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Thursday, March 10, 2005
PLDT launches wireless broadband mobility solution
Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. has come up with a cost-effective wireless Internet service for small and medium enterprises and large corporations with remote offices and road warriors.
Called PLDT WeRoam, the new service allows mobility for a company’s workforce while ensuring reliable local area network and Internet connectivity without wires, PLDT said in a statement.
“For a company with mobile employees, this service could potentially redound to increased efficiency and, consequently, improved revenues,” said senior vice president and head of the corporate business group Eric Alberto.
The service offers four packages: PLDT WeRoam Mobile (with Internet), PLDT WeRoam Mobile (with Virtual Private Network), PLDT WeRoam Direct (with LAN connection to the global Internet) and PLDT WeRoam Direct (with LAN to LAN connection).
WeRoam Mobile will employ GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) and Edge (Enhanced Data for Global Evolution) technologies, providing speeds of up to 170 kilobits per second (kbps) and nationwide cellsite-to-cellsite handover for a seamless connection while on the move.
Speed
WeRoam Direct has a much higher speed of up to 1.024 megabits per second (mbps) through Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity) technology. Unlike WeRoam Mobile, this package offers wireless connectivity within office premises only.
WeRoam packages range from P1,500 to P14,500 a month.
PLDT has teamed up with Intel to provide affordable laptop computers so mobile employees can connect anytime to their corporate networks or the Internet. Sierra Wireless will provide the Aircards or PC wireless access cards to enable wireless connectivity for the laptops. (CTL)
(March 10, 2005 issue)
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