BellTel completes new base station in Cavite

Bell Telecommunication Philippines, Inc. (BellTel) has just completed this month the installation of its new base station in Gen. Trias, Cavite, allowing the company to provide its wide range of converged communication services to the province’s special economic zones (SEZs).

According to Joby De Belen, BellTel vice president for sales and marketing, the Cavite-based station is just the first of several base stations that will be launched by the company as part of its expansion plan for this year.

"BellTel will be expanding the reach of its fixed wireless network this year by setting up more base stations in areas surrounding Greater Metro Manila. After Cavite we intend to set up base stations in Batangas, Bulacan, Clark and Subic," De Belen explained.

De Belen said by expanding to these areas BellTel is allowing locators in SEZs to gain access to affordable, seamlessly integrated solutions that combine voice and data services. BellTel is able to do this because it is licensed to provide such services in all present and future economic zones and central business districts nationwide.

"The growth in the number of special economic zones in Cavite, Batangas, and Laguna as well as the growth in the number of locators in these SEZs provide a high revenue growth potential for BellTel," De Belen said.

"Proof of this is the fact that we were able to capture a sizeable share of the Cavite market even before we completed the installation of the base station early this month," he said. The companies in Cavite that have subscribed to BellTel so far come from the manufacturing and the retail sectors.

BellTel is now offering iDirect; the company’s flagship fixed wireless converged voice and Internet service, to companies in special economic zones such as the Cavite Export Processing Zone Authority (CEPZA), as well as small and medium businesses, schools, and other organizations in surrounding areas.

"Apart from iDirect we are also offering call center applications and wide area networking services," he said.