Rappler's latest stories on Digitel
Bayan Muna asks SC to compel telcos to refund P18-B 'excess' text fee
The petition covers Globe Telecom, Smart Communications Incorporated, and Digitel Philippines Incorporated, which is the operating company of Sun Cellular
PLDT president and CEO Nazareno to retire end-2015
UPDATED PLDT announces a 2nd organizational shakeup with chairman Pangilinan becoming PLDT and Smart president and CEO
Gov’t upholds removal of ‘redundant’ Digitel employees
PLDT hopes the NLRC resolution will put to rest its dispute with the Digitel labor union
Court grants Digitel's plea to stop refund
The appellate court says recovering the refund might be impossible in the event that the court rules against NTC
PLDT H1 profit grows 2% to P20B
The company says its data businesses now account for a larger share of revenues than legacy businesses
Telcos ask CA to stop SMS refund order
Smart and Digitel file petitions for review before the Court of Appeals to revoke a refund order while Globe files a motion to have its deadline for filing a petition extended
Telcos ordered P7.04B-refund for overcharged SMS rates
The National Telecommunications Commission says telecommunications companies have 30 days to comply with the order
Why contractualization should stop
Workers say the fight against contractualization encountered both victories and attacks in 2013
Telcos estimate fully restored services by yearend
PLDT and Globe say they need till the end of the year to fully restore services in areas hit by Typhoon Yolanda Haiyan
The PLDT-Digitel hunger strike continues
Alexis Valdez of the Digitel Employees Union is on his 5th day of a hunger strike intended to push for the reinstatement of employees affected by the PLDT Digitel merger
Letter from the picket line
Jovel Rico is an engineer yet he sleeps on the sidewalk
Espinosa, Lorenzana assume new roles in First Pacific, TV5
Noel Lorenzana current head of the Individual Business at PLDT will replace Ray Espinosa as President and CEO of Mediaquest the holding company for PLDT s media assets including TV5
80% of Digitel employees take separation package
Redundancies resulted from the migration of Digitel s landline subscribers in Luzon to PLDT
Gokongwei-led JG Summit nets P13.5-B in 2012, up 60%
Hefty dividends from PLDT and strong peso buoy up JG Summit s 2012 financial performance
PLDT expects P2.125-B from CURE divestment
This amount is more than double the P1 billion PLDT has previously said it expects from surrendering the 3G license and CURE to the NTC and makes it expensive for Globe Telecom and San Miguel Corp that are eyeing the frequency
Move over Globe, PLDT now No. 1 in Postpaid
It took the marriage of PLDT and Digitel to dislodge Globe Telecom from its decades long tight grip on the postpaid market
Digitel soon to bid PSE goodbye
Telecommunications firm Digital Telecommunication Phils Inc Digitel has asked the local stock exchange to allow it to delist its shares now owned and traded by a few
PLDT now owns 98% of Digitel
[UPDATED] PLDT increased its stake in Digitel to 98 after minority shareholders of the third largest telco firm availed of the tender offer
The return of SMS, calls in holiday greetings
Unlike before when more Filipinos sent Christmas and New Year greetings via Facebook and other social networks this time good old text messaging and dialing a call made a comeback
SEC allows PLDT to move tender offer deadline to January 16
PLDT says the extension will allow other Digitel minority shareholders including those who have recently filed a complaint to still sell their shares
Digitel minority owners complain PLDT paid Gokongweis more
Four Digitel shareholders complain PLDT paid them P1 60 per share while the Gokongweis got P21 12
Rigodon after PLDT-Digitel deal
Top financial and legal posts at Digitel will soon be in the hands of PLDT execs
NTC sets conditions to PLDT-Digitel deal
On October 26 2011 the National Telecommunications Commission NTC approved PLDT s acquisition of Gokongwei led Digital Telecommunications but under the following conditions NTC commissioner Gamaliel Cordoba says both telco firms have to keep their unlimited offerings and service quality which will be checked quarterly
Telco firms told to reduce regular SMS fee to P0.80
MANILA Philippines The National Telecommunications Commission asked mobile phone operators to reduce regular text messaging fee by at least P0 20 per text or from P1 to P0 80
PLDT plans to delist Digitel from stock exchange
MANILA Philippines Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company PLDT will likely take newly acquired Digital Telecommunications Philippines Inc private after completing the country s biggest corporate deal
