Parsons enters booming Philippines telecommunications market.MANILA, Philippines--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 1995--Parsons International Ltd. (PIL (Publishing Interchange Language) A standard for document interchange that defines the placement of text and graphics objects on the page. It does not address the content of the objects. PIL - Procedure Implementation Language. ) will provide architecture, engineering and construction management services for the development of a $50 million telecommunications project that includes 11 multiple-story buildings located throughout the Philippines. The local exchange carrier (LEC (1) (LAN Emulation Client) A software driver that provides LAN emulation (LANE) in an ATM network. It resides in an ATM end station or in a computer system that provides the LAN to ATM conversion, often known as a LAN access device. See LANE. ) facilities will house telephone exchange switching and international gateway equipment for SMART Communications Smart Communications, Inc. commonly known as "SMART", is the wholly-owned mobile phone subsidiary of PLDT. With over 25 million subscribers on its GSM network as of end-February 2007, equivalent to approximately 58 percent market share. Inc. SMART has been granted a franchise by the Philippine National Telecommunications Commission to operate fixed telephone exchange facilities for 700,000 lines. PIL's work covers the initial phase of development, which is about 25 percent of the total franchised lines. ``The Philippines telecommunications market is new for Parsons International Limited, and it is booming,'' said PIL Project Manager John Boyd John Boyd may refer to:
The 11 buildings, which vary in design from facility to facility, are built around the specialized telecommunications equipment provided and installed by SMART. The facilities are located in the cities of Pasay, Paranque, Muntinlupa, San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. , Malolos, Olongapo, Dagupan, Cabanatuan, Quezon City Quezon City, city (1990 pop. 1,669,776), former capital of the Republic of the Philippines, central Luzon, a part of the Manila metropolitan area. A suburb of Manila, taken separately it would be the most populous city in the Philippines. , Cebu and Baguio. Parsons International Ltd. is an affiliate of The Ralph M. Parsons Co., which is a subsidiary of The Parsons Corp., one of the world's largest, full-service engineering and construction organizations. Parsons is a recognized leader in infrastructure, government, industrial and community development projects as well as the petroleum processing, chemical, ground transportation, power, water resources, environmental, aviation and pulp and paper industries. CONTACT: The Parsons Corp., Pasadena, Calif. Noel Benson, 818/440-2539 (office) 818/545-6013 (pager) Jamie Brown Jamie Brown can refer to:
818/545-6024 (pager) |
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