Philippine News
8/26/08 Philcom Inc. connects with IP-Converge
Makati City, August, 2008. Maverick telecommunications provider Philippine Global Communication Inc. (Philcom) partners with IP Converge Data Center, Inc., information technology & telecommunications division of publicly listed IPVG Corp. (PSE:IP), to add an additional 45 Mbps of internet bandwidth. Philcom celebrates its 84th year in the telecommunications industry by reaffirming its commitment to deliver innovative and cost-effective products and services to its customers. Philcom sees IP-Converge as an able partner who will provide quality service characterized by high availability and high bandwidth capacity that leverages on their extensive Internet connectivity to the rest of the world through its diversely routed IP network.

“Telecommunications customers have become sophisticated and have very specific requirements so it has become imperative for Philcom to provide services that are responsive to the needs of the market,” says Freddie Romero, Philcom Senior Manager for Project Management and Operations. “Our partnership with IP-Converge will help us meet the demands of our growing customer base.”

Philcom anticipates a surge in their clientele through the expansion of their current line of connectivity services. Philcom‘s Reach Internet Direct Access provided broadband solutions only to corporate clients. In 2008, PhilCom developed a new service that would provide residential customers with internet connectivity called Reach Internet DSL.

At the same time, Philcom has been aggressively expanding Access Zone, their wireless broadband internet service. Aside from WiFi coverage in select areas in Ortigas Center, Makati and the City of Manila, Philcom has made Access Zone available to SM Mall goers in Clark, Pampanga, North Edsa (Cyberzone and The Block), Megamall, The Podium and SMX Convention Center, with plans to have the service available in all SM malls nationwide within 12-18 months.

Recently, Philcom began penetrating coffee shops as well when Figaro at The Block at SM North Edsa enlisted them as partner to service the growing demand for WiFi services from their clientele. PhilCom sees this deal as an opportunity to expand their services further.

IP-Converge is a regional data center whose core competency is managed data services particularly server co-location, connectivity services, network security and Disaster recovery with data centers in Makati, Singapore and Hong Kong and points-of-presence in the United States and United Kingdom. IPC is the only wholly-owned Filipino company with direct peering with the Hong Kong Internet Exchange (HKIX) and multiple routes to Singapore.

“This partnership gives customers the assurance that dependable internet services will always be available because of Philcom Inc.’s experience and profound understanding of the telecommunications industry matched by IP-Converge’s ability to respond to the constantly changing marketplace,” says IP-Converge Senior Vice President for Sales Butch De los Reyes.

Originally known as the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) when it was established on 1924, PhilCom went on to introduce a wealth of firsts in the Philippine telecommunications industry such as direct telephone circuits between the Philippines and the U.S. and Philippines and Japan in 1933, international fax services in 1978, international video conferencing in 1993, International Frame Relay Services in 1995, prepaid internet cards via Webquest in 1996, Assymetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) to corporate accounts in 1998, and dedicated internet access via DSL in 1999.back

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