Innove introduces new prepaid call card.
Innove Communications, Inc. has launched its first prepaid call card service that gives consumers the flexibility to place wireline and wireless local, domestic and international calls. Globe1, Innoves new PIN-based prepaid call card, allows users to make calls from any Globelines payphone and landline, whether postpaid or...

Meet execs confident of success; Preparations now in place, says panel.
CEBU CITY -- Officials of the National Organizing Committee (NOC) of the 12th Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have assured the success of the 16-nation gathering slated here on Jan. 10-15 amidst concern on the erratic Internet connections in the country. With less...

US anti-trust probe on RP telcos ends sans action.
Byline: EMMIE V. ABADILLA The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) is ending its two year old Grand Jury investigation against Philippine carriers for alleged violations of American anti-trust laws without taking any action. Apparently, the US DOJ has found it has no case against Filipino...

THE QUEST CORNER; Powered by DSL.
Byline: Timmy Magalang Almost everyday I encounter questions regarding DSL and dial-up Internet connections. This week I am giving way to the questions I received about DSL. Since PLDT is the countrys leading DSL provider I solicited their help to answer the most frequently asked questions by...

PLDT CEO urges today's retailers to take second look at e-commerce.
Byline: lynda b. valencia Philippine retailers should take another look at e-commerce to take advantage of improvements in both wired and wireless services that may provide their businesses a fresh boost. Napoleon Nazareno, president and CEO of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), who was...

TURKEY - June 28 - New Turk Telecom Board.
A new professional 7-member board is named at state-owned utility Turk Telecom. (Appointment of a "professional board and management team" to run the fixed-line monopoly is one of the final conditions the government has to fulfill to receive a $1.5 bn loan tranche from the IMF next week. The...

THE QUEST CORNER; Powered by DSL.
Byline: Timmy Magalang Almost everyday I encounter questions regarding DSL and dial-up Internet connections. This week I am giving way to the questions I received about DSL. Since PLDT is the countrys leading DSL provider I solicited their help to answer the most frequently asked questions by...

NEWS IN BRIEF; P/$ rate closes at P56.15.
The peso closed lower at P56.15 to the US dollar yesterday at the Philippine Dealing System of the Bankers Association of the Philippines from P56.055 the previous day. The weighted average rate depreciated to P56.128 from P56.086. Total volume amounted to $236.55 million. NTC to ease rollout...

France Telecom Loses Ground.
France Telecom SA has blamed the disposal of some of its businesses and negative exchange rates for a decline in annual sales in 2003. For the full year ending December 31, sales declined 1.1% to 46.1bn euros ($57.7bn) from 46.6bn euros ($58.4bn) in 2002. Full year earnings...

China Netcom Plans IPO.
The second largest Chinese fixed-line telecoms operator China Netcom Corp Ltd has retained the services of Citigroup Inc, Goldman Sachs International, and China International Capital Corp to handle its initial public offering later this year. The IPO is expected to raise between $1.5bn and $3bn, and is...