Efficiency and network expansion in the telecommunications sector: a study of the Asian experience.
Abstract This paper considers the potential impact of privatization and the existence of an autonomous regulatory body on outcomes in the telecommunications sector. Previous studies suggest that privatization leads to greater efficiency and network expansion; however, the evidence is not conclusive and some authors have found no...

What is the Telecom Tower's current function?
When it was completed in 1964, the General Post Office Tower was the tallest building in London and a symbol of the white heat of technology that Labour leader Harold Wilson had spoken about enthusiastically the previous year. At the time, one of the main functions of the tower...

PLDT posts record net profit of P28 B in 2004; Resumes dividends to common stockholders.
Byline: EMMIE V. ABADILLA With the sustained strong performance of its cellular business, the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) registered a record net profit of P28 billion in 2004, 1,221 percent more than the preceding years P1.123 billion. It was also the highest net...

Responses by the Federal Communications Commission to WorldCom's accounting fraud.
WorldCom's disclosure of billions of dollars of financial fraud on June 25, 2002 challenged the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") in several major ways. The FCC proclaimed its commitment to enforce its rules to protect consumers against service discontinuance as well as the priority of rooting out corporate fraud. The...

PLDT launches new NDD rate.
Byline: EMMIE V. ABADILLA After losing an average of 85,000 subscribers in the past 4 years to cellular phones, the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) is trying to reverse the trend via a promotional flat rate of R10 for national direct dialing (NDD) calls and calls...

PLDT approves 3-year strategic plans.
Byline: EDGARD HILARIO The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) Board of Directors has approved, in principle, the broad outline of the PLDT Group's strategic plans for the next three years starting 2007, focusing on the development of new revenue streams. This is envisioned to...

Rivalrous telecommunications networks with and without mandatory sharing.
I. INTRODUCTION II. NETWORK SHARING RULES PURSUANT TO THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996 III. TESTING THE "STEPPING STONE" THEORY A. Growth in CLEC Lines B. Cable Telephony: The Dog That Didn't Bark. IV. INVESTMENT AND NETWORK SHARING IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKETS A. Wireline Telecommunications Investment B. Telecommunications Regulation and Investment...

Regional cellular operators can't wait to crack Cuba's pent-up mobile market.
Cuba--a country known around the globe for its advances in education, medicine and biotechnology--is light-years behind its neighbors when it comes to telecom. According to a 2006 study by the UN Conference on Trade and Economic Development (UNCTAD), Cuba has one of the world's lowest mobile telephone...

US cabling system provider projects 50% increase in sales.
Byline: BERNIE CAHILES-MAGKILAT American-owned ADC Krone, one of the worlds leading telecommunications cabling system provider, has projected a 50 percent increase in sales this year due to robust growth in the Philippines call center industry. Larry Cunanan, country manager for ADC Krone Philippines, said this...

PLDT satellite subsidiary goes global.
Byline: EMMIE V. ABADILLA ACeS International Limited (ACeS), the regional satellite mobile phone subsidiary of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), has become a global operator. Aces is collaborating with Inmarsat plc (ISAT), the world's leading mobile satellite operator to transform the Mobile Satellite...