippines (DBP) in Metro Rail Transit Corp. [...]

The country’s leading provider of voice, data and video telecommunication services, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), has opened its fifth Innovation Laboratory at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone. The P20-million Innolab facility was built to help boost the information technology (IT) sector in the ecozone.
The four other Innolab sites of PLDT in the Philippines [...]

Trade Secretary Peter Favila and President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo were in London recently to attend the Emerging Markets Summit, where he had a meeting with several British companies who have expressed interest to invest in the Philippines, either via fresh infusions or the expansion of their existing projects. Areas of interests include mining, energy and business [...]

On Saturday, October 3 up to October 4, Sunday, Globe Telecoms, Inc. will reduce the voice call rates to P3 per minute. They will implement the reduced rates starting 12:01 a.m. of October 3 until 11:59 p.m. of October 4. The discounted call rate is applicable on calls made on its network – Globe to [...]

The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) has teamed with the stiffest competitor of its affiliate mobile company Globe Telecoms. BPI and Smart Communications has entered into a partnership that would provide a new mobile banking platform that will offer a full range of services to the two companies’ common clients.

Members of the Iloilo Federation for Information Technology (IFIT) and the stakeholders of the information technology (IT) industry in the province gathered last Monday for the start of the annual IT week celebration. The celebration was spearheaded by IFIT , in cooperation with the provincial and city government of Iloilo.

One of ways being mentioned as means to send donations to the victims of tropical storm Ondoy is via money transfer through the cellphone. To encourage our countrymen to utilize this channel and gather more help for the victims, Smart Communication and Globe Telecoms have exempted the transaction from service charges.

Smart Communications recently has made available in the market the first reloadable international direct dialing (IDD) card in the country. With its new product, the leading wireless phone provider is eyeing budget-conscious household because it allows them to make calls to 17 key overseas destinations for as low as P2.50 per minute.

The Easycall Communications Philippines, Inc. (ECPI) has been granted the license to install, operate and maintain a nationwide data communication network by the National Telecommunication Commission (NTC). The license however, comes with a condition.

Amidst a widely criticized trips and dinner overseas, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo left for Libya early this morning. But this time though, the president has a “lean” delegation composed of only five Cabinet officials.
Travelling with the president in Libya are Press Secretary Cerge M. Remonde, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto G. Romulo, Labor Secretary Marianito D. Roque, [...]

Bayan Telecommunications, Inc. (Bayantel) lost in its bid to acquire the last 3G license, but it said it is not yet through with the fight. Citing that the selection process of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) is flawed therefore should be declared invalid.
The Lopez-controlled telecommunications company said it would “exhaust all legal remedies to rightfully [...]

Chief information officers (CIOs) are continuing to look for strategies, as the global crisis slowly unravels, to prepare them and ensure continuity of business for the eventual upturn. But it is easier said than done, as some CIOs still lack the maturity to implement strategies, because they are not yet familiar with effective industry practices, [...]

The ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation is aiming to raise an additional P600 million this year in order to expand the broadband business of unit SkyCable Corp. The broadband service which is dubbed the Sky Broadband is being marketed as the fastest Internet product of its kind in the country.

SONA 2009 PGMA (FULL HD) 1/7

Here’s a complete text transcript of the State of the Nation Address (SONA) delivered by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo last Monday, July 27, 2009.
GMA’s SONA transcript

On August 27 to 30, 2009 the 5th Agriculture and Fisheries Technology Commercialization Forum and Exhibit will be held at the Megatrade Hall 3, SM Megamall, Mandaluyong City. The said forum and exhibit will be spearheaded by the Bureau of Agricultural Research.
The theme for this year is “Enhancing Entrepreneurships in Agriculture and Fisheries through Technology [...]