PLDT Owns Philcom Corporation

From: http://businessmirror.com.ph/

PLDT expands in South with Philcom

Written by Lenie Lectura / Reporter

Wednesday, 07 January 2009 22:44

PHILIPPINE Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) now owns Philcom Corp., a local exchange carrier with operations in southern Philippines.

First, PLDT had to buy all of Philcom Corp.’s liabilities from PremierGlobal Resources Corp. (PGRC) for P340 million. PGR is a separate company that held all of Philcom Corp.’s debts.

A debt-assignment agreement was signed on Friday last week between PLDT and PGRC, in which the latter sold to the phone giant the outstanding obligations owed by Philcom Corp. to suppliers, banks and other financial institutions.

To complete the transaction in owning 100-percent of Philcom Corp., PLDT had to ink a share-assignment agreement with Philcom Corp.’s parent firm Philippine Global Communications Inc. (PGCI).

Under the deal signed on January 3, PGCI agreed to sell, transfer and convey in favor of PLDT its rights, title and interest in and to all of its shares of common stock in Philcom Corp. for P75 million.

“The result of the two transactions ends up [with] PLDT owning 100 percent of Philcom Corp.,” said PLDT spokesperson Mon Isberto in an interview.

The acquisition will allow the PLDT group to broaden its presence in Mindanao, where it already has operations carried out under PLDT-Maratel Inc. and Smart Broadband Inc. “This expanded presence is expected to benefit not only the existing subscribers in the area, but provides the communities in the area an opportunity to access improved telecommunications facilities,” said PLDT.

The parties would still have to seek approvals of the transaction from the National Telecommunications Commission.

Since January 2004, PLDT has been managing the fixed-line facilities of Philcom Corp., pursuant to an advisory and management-services agreement with PGCI to help improve the operations of the company.

PLDT has been in discussions with the shareholders and creditors of Philcom Corp. to restructure its debts and improve its financial condition since 2007. Philcom Corp. owed PLDT approximately P2.2 billion since December 31, 2001.

Philcom operates in the provinces of Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Basilan, Bukidnon, Camiguin, Davao del Norte, Davao Oriental, Misamis Oriental, Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur. It also has 16 local exchanges in Mindanao, including Cagayan de Oro, Panabo and Butuan City.

Among its other services, Philcom also offers Voice Connect Direct Access, which is dedicated to private telephone lines, a service that provides connection for large volume of domestic and international long-distance traffic; and Internet access, providing customers with the required bandwidth to connect to the Internet utilizing any form of last-mile facility from domestic private line to wireless connection.

Philcom has 26 interconnection agreements and more than 16 overseas correspondent relationships. They include PLDT, Globe Telecom Inc., Smart Communications Inc., Bayan Telecommunications Inc., Eastern Telecommunication Philippines Inc., Digital Telecommunications Philippines Inc., Bell Telecoms, Next Mobile and Express Telecom. Philcom also has tie-ups with Australia, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, the United States, Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, Indonesia and Thailand.

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OJT's Narrative Report

OJT's Narrative Report

It was on April 16,2008 when Phillip Caingles and I started our On-The-Job training at PhilCom. On that day, we were assigned in Network Management Center (NMC) Department. The supervisor and engineers welcomed us nicely. They oriented and taught us about the job that we were about to do on that day. After the orientation, Engr. Earl Clemen brought us to the Main Distribution Frame (MDF) where we met our co-ojt’s in NMC, Mark Gregor Buot and Beverlyn Ranis, doing Pot Splitter Jumpering. They taught us on how to do it and so we tried to do the jumpering. It’s not that hard as long as you know about the horizontal and vertical connections in the MDF. Pot Splitter Jumpering is done whenever there is a new PhilCom subscriber. We do also Pot Splitter Removal to minimize the unnecessary connections that are not anymore active. We also do call thru for telephone line activation.
On the following days, we used to go outside whenever there are subscriber’s line problem or trouble tickets that will be sent to our department. We did the troubleshooting together with the engineer usually at the Remote Line Units (RLU) or at Extended Line Units (ELU) depending on the location of the line problem. We did our troubleshooting in different approach. We will ask first for the subscriber’s telephone number, if it is the correct number that we will troubleshoot then that’s the time we will do the proper troubleshooting of the line. Usually, we received complains about lost of the dial tone at subscriber’s end.
On our last day, we did the troubleshooting by our own. Fortunately, we were able to fix the problem. We were so satisfied in our task done.
We were so happy, grateful and fortunate that we were able to experience and learn a lot of things that are related in the field of communications. It’s the best On-The-Job training here at PhilCom especially in NMC with the guidance of our supervisor Engr. Antonio Bontilao and supportive engineers- Engr.Earl, Engr.Jorge, Engr.Oliver, Engr. Abe, Engr. Theresa and Engr. Judith.

Acknowledgement

Praises and adoration be to our heavenly Father, who, above all deserves our honor. To Him be all the glory for my accomplishment in my training.
We would like to extend our utmost gratitude to the people who played important role in the completion of our training For the warm welcome, with due respect, I am appreciative to Engr. Jodem Gatus. Thank you for your accommodation.
For the patience in guiding and teaching trainees like me, I am very much gratified to Engr. Antonio Bontilao, Engr. Abemael Dupa, Engr. Earl Anthony Clemen, Engr. Oliver Corsanes, Engr. Jorge Balaba, Engr. Maria Theresa Galeon and Engr. Judith Estillore. These learning I gained from you would be of great relevance to my studies. Thank you for all your efforts.
For the accompaniment and services, many credit to all of PhilCom employees.
For the fun and laughter, many thanks to my fellow trainees in PhilCom, you made my on-the-job training worthwhile. Our friendship means a lot. You will forever be cherished and treasured.
For all the add on knowledge beyond my learning in PhilCom, in sharing their learning and experiences in their trainings in other respective companies, thanks to my classmates. You are one of the many reasons why I reached this year level. May our last year in college nourish our knowledge and friendship more.
For all these memorable experiences, thank you to PhilCom- NMC family and to all the people who made my training possible in all aspects. May God bless us all.