Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PHI)

Data Center

ePLDT operates an internet data center under the brand name Vitroä which provides
co-location services, server hosting, hardware and software maintenance services, website development and maintenance services, webcasting and webhosting, shared applications, data disaster recovery and business continuity services, intrusion detection, and security services such as firewalls and managed firewalls.

In 2008, our data center contributed revenues of Php767 million, an increase of Php172 million, or 29%, from Php595 million in 2007 primarily due to an increase in co-location revenues and server hosting. Our data center revenues accounted for 7% and 6% of service revenues of our ICT business in 2008 and 2007, respectively.

Data Center

ePLDT operates Vitro™, one of the Philippines' first internet data centers. Vitro™ is a CISCO-certified co-location service provider. Vitro™ provides co-location, web and server hosting, hardware and software maintenance services, website development and maintenance services, webcasting and webhosting, shared applications, data disaster recovery and business continuity services, intrusion detection and internet protocol security services, as well as firewall and managed firewall services.

Infrastructure

Data Center

ePLDT operates Vitro™, one of the Philippines' first Internet data centers. The Philippine Board of Investments granted Vitro™ pioneer status, which entitles it to tax and other governmental incentives. Vitro™ is a CISCO-certified co-location service provider. Vitro™ provides co-location, web and server hosting, hardware and software maintenance services, website development and maintenance services, webcasting and webhosting, shared applications, data disaster recovery and business continuity services, intrusion detection and Internet protocol security services, as well as firewall and managed firewall services.

Internet and Online Gaming

ePLDT’s Internet and online gaming business is conducted through several subsidiaries. ePLDT owns a 99.6% interest in Infocom, one of the country's leading Internet service providers, or ISPs. Infocom offers consumer prepaid Internet access under the name WarpSpeed and Speed Tipid and postpaid Internet access; dedicated dial-up and multi-user dial-up corporate leased lines; broadband Internet access through DSL and cable; and website consulting, development and hosting. ePLDT also owns a 75% interest in Digital Paradise, an Internet café business with over 182 branches which assumed the assets of Netopia Computer Technologies, Inc. and the brand Netopia. ePLDT further holds an 80%-interest in netGames, a publisher of Massively Multi-player Online Games in the Philippines, and is the Philippine licensee of Khan Online, the country’s first full 3D online game; a 51% interest in Airborne Access, the country’s leading operator of WiFi hotspots, which provides wireless Internet access in hotspots equipped with Airborne Access WiFi access points and a 60% equity interest in Level Up!, a leading publisher of online games in the Philippines with about an 80% share of the online gaming market.

Infrastructure

Data Center

ePLDT operates Vitro™, one of the Philippines’ first internet data centers. The Philippine Board of Investments, or BOI, granted Vitro™ pioneer status, which entitles it to tax and other governmental incentives. Vitro™ is a CISCO-certified co-location service provider. Vitro™ provides co-location, web and server hosting, hardware and software maintenance services, website development and maintenance services, webcasting and webhosting, shared applications, data disaster recovery and business continuity services, intrusion detection and internet protocol security services, as well as firewall and managed firewall services.

Data Center

ePLDT operates Vitro™, one of the Philippines’ first internet data centers. The Philippine Board of Investments, or BOI, granted Vitro™ pioneer status, which entitles it to tax and other governmental incentives. Vitro™ is a CISCO-certified co-location service provider. Vitro™ provides co-location, web and server hosting, hardware and software maintenance services, website development and maintenance services, webcasting and webhosting, shared applications, data disaster recovery and business continuity services, intrusion detection and internet protocol security services, as well as firewall and managed firewall services.