LONDON and MANILA, Philippines, January 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
PLDT opens Global Point of
Presence in London
Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), the leading
telecommunications provider in the
Philippines, has further expanded its global Points of
Presence (PoP) with the launch of an additional PoP in the UK
through Telehouse Europe, one of the world's largest data centre
owner operators. This allows PLDT to offer pan-global connectivity
from the Philippines to the
United Kingdom, and with this
deal, signed through PLDT UK, the company can now provide clients
with an Ethernet International Private Leased Circuit (E/IPLC)
service from the United Kingdom to
the rest of the world, as part of its Global Managed Ethernet
service offerings.
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The PLDT UK PoP has direct connections to Hong Kong and the
United States of America, enabling it to achieve optimal
latency for its customers around the world. This builds on over 500
domestic ethernet nodes that it owns in the Philippines and POPs in Singapore, Japan, U.S. and Hong Kong.
"We are very proud to add the UK to our ever growing managed
international network," said Jovy
Hernandez, PLDT FVP and PLDT ALPHA Enterprise Head. "Our
constant drive to deliver world class service to our customers
around the globe allows them to focus on what matters the most and
allows their customers to do the same."
Michelle Reid, Director of Sales
and Marketing at Telehouse added, "PLDT has made a great decision
to expand their E/IPLC into the UK as the market becomes ever more
significant in the global telecommunications infrastructure. With
over 535 connectivity providers now in the Telehouse Docklands
campus, we look forward to enabling them to maximise the
opportunity this expansion represents."
PLDT is the only Philippine Telco to have been a consistent
finalist and awardee at the prestigious Metro Ethernet Forum
Ethernet Excellence Awards for APAC. The company continues to
partner with regional and global providers to expand its coverage
and deliver global-class Ethernet services to its customers.
About PLDT:
PLDT is the leading telecommunications service provider in
the Philippines. Through its
principal business groups - fixed line, wireless and others - PLDT
offers a wide range of telecommunications services across
the Philippines' most extensive
fiber optic backbone and fixed line and cellular networks.
PLDT is listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE:TEL) and
its American Depositary Shares are listed on the New York Stock
Exchange (NYSE:PHI). PLDT has one of the largest market
capitalizations among Philippine-listed companies.
About Telehouse:
Telehouse is the pioneering data centre colocation provider
established in 1989. It is an owner operator of Tier III data
centres, connectivity and managed ICT solutions to over 2000
corporations around the world. Telehouse is the data centre
subsidiary of Japanese corporation KDDI, a $42 billion Global Fortune 300 telecommunications
and systems integration provider.
For further information please e-mail:
Oliver Calma at PLDT,
occalma@pldtuk.com
Michael Creane at Chameleon PR,
michael.creane@madebychameleon.com
William Horley at Telehouse,
william.horley@uk.telehouse.net
E: sales@uk.telehouse.net
T: +44(0)207-512-0550
W: http://www.telehouse.net