PHI

Type: Public
On the web: http://www.pldt.com.ph
Employees: 29,904
Employee growth: (1.2%)

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) is the leading Filipino telecommunications provider with approximately 32 million fixed-line and wireless subscribers. PLDT offers cellular service through its Smart Communications and Piltel units. Nearly all subscribers use the company's prepaid GSM (global system for mobile communication) services. PLDT maintains about 1.7 million fixed lines (mostly around Manila) and provides local, long-distance, data, and network services over its fiber-optic network and leased satellite and submarine cable. First Pacific owns about a quarter of PLDT.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2008:
Sales: $3,058.2M
One year growth: (16.7%)
Net income: $733.4M
Income growth: (22.8%)

Officers:
Chairman: Manuel V. Pangilinan
President, CEO, and Director; President and CEO, Smart Communications: Napoleon L. Nazareno
SVP, Head Corporate Finance and Treasury, and Treasurer; CFO, Smart Communications: Anabelle L. Chua

Competitors:
DIGITEL
Globe Telecom
Intelsat

PHI is a three-letter acronym or abbreviation that can refer to:

• Pepco Holdings Inc.
• Post-Polio Health International
• Protected Health Information as part of the HIPAA regulations
• The Golden ratio
• The Philippines
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Philadelphia Phillies, a Major League Baseball team
  • Philadelphia Flyers, a National Hockey League team
  • Philadelphia Eagles, a National Football League team
  • Philadelphia 76ers, a National Basketball Association team
• Peptide Histidine Isoleucine

See also

• Phi (disambiguation)

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