PLDT unit to provide high speed connectivity to Koreans in Phl

MANILA, Philippines - PLDT Alpha Enterprise, a unit of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT), has tied up with IT.Corea Inc. to provide integrated connectivity service to the growing Korean community and businesses in the country.

Jovy Hernandez, first vice president of PLDT and head of Alpha Enterprise, said the partnership would allow Koreans in the country to avail and communicate their information technology (IT) requirements without the language constraints from coordinating with local firms.

“By tapping PLDT’s robust international and domestic high speed fiber network, IT.Corea will be able to provide the Philippine-based Korean community with business and communications solutions for their various needs,” Hernandez said.

While many Koreans come to the Philippines as English language students, others have been attracted by business opportunities in various industries including manufacturing, import and export as well as food service.

Through IT.Corea, Hernandez said Koreans could now avail landlines for their home or business, mobile pre-paid lines, and Internet from PLDT, and avoid application issues like the language barrier in acquiring these services.

“There are so many things that our companies can do in synergy and the great thing about this kind of collaboration is that both PLDT and IT.Corea play an active role in ensuring that our customers get the right solutions for their needs,” he added.

IT.Corea Chairman Jae J. Jang said the company is looking forward to providing Koreans in the Philippines through the partnership with PLDT Alpha with the most expert and efficient service.

 â€œWe appreciate how PLDT has changed the people’s lifestyles through communications. Together with PLDT, we enable Koreans to have easier access to the communications solutions that they require, whether for business and personal use,” Jae said.

Korea emerged as the country’s major source of tourists, growing 13 percent to 1.17 million and accounted for a 25-percent share of the 4.4.68 million tourist arrivals last year.

Data from the Department of Tourism showed that tourist arrivals grew 9.56 percent to 4.68 million last year from 4.27 million in 2012. The number of visitors from the US reached 674,564 followed by Japan with 433,705.

Aside from partnering for PLDT’s Managed IPL and domestic Metro Ethernet services to link the Korean firms’ multiple locations, IT.Corea is also the only Korean IT company in the Philippines to offer information data center services to benefit Korean-owned businesses through PLDT’s network of world-class Vitro Data Centers.

 â€œWe work with many Korean organizations in the Philippines such as the various chambers of commerce and student associations to establish greater communications and connectivity within the Korean community,” IT.Corea chief executive officer Jin Su Kim.