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Established on August 31, 1987, Digital Telecommunications Phils., Inc. or DIGITEL is 47.45% owned by JG Summit Holdings Inc. or JGSHI, one of the largest and most diversified conglomerates in the Philippines. DIGITEL is part of the JG Summit Conglomerate, which has business interests in Air Transportation, Banking, Food Manufacturing, Hotels, Petrochemicals, Power Generation, Publishing, Real Estate and Property Development, and Telecommunications among others.

DIGITEL continues to be a major provider of wirelines in the country in terms of working lines. Through 694 regional and local exchanges, DIGITEL telephones are now available in 281 towns and cities throughout Luzon.

DIGITEL’s voice products and services include the provisioning of local call, national and international toll services, enhanced through DIGITEL’s suite of value added services, payphones and prepaid phone cards via Digikard & DGMax brands. Existing foreign and domestic carrier interconnection agreements enable sufficient transmission capacities for efficient and cost-effective routing. Interconnection with Philippine-based and international Carriers involves the use of IP (Internet Protocol). Quality customer service assistance is provided through the improved LEC Helper and the Kamustahan Program Web Application. These systems support standardization of the Customer Care interfaces.

In addition to wireline voice services, DIGITEL’s data division, DigitelOne, offers corporate customers and consumers access to high-speed data transmission and Internet services through domestic and international leased line services, frame relay and dedicated Internet service. In response to future requirements for convergent technologies enabling simultaneous voice and data service transmissions, DIGITEL now offers broadband and landline bundles through BIDA. Its new MANGO wireless service combines the practicality of the landline, plus the added benefit of portability.

Established by DIGITEL in September 2001 to provide wireless public and private telecommunication services, wholly owned subsidiary Digitel Mobile Philippines, Inc. (DMPI), is one of the Philippines’ leading mobile telecommunications companies known by its corporate brand name SUN CELLULAR.

Sun Cellular commercially launched its wireless mobile services on March 29, 2003 offering the latest in GSM technology, provisioning voice services (local, national, and international calls), messaging services (short text and multi-media messaging), outbound and inbound International Roaming, and Value Added Services. Sun Cellular pioneered the intra-network unlimited wireless services in the Philippines through its 24/7 Call and Text Unlimited (CTU) and 24/7 Text Unlimited (TU).

Sun Cellular continues to significantly increase its network coverage investing in additional network infrastructure every year. This aggressive expansion effort has enabled Sun Cellular to reach most of the countries key cities and provinces such as Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Pampanga, Batangas, Nueva Ecija, Cebu, Bacolod, Iloilo, Davao, Cagayan de Oro, Zamboanga, and General Santos.

The Company is focused on transforming, more than just upgrading its products and services - to be a partner in the holistic development of its subscribers, most especially children, and to go beyond just providing a form of communication transport. DIGITEL is dedicated to supporting its customers with a complete service experience that is flexible, responsive, and tailored to their needs. DMPI, on the other hand, is making inroads as a third player in the wireless market. Today, Sun Cellular has the most economical and unmatched products and services for its subscribers.


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