Philippines

Southeast Asia's largest diversified conglomerate, San Miguel has announced its intentions to create a joint venture wireless broadband operator in the Philippines with Qatar Telecom... 2008-12-10

Connectivity Unlimited Resource Enterprise (CURE), which was bought by PLDT -owned Smart Communications under a PHP419.54mn (US$10mn) deal from PH Communications Holdings... 2008-11-25

Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel), the largest telecoms company in South-East Asia, has announced its second quarter profits for the 2008-2009 financial year. The company saw... 2008-11-12

The Philippines two largest telecoms operators, Philippines Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) and Globe Telecom, are on schedule to launch their international cable landing... 2008-10-22

Smart Communications, the mobile arm of incumbent Philippines Long Distance Telephone (PLDT), plans to invest PHP9.5bn (US$199.9mn) over a five-year period into improving telecoms... 2008-10-14

Globe Telecom, the Philippines second-ranked mobile operator, has acquired a 100% shareholding in mobile content provider Entertainment Gateway Group (EGG) and its EGGstreme... 2008-08-05

Bayan Telecommunications (BayanTel), the Philippines-based fixed-line operator, has contracted Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies for the expansion... 2008-08-04

Smart Communications, the mobile operating arm of Filipino incumbent PLDT has been awarded an additional 10MHz of spectrum by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC).... 2008-05-29

3G mobile operator Cure, owned by incumbent PDLT's mobile arm, Smart Communications, has announced the launch of its umobile brand. The operator gave details of its plans to offer... 2008-05-21

Globe Telecom, the Philippine-based mobile operator, plans to make further investments in its wireless broadband services, based mainly on its 3G network. Following the completion... 2008-05-13