SubicTel Powers Up Internet Speed

MANILA, Philippines, March 8, 2007 – Subic Telecommunications Company Inc. (SubicTel), subsidiary of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co., will soon double the speed for its broadband Internet service at no cost to help lure more subscribers to the service.

SubicTel General Manager Henry Abes said that this is part of SubicTel’s aim to continuously provide better services to clients in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone.

“Aside from offering innovative services such as broadband Internet through DSL technology, we want our clients to enjoy the best of what our technology can offer through continuous service improvements. Early this month, we just connected another 45 Mbps bandwidth pipe from PLDT doubling last year’s bandwidth capacity. We intend again to significantly increase our Internet backhaul in the next 3 to 6 months to meet the growing demands of our customers,” said Abes.

He added that SubicTel recently tapped Fujitsu Philippines, a leading provider of customer-focused information technology and communications solutions, to maintain SubicTel’s facilities and efficiently provide data services such as DSL, or digital subscriber line.

Due to its robust Internet Backhaul facility, SubicTel’s Internet services remained on-line even during the recent Taiwan earthquake which caused a major downtime in the other telcos’ and ISPs’ services in the region.

“This is just the start. Existing and prospective clients can expect other innovative service offerings from SubicTel in the coming months. With this network upgrade, we can affirm our claim that we have the best Internet wireline value for money services in the region,” said Abes.

SubicTel has already invested almost P1 billion since 1994 to develop the telecommunications infrastructure in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone. It was created in 1994 after PLDT, SBMA and AT&T of the US decided to form a joint venture to provide state-of-the-art telecommunications facilities for the Freeport Zone.

At that time, PLDT was the only telecommunications company who accepted former SBMA Chair Richard Gordon’s call for help in rebuilding Subic. Because of this missionary role of SubicTel, locators soon came in and contributed to the development of Subic.

SubicTel continues to invest in the development of the telecommunications infrastructure in the Freeport Zone to meet the needs of locators and potential investors.

The other services that SubicTel offers to locators in the Freeport zone and retail clients include residential lines, private leased lines, and Virtual Private Network (VPN).

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SubicTel offers prepaid landline service

MANILA, Philippines, October 2006 – In order to tap more subscribers for landline services, Subic Telecommunications Company Inc. (SubicTel) has opened up its facilities for prepaid services.

“We believe everyone should have easy access to the landline,” said SubicTel General Manager Henry B. Abes. “While many already have cellphones, a landline is still a very useful gadget to have.”

Called the TelePwede! phone, it is similar to PLDT’s prepaid landline offering where a Pwede! Card is used.

All users have to do is link a Pwede! Card to a prepaid landline so that a subscriber will have a TelePwede! phone. The TelePwede! phone must be loaded with a non-consumable P115 every month as activation fee so that a subscriber will be able to receive calls. For outgoing calls and Internet access, a TelePwede! subscriber must have additional load on top of the P115 maintenance fee.

“It is very convenient, easy to use and affordable. Potential clients now have the choice of getting a prepaid line that he or she can load with credits to receive and make calls. They can even use the phone to access the Internet,” said Abes.

The Pwede! Card is a reloadable prepaid card that will have an 11-digit account number similar to that of a cellphone number.

Abes explained that since it will ride on the prepaid system of subsidiary Smart Communications Inc., reloading the Pwede! Card would be as easy as reloading a Smart or Talk ‘N Text prepaid cellphone. E-load denominations will also come in P30, P60, P115, P200, P300 and P500.

There will be very attractive rates, too. Local calls will only be P2 per call unlimited and not the usual per minute rate from any PLDT prepaid landline to another landline. Calls to cellphones will cost only P6.50 per minute.

National Direct Dial, or NDD, calls will only be P5 per minute, and Internet access will only be P5 per hour.

For International Direct Dial, or IDD, calls to 100 countries, TelePwede! phone users can enjoy an affordable rate of only P8 per minute.

“We are expanding our market through this service. While we have small and medium enterprises and big company locators in the Freeport zone, we also want to offer something for the lower segment to complete our portfolio and be of service to more people,” said Abes.

At present, SubicTel also has 850 broadband DSL (digital subscriber line) subscribers. It is also reselling Smart Bro, the wireless broadband service of sister company Smart Communications Inc.

It continues to offer service innovations in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone to help catalyze economic development in the area.

SubicTel has already invested almost P1 billion since 1994 to develop the telecommunications infrastructure in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone. It was created in 1994 after PLDT, SBMA and AT&T of the US decided to form a joint venture to provide state-of-the-art telecommunications facilities for the Freeport Zone.

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SubicTel offers wireless DSL

MANILA, Philippines, September 19, 2006 – Subic Telecommunications Company Inc. (SubicTel) has opened up wireless broadband Internet access at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone to allow more clients to enjoy the benefits of high-speed Internet access.

SubicTel, a subsidiary of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co., is now reselling the Smart Bro wireless DSL service of sister company Smart Communications Inc. in order to speed up provisioning for those who need broadband access.

“Smart Bro, since it uses WiFi, or wireless fidelity technology, doesn’t require phone lines. It’s all wireless,” said SubicTel General Manager Henry B. Abes. “Even those without landline phones can have broadband Internet access similar in performance to wired DSL.”

DSL, or digital subscriber line, is a technology that uses traditional copper lines used in landline phones. SubicTel also offers DSL to a growing number of clients in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone.

“Through this partnership with Smart, we offer our clients more choices and flexibility in choosing the right services they need. Our expanded portfolio of services ensures that we offer only the best services to our clients,” said Abes.

At present, SubicTel already has 850 DSL subscribers. By reselling Smart Bro, the Company expects to expand their reach and spur development in the area through innovative services and business partnerships.

SubicTel has already invested almost P1 billion since 1994 to develop the telecommunications infrastructure in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone. It was created in 1994 after PLDT, SBMA and AT&T of the US decided to form a joint venture to provide state-of-the-art telecommunications facilities for the Freeport Zone.

At that time, PLDT was the only telecommunications company who accepted former SBMA Chair Richard Gordon’s call for help in rebuilding Subic. Because of this missionary role of SubicTel, locators soon came in and contributed to the development of Subic.

SubicTel continues to invest in the development of the telecommunications infrastructure in the Freeport Zone to meet the needs of locators and potential investors.

The other services that SubicTel offers to locators in the Freeport zone and retail clients include residential lines, private leased lines, and Virtual Private Network (VPN).

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