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                    [ArticleID] => 1211111
                    [Title] => ADB cites top telcos, food companies for inclusive biz models
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Top telecom firms Smart Communications and Globe Telecom, Jollibee Foods Corp. and Nestlé Philippines were among the corporations cited in an Asian Development Bank (ADB) report focused on inclusive business (IB).

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097672 [AuthorName] => Ted P. Torres [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 942697 [Title] => Bogo eyes partnership with BPO companies [Summary] =>

Once the proposed business process outsourcing (BPO) project will be implemented, Bogohanons need not go to the city to work for a call center company given the option to stay in their hometown while being paid the same as those urban-based service representatives.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1342554 [AuthorName] => Grace Melanie L. Lacamiento [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 649918 [Title] => Digitel spending to stay at $350-M level this year [Summary] =>

Digital Telecommunications Phils. Inc. (Digitel) is spending $350 million this year, or roughly the same amount as last year, for its capital expenditures, primarily to boost its wireless mobile services network nationwide.

[DatePublished] => 2011-01-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 488603 [Title] => Court asked to stop NTC circular vs 'spam' text [Summary] =>

One of the country’s biggest value-added services (VAS) providers has asked the Quezon City Regional Trial Court to declare as null and void a just-issued memorandum circular of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) prohibiting “spam” text messages to mobile phone subscribers.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 459826 [Title] => Smart, Globe now offer BlackBerry Storm [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines - The country’s two leading mobile phone operators, Smart Communications and Globe Telecom, announced yesterday the availability of the much-anticipated BlackBerry Storm smartphone for their respective customers in the Philippines.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 367284 [Title] => Digitel’s 3G infrastructure project gets BOI okay [Summary] => The Board of Investments (BOI) has approved the third generation (3G) systems upgrade project of the Gokongwei-owned Digital Mobile Telecommunications Phils. Inc. (Digitel), following the similar approvals for the 3G projects of market leaders Smart Communications and Globe Telecom.

Digitel’s 3G investments, however, will not be entitled to the income tax holiday (ITH) incentive after the government consolidated its fiscal policy, considering that the telecom firms’ operations are already profitable.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 325463 [Title] => InfoDev report cites RP mobile micro-payment model [Summary] => BARCELONA – The proliferation of mobile communications in developing countries has the potential to bring a wide range of financial services to an entirely new customer base, according to a new report commissioned by the Information for Development Program (infoDev) in partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the GSM Association.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Telecoms [SectionUrl] => telecoms [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 279143 [Title] => NTC limits text, calls of cellphone firms [Summary] => Unlimited text and call services being offered by cellular companies will now be limited to certain hours of the day or during off-peak hours to avoid network congestion.

National Telecommunications Commission chief Ronald Solis said unlimited service may now be offered only during the off-peak hours of 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. On the other hand, calls made during peak hours may automatically be terminated after five minutes by the operator if their desired drop call rate cannot be met.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 277853 [Title] => NTC to test networks of Smart, Globe, Sun [Summary] => The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has granted separate motions filed by Smart Communications and Globe Telecom to subject their networks, as well as that of Digitel’s Sun Cellular to an independent test to determine compliance with NTC rules on service quality standards and to address the issue of traffic congestion.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 260723 [Title] => Gov’t may compel cellphone firms to bid for new airwaves [Summary] => Congress should pass new legislation to compel the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to sell to the highest bidder all new allocations of airwaves that cellular telephone operators need in order for them to meet the growing demands of their subscribers.

According to Catanduanes Rep. Joseph Santiago, government could easily generate hundreds of millions, possibly even billions of pesos in additional revenue from the open and competitive bidding for frequencies required by telecommunications companies for their 3G or third generation wireless systems.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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