PLDT is also currently negotiating with other hardware companies for the manufacture of the units. Chinese tech firm Huawei is currently the sole supplier of the Telpad.
With the aim of dominating the local IT solutions market, Ayala-owned telco Globe Telecom has created a new business unit called IG or IT-Enabled Services Group.
US-based business process outsourcing company TDS Global Solutions (TDS) has picked the Philippines as its operating center as part of its rebranding strategy to broaden its foothold in the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
Locally bred business enabler Diversified Technology Solutions International Inc. (DTSI Group) is seeing no signs of slowing down for the Philippine business process outsourcing (BPO) sector as global companies continue to express interest in considering the country as their outsourcing hub.
The PLDT wireless group posted a 59-percent increase in mobile data revenues -- from P3.1 billion in 2012 to P5 billion in 2013 -- indicating the continuous growth of mobile Internet usage in the country.
Mobile operator Globe Telecom said the Bureau of Customs (BOC) maybe partly to blame for the administrative order it issued that led to the suspension of a total 70 importers and 45 customs brokers. Included in the list of suspended importers are Globe and IT distributor Nexus Technologies.
After gobbling up smaller rival Stream Global Services, BPO giant Convergys said it expects more consolidation in the outsourcing industry as customer requirements become more varied and extensive.
State-owned lender Landbank launched last week its newest card product ? the Landbank Visa Debit Card that allows cardholders buy online as well as cashless purchases in retail stores and merchants worldwide.
Citing a LinkedIn study, Convergys Philippines brand equity manager Jan Alfred Sanchez said 89 percent of the country's talent pool is classified as passive job applicants composed mostly of employed people who are not looking for jobs.
