| Business Summary | | Philippine
Long
Distance
Telephone
Company
(PLDT)
provides
telephone
services
in
the
Philippines.
The
fixed
lines
of
PLDT
are
concentrated
in
the
highly
urbanized
Metro
Manila
area.
PLDT
is
also
a
supplier
of
long
distance
telephone
service
in
the
Philippines,
owning
and
operating
an
extensive
digital
fiber
optic
network
designed
for
high-speed,
high-capacity
broadband
transmission
of
voice,
video
and
data.
Complementing
the
digital
fiber
optic
network
is
PLDT's
nationwide
digital
microwave
backbone,
which
connects
its
own
178
exchanges
with
1,398
other
local
exchanges
owned
and
operated
by
other
private
telephone
companies
and
22
more
exchanges
operated
by
governmental
agencies.
Through
its
cellular
subsidiary
Pilipino
Telephone
Corporation
(Piltel)
and
newly
acquired
cellular
service
provider
Smart
Communications,
Inc.
(SMART),
PLDT
also
provides
wireless
communications
services
in
the
Philippines. | More
from
Market Guide: Expanded
Business Description |
| Financial Summary | | Philippine
Long
Distance
Telephone
Company
provides
local
and
long
distance
telephone
service
in
the
Philippines.
For
the
fiscal
year
ended
12/31/00,
revenues
increased
13%
to
PP62.9
billion.
Net
loss
applicable
to
Common
according
to
U.S.
GAAP
totalled
PP28.09
billion,
up
from
PP166.4
million.
Results
reflect
growth
in
the
cellular
services,
fixed
line
services
and
data
and
network
services,
offset
by
increased
selling
and
promotion
expenses,
and
subsidiaries
losses. | More
from
Market Guide: Significant
Developments |
| Officers | |
| Position | Antonio Cojuangco | Chairman | Manuel Pangilinan | Pres,
CEO | Ricardo Zarate | Exec.
VP, Director | Maria Lourdes Rausa-Chan | Sr.
VP, Gen. Counsel, Sec. | George Lim | Sr.
VP |
| More
from
Market Guide on Officers & Directors: Expanded
List, Bios,
Compensation,
Options
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