PLDT Inc. announced the completion of three major information communications and technology projects in Mindanao to stimulate economic growth in southern Philippines.
These projects in Davao City include PLDT’s fourth cable landing station, a state-of-the-art innovations laboratory and a data center. They are a part of PLDT’s programmed P48-billion capital expenditure for 2016.
“These projects will greatly expand PLDT’s network capacity and quality of services which will benefit industries located in Visayas and Mindanao, and enable them to participate in the emerging gigabit society,” said PLDT chief revenue officer and ePLDT president and chief executive Eric Alberto.
“We have accelerated the necessary investments that will help build and strengthen the regions’ enterprises, and enable them to become, not just locally, but globally competitive armed with new digital tools and innovative solutions,” he said.
PLDT’s fourth cable landing station in Davao links Mindanao to three existing international gateways in Nasugbu, Batangas; Bauang, La Union; and Daet, Camarines Norte. PLDT has the most number of cable landing stations in the Philippines.
This will significantly improve the flow of international data traffic to and from Mindanao, providing better resiliency and reduced latency for enterprises particularly those that demand bandwidth-heavy data services such as the BPO industry.
PLDT’s Davao cable landing station also connects Mindanao to PLDT’s international managed network that has points-of-presence in Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and the US, with a fully-managed, high bandwidth global connectivity with automatic re-routing and switching capability through different international cable routes in the event of cable faults, further improving network resiliency.
The Davao data center is the latest addition to the PLDT Group’s network of data centers. The Davao data center will provide hosting, colocation, and business continuity services for enterprises, and is a suitable secondary back-up location for businesses with data already housed in other data centers across the country.
PLDT Group currently operates seven data centers around the Philippines with the most recent addition being its largest data center in Makati City.
PLDT plans to expand the number of its data center facilities to 10 by 2017 with an unmatched rack capacity of over 9,000 – the largest by any provider in the country.
The state-of-the-art Innolab facility is the latest venue where the PLDT Group’s innovative products and business solutions are tested and showcased to consumers.
