Indian-owned BPO firm Aegis, which entered the Philippines through its acquisition of PeopleSupport, has issued its official statement on a controversial video which promotes Malaysia as an outsourcing destination at the expense of the Philippines.
In anticipation of the rise in scams with Christmas just around the corner, Smart Communications said it is fortifying its efforts to protect its subscribers through a customer education campaign and additional security features for its mobile load services.
Smart Communications announced on Thursday, Sept. 18, the massive roll-out of its new LTE (Long-Term-Evolution) network as the company stretches its LTE footprint in the country to more than 3,400 sites.
Globe Telecom announced on Wednesday night, Sept. 17, that it has signed a confirmation of award with tech giant Alcatel-Lucent to upgrade the telco?s wireless network infrastructure in Visayas and Mindanao from WiMax to LTE-TDD and LTE-FDD ultra-broadband access technologies.
Philippine banks have joined forces to combat the worsening problem of fraud involving automated teller machine cards (ATM) and are working double time to fully replace the magnetic stripes with the so-called EMV chip technology by the end of 2016 as mandated by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.
Customers of Globe Telecom sending cellphone credits through its Share-A-Load or Share-A-Promo transactions will now be asked to confirm their transactions, the company said.
Dominant telco PLDT has given its approval to the plan of German e-commerce firm Rocket Internet to proceed with an initial public offering on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in 2014.
The Medical City has partnered with Microsoft, DBWizards, and Nexus in modernizing their IT infrastructure, making it the first Philippine hospital to move to the cloud.
Globe Telecom has expanded the coverage of its standard rate for data roaming of P599 per day to fifteen (15) more countries, expanding its coverage to a total of 35 countries worldwide.
Mobile carrier Smart Communications said on Tuesday, Sept. 9, that a mobile data platform it recently developed will soon enable its subscribers to access the Internet on their mobile phones for as low as P1, the most affordable mobile Internet service to date.
