Thousands of digital subscriber line (DSL) and mobile device users lost their Internet connections on Wednesday due to problems with one of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.’s (PLDT) servers responsible for assigning Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to users.
Dominant carrier Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) has announced a new initiative that will bring Internet connection speeds in the country at par with cutting-edge services in Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea.
The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) will likely yield to Globe Telecom’s demand that its rival, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT), be stripped of some of its allegedly “excess” radio frequencies before it is allowed to take over Digitel Telecommunications Phil. NTC, the state telecom regulator, has to greenlight PLDT’s bid to acquire Digitel’s operations [...]
