PHILIPPINE Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) is now offering pan-global connectivity from the Philippines to the United Kingdom after it launched an additional Points of Presence (PoP) in Great Britain through Telehouse Europe, one of the world’s largest data-center owner operators.
The deal, which was signed by the Filipino telco’s offshore subsidiary, allows PLDT UK to provide clients with an Ethernet International Private Leased Circuit (E/IPLC) service from the UK to the rest of the world, as part of its Global Managed Ethernet service offerings.
The PLDT UK PoP has direct connections to Hong Kong and the US, enabling the company to achieve optimal latency for its customers around the world. This builds on over 500 domestic ethernet nodes that it owns in the Philippines and PoPs in Singapore, Japan, the US and Hong Kong.
“We are very proud to add the UK to our ever growing managed international network,” PLDT Alpha Enterprise Head Juan Victor I. Hernandez said. “Our constant drive to deliver world-class service to our customers around the globe allows them to focus on what matters the most and allows their customers to do the same.”
Michelle Reid, Director of Sales and Marketing at Telehous, said, “With over 535 connectivity providers now in the Telehouse Docklands campus, we look forward to enabling them to maximize the opportunity this expansion represents.” PLDT continues to partner with regional and global providers to expand its coverage and deliver global-class Ethernet services to its customers.