PLDT interconnects with Globe in Iloilo

MANILA, Philippines - Telecommunications giant Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) has opened up interconnection links with another service provider in Iloilo to enable free calls between subscribers.

Through the interconnection agreement, PLDT customers would be able to make local calls to Globelines subscribers free of charge in the following municipalities of Iloilo: Ajuy, Alimodian, Banate, Barotac Nuevo, Barotac Viejo, Cabatuan, Calinog, Dingle, Duenas, Dumangas, Estancia, Iloilo, Janiuay, Leganes, Leon, Oton, Passi, Pavia, Pototan, San Miguel, Sara, Tigbauan, and Zaraga.

“With this new interconnection, our subscribers in Iloilo may now call their friends, family members, and business associates, regardless of their telco connection, anytime without having to worry about long distance charges,” Rene Lescano, PLDT Panay customer service operations zone head said in a statement.

PLDT’s business office in Iloilo, which covers Panay Island, caters to walk-in telephone applicants, installs and repairs telephone and DSL lines, accepts bills payment, services report repairs as well as billing concerns.

It also offers voice, video, and data or triple play services on a single Internet protocol (IP) platform.

“Enabling the IP backbone is PLDT’s Domestic Fiber Optic Network (DFON), the most extensive fiber optics network in the country which now spans more than 100,000 kilometers long. DFON facilitates the direct transmission of the Internet data to our gateway, providing subscribers fast and reliable Internet experience,” Lescano said.