Despite a contraction again in electronic exports, the Philippines posted the highest annual growth in merchandise exports in December 2012 among its trade-oriented neighbors in East and Southeast Asia.
Australia-headquartered BPO firm Shore Solutions announced that it has acquired 100-percent of Rainmaker Asia to gain entry into the country?s booming outsourcing industry.
VIDEO-ON-DEMAND. Ariel Fermin, head of the PLDT?s Home Business, speaks during the launch of PLDT's partnership with online movie streaming website Clickplay.ph. The new service allows PLDT's Fibr subscribers to watch free movies based on their monthly plans.
PLDT has announced it has entered into an agreement to sell BPO businesses owned by its subsidiary ? SPi Global Holdings ? to London-based private equity firm CVC Capital Partners.
Data service revenues grew to P3.56 billion, up 11 percent or P256 million from 2011, driven by the increasing demand for data connectivity and Internet connection.
Integrated Micro-Electronics Inc.has announced that it will manufacture HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) and blower units for Japan Climate Systems Corporation in its Guadalajara, Mexico plant.
PhilWeb has also just set up a new company to produce electronic gaming terminals with a built-in bill acceptor, card reader, and ticket-in, ticket-out printer.
The text scam attracts people by informing them that they can get a discount or be entitled to a rebate on their monthly bill once they text a certain number.
The southern city of Davao is expecting its booming information technology-business process outsourcing (IT-BPO) industry to generate about 5,000 jobs this year.
The Business Processing Association of the Philippines announced on Friday, Jan. 25, it has appointed Jose Mari ?Jomari? Mercado as its new president and CEO, replacing Benedict Hernandez who was named chairman of its executive committee.
