AT&T WINS $81 MILLION PHILIPPINES CONTRACT TO SUPPLY DIGITAL TELEPHONE NETWORK.MANILA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 28, 1995--Philippines telecommunications firm Globe Telecom awarded AT&T an $81.6 million contract to supply a digital local network that will significantly increase the number of telephone lines in the country. AT&T will supply digital toll electronic switches, outside plant systems and fiber optic and copper cable for more than 106,000 new lines in the Philippines' network. Currently, there are about 1.3 million telephone lines in the country. The AT&T equipment will connect consumers and businesses on Globe Telecom's provincial network with the greater Manila area, with the public switched telephone network of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PSE: TEL, NYSE: PHI), commonly known as PLDT, is the largest telecommunications company in the Philippines. History , and with existing facilities of other local exchange operators. "This contract signing symbolizes Globe Telecom's efforts to address the tremendous demand for local telephone services in the Philippines," said Jay Carter, president of AT&T Network Systems in the Asia-Pacific region. AT&T will supply two 5ESS(R)-2000 digital toll Switches which will be installed in metropolitan Manila to link customers with the country's national long distance network. The company will also provide all outside plant systems, which includes supplying and installing all fiber optic cable Noun 1. fiber optic cable - a cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light fibre optic cable transmission line, cable, line - a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power and copper cable and associated equipment. The outside plant portion of the project will connect Globe Telecom's local exchanges. The new network will enable Globe Telecom to serve customers in and around metropolitan Manila (Makati, San Juan San Juan, city, Argentina San Juan (săn wän, Span. sän hwän), city (1991 pop. 353,476), capital of San Juan prov., W Argentina. It is a commercial and industrial center in an agricultural region. , Mandaluyong, Marikina and Pasig); Southern Tagalog Southern Tagalog, or Region IV, was a region of the Philippines that is now composed of Region IV-A (CALABARZON) and Region IV-B (MIMAROPA). Region IV was split into the two regions on May 17, 2002. (Cavite, Batangas, Mindoro Occidental/Oriental and Palawan); and Mindanao (Lanao del Norte/del Sur, Maguindanao, North Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat This article is about the province. For other uses, see Sultan Kudarat (disambiguation). Sultan Kudarat is a province of the Philippines located in the SOCCSKSARGEN region in Mindanao. ). Globe Telecom's expansion is part of the Philippine government's efforts to upgrade the country's telecommunications network A telecommunications network is a of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. . Under that mandate, Globe Telecom is required to increase its network to 700,000 lines by the year 2000. Today's announcement is part of a seven-year supply contract that AT&T has with Globe Telecom for up to 400,000 new lines. Under a $10 million contract signed last year, AT&T supplied and installed a 5ESS-2000 Switching system, equipped with Intelligent Network and operator services A variety of telephone services that require human intervention, including person-to-person calls, collect calls, credit card billing and directory and dialing assistance. Such services are performed by LECs, IXCs and alternative operator services (AOS), organizations that are used by capabilities, for Globe Telecom's international gateway functions. AT&T Network Systems is a worldwide manufacturer and marketer of network telecommunications products, offering communications service providers A Communications Service Provider or CSP is a company that transports information electronically. The term encompasses public and private companies in the wireline, wireless, Internet, cable, satellite, and managed services businesses. virtually everything they need to build and operate their networks. AT&T is a global communications and computer company with total revenues of $75 billion in 1994. It operates the world's largest and most advanced long distance network and provides communications services and products, as well as network equipment and computer systems, to businesses, consumers, telecommunications service providers A Telecommunications Service Provider or TSP is a type of Communications Service Provider that has traditionally provided telephone and similar services. This category includes ILECs, CLECs, and mobile wireless companies. and government agencies. CONTACT: Barbara Burgess (U.S.) 201-606-2656 (office) 201-267-6588 (home office) 201-606-3306 (facsimile) or Kelvin Yeo (Singapore) +65-390-5373 (office) +65-390-5480 (facsimile) |
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