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{{Short description|Telecommunications company in the Philippines}}
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|name = ABS-CBN Convergence, Inc.
|name = ABS-CBN Convergence, Inc.
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|foundation = December 29, 2011
|foundation = December 29, 2011
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|founder =
|key_people = Carlo Katigbak ([[President (corporate title)|President]])
|key_people = Carlo Katigbak (President and CEO)
|location_city = [[ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center]], Sgt. Esguerra Ave. corner Mother Ignacia St., Brgy. South Triangle, [[Diliman, Quezon City]]
|location_city = [[ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center]], Sgt. Esguerra Ave. corner Mother Ignacia St., Brgy. South Triangle, Diliman, [[Quezon City]]
|location_country = [[Philippines]]
|location_country = Philippines
|industry = [[Telecommunications]]
|industry = [[Telecommunications]]
|products = [[ABS-CBN Mobile]], [[ABS-CBN TV Plus]]
|products = [[ABS-CBN Mobile]] <br> [[ABS-CBN TV Plus]]
|services = [[mobile telephony]], [[digital terrestrial television]]
|services = [[Mobile telephony]], <br> [[Digital terrestrial television in the Philippines|Digital terrestrial television]]
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|owner = [[ABS-CBN]] (68%)<br>[[Globe Telecom]] (32%)<ref>{{cite report|url=http://edge.pse.com.ph/downloadFile.do?file_id=228352 |title=(ABS-CBN) SEC FORM 17-A |last=P. Valdueza |first=Rolando |work=[[Philippine Stock Exchange]] |pages=11 |date=April 15, 2016}}</ref>
|owner = [[ABS-CBN Corporation]] (68%)<br>[[Globe Telecom]] (32%)<ref>{{cite report |url=http://edge.pse.com.ph/downloadFile.do?file_id=228352 |title=(ABS-CBN) SEC FORM 17-A |last=Valdueza |first=Rolando P. |work=[[Philippine Stock Exchange]] |pages=11 |date=April 15, 2016}}</ref>
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'''ABS-CBN Convergence, Inc.''' (formerly known as '''Multimedia Telephony, Inc.''') is the communications subsidiary of the media conglomerate [[ABS-CBN]]. It operates a [[Mobile telephony|wireless mobile phone]] service [[ABS-CBN Mobile]], which was launched on November 16, 2013, and [[digital terrestrial television]] service [[ABS-CBN TV Plus]], launched on February 11, 2015.
'''ABS-CBN Convergence, Inc.''' (formerly known as '''Multimedia Telephony, Inc.''') is the communications subsidiary of the [[Mass media in the Philippines|Philippine]] [[media conglomerate]] [[ABS-CBN Corporation]]. It operates a [[Mobile telephony|wireless mobile phone]] service [[ABS-CBN Mobile]], which was launched on November 16, 2013, and [[Digital terrestrial television in the Philippines|digital terrestrial television]] service [[ABS-CBN TV Plus]], launched on February 11, 2015.


==History==
==History==
On January 27, 2012, [[Bayan Telecommunications]] (BayanTel) signed an asset purchase agreement with ABS-C to hand over BayanTel's wireless landline service and its related assets to the latter, which was completed on February 1. The handover includes the telco company's required licenses, interconnection trunks, subscribers and employees.<ref name="ABS-C">{{cite press release|url=http://ir.abs-cbn.com/Portals/_default/Skins/ir/pdf/081513-ABS_SEC17Q_2Q2013.pdf |title=ABS-CBN Corporation - SEC Form 17-Q 2Q13 Quarterly Report |date=14 August 2013}}</ref> This agreement is executed after BayanTel's acquisition by [[Globe Telecom]] through the acquisition of 96.17% of the company's debt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rappler.com/business/18669-ayala-s-globe-completes-take-over-of-lopez-bayantel |title=Ayala's Globe Completes Take-Over of Lopez's BayanTel}}</ref> The company later informed the National Telecommunications Commission that they will terminate this service in March 10, 2014 for reasons of costly maintenance. The subscribers of ABS-C's wireless landline service was migrated to ABS-CBN Mobile after the service shut down.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interaksyon.com/business/83376/abs-cbn-telecom-arm-to-terminate-wireless-landline-service |title=ABS-CBN telecom arm to terminate wireless landline service}}</ref>
On January 27, 2012, [[Bayan Telecommunications]] (BayanTel) signed an asset purchase agreement with ABS-CBN to hand over BayanTel's wireless landline service and its related assets to the latter, which was completed on February 1. The handover includes the telco company's required licenses, interconnection trunks, subscribers and employees.<ref name="ABS-C">{{cite press release |url=http://ir.abs-cbn.com/Portals/_default/Skins/ir/pdf/081513-ABS_SEC17Q_2Q2013.pdf |title=ABS-CBN Corporation - SEC Form 17-Q 2Q13 Quarterly Report |date=August 14, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209055052/http://ir.abs-cbn.com/Portals/_default/Skins/ir/pdf/081513-ABS_SEC17Q_2Q2013.pdf |archive-date=February 9, 2014}}</ref> This agreement is executed after BayanTel's acquisition by [[Globe Telecom]] through the acquisition of 96.17% of the company's debt.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://r3.rappler.com/business/18669-ayala-s-globe-completes-take-over-of-lopez-bayantel |title=Ayala's Globe Completes Take-Over of Lopez's BayanTel |date=December 27, 2012 |work=Rappler}}</ref> The company later informed the National Telecommunications Commission that they will terminate this service on March 10, 2014 for reasons of costly maintenance. The subscribers of ABS-C's wireless landline service was migrated to ABS-CBN Mobile after the service shut down.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.interaksyon.com/business/83376/abs-cbn-telecom-arm-to-terminate-wireless-landline-service |title=ABS-CBN telecom arm to terminate wireless landline service |work=Interaksyon|access-date=March 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326102603/http://www.interaksyon.com/business/83376/abs-cbn-telecom-arm-to-terminate-wireless-landline-service |archive-date=March 26, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>


On May 28, 2013, ABS-C signed a network-sharing agreement with Globe to create a new mobile telephony brand, ABS-CBN Mobile, expected to begin by the end of 2013. ABS-CBN Mobile will create its own [[Prepaid mobile phone|prepaid]] and [[Postpaid mobile phone|postpaid]] voice, SMS, and mobile broadband services while sharing servers, towers, and switches with Globe. Parent ABS-CBN Corporation will inject [[Philippine peso|₱]]2–3 billion to subsidiary ABS-C to build and expand the telco service for the next two years.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://business.inquirer.net/124117/abs-cbn-forays-into-telco-business |title=ABS-CBN forays into telco business |last=Montecillo |first=Paolo |work=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |date=28 May 2013}}</ref>
On May 28, 2013, ABS-CBN signed a network-sharing agreement with Globe to create a new mobile telephony brand, ABS-CBN Mobile, expected to begin by the end of 2013. ABS-CBN Mobile will create its own [[Prepaid mobile phone|prepaid]] and [[Postpaid mobile phone|postpaid]] voice, SMS, and mobile broadband services while sharing servers, towers, and switches with Globe. Parent ABS-CBN Corporation will inject ₱2–3 billion to subsidiary ABS-CBN to build and expand the telco service for the next two years.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://business.inquirer.net/124117/abs-cbn-forays-into-telco-business |title=ABS-CBN forays into telco business |last=Montecillo |first=Paolo |work=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |date=May 28, 2013}}</ref>


The [[National Telecommunications Commission (Philippines)|National Telecommunications Commission]] approved the deal on June 8, 2013.<ref>[http://www.philstar.com/business/2013/06/08/951358/ntc-okays-globe-abs-cbn-network-sharing-agreement NTC okays Globe–ABS-CBN network sharing agreement]</ref> The mobile service was supposed to launch in early September but it was postponed due to operational issues.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interaksyon.com/business/73128/abs-cbn-unlikely-to-launch-mobile-phone-service-this-year |title=ABS-CBN unlikely to launch mobile phone service this year |last=Amolejar |first=Darwin |publisher=InterAksyon |date=20 October 2013}}</ref> ABS-CBN Mobile was instead launched on November 16, 2013, for the benefit of the survivors of [[Typhoon Haiyan]].
The [[National Telecommunications Commission (Philippines)|National Telecommunications Commission]] approved the deal on June 8, 2013.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.philstar.com/business/2013/06/08/951358/ntc-okays-globe-abs-cbn-network-sharing-agreement |title=NTC okays Globe–ABS-CBN network sharing agreement |date=June 8, 2013 |author=Agcaoili, Lawrence |work=PhilStar}}</ref> The mobile service was supposed to launch in early September but it was postponed due to operational issues.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.interaksyon.com/business/73128/abs-cbn-unlikely-to-launch-mobile-phone-service-this-year |title=ABS-CBN unlikely to launch mobile phone service this year |last=Amolejar |first=Darwin |work=Interaksyon |date=October 20, 2013 |access-date=November 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207164251/http://www.interaksyon.com/business/73128/abs-cbn-unlikely-to-launch-mobile-phone-service-this-year |archive-date=December 7, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ABS-CBN Mobile was instead launched on November 16, 2013, for the benefit of the survivors of [[Typhoon Haiyan|Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan)]].


With the National Telecommunications Commission issuing the implementing rules and regulations for the country's shift to digital television on December 18, 2014,<ref>[http://www.bworldonline.com/content.php?section=TopStory&title=all-systems-go-for-digital-tv&id=99816 All systems go for digital TV] retrieved December 19, 2014</ref> ABS-CBN Corporation officially launches ABS-CBN TVplus on February 11, 2015 by a ceremonial switch-on at the [[ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center]].<ref>[http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2015/02/15/1423784/abs-cbn-launches-digital-tv ABS-CBN launches digital TV] retrieved April 6, 2015</ref><ref>[http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/02/11/15/why-abs-cbn-tvplus-future-philippine-tv Why ABS-CBN TVplus is future of Philippine TV] retrieved April 6, 2015</ref> It is a [[set-top box]] that uses the Japanese [[ISDB-T]] standard to detect [[Digital terrestrial television|digital terrestrial]] ([[Free-to-air|free TV]]) signals with five specialty digital television channels.
With the National Telecommunications Commission issuing the implementing rules and regulations for the country's shift to digital television on December 18, 2014,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bworldonline.com/content.php?section=TopStory&title=all-systems-go-for-digital-tv&id=99816 |title=All systems go for digital TV |date=December 19, 2014 |access-date=December 19, 2014 |work=BusinessWorld Online}}</ref> ABS-CBN Corporation officially launches ABS-CBN TVplus on February 11, 2015 by a ceremonial switch-on at the [[ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2015/02/15/1423784/abs-cbn-launches-digital-tv |title=ABS-CBN launches digital TV |access-date=April 6, 2015 |date=February 15, 2015 |work=Philstar |author=Chua, Kane Errol}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/02/11/15/why-abs-cbn-tvplus-future-philippine-tv |title=Why ABS-CBN TVplus is future of Philippine TV |date=February 12, 2015 |access-date=April 6, 2015 |work=ABS-CBN News |author=Rodriguez, Jon Carlos}}</ref> It is a [[set-top box]] that uses the [[ISDB-T International]] standard to detect [[Digital terrestrial television in the Philippines|digital terrestrial]] ([[Free-to-air|free TV]]) signals with five specialty digital television channels.


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ABS-CBN Convergence, Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryTelecommunications
FoundedDecember 29, 2011
Headquarters
ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center, Sgt. Esguerra Ave. corner Mother Ignacia St., Brgy. South Triangle, Diliman, Quezon City
,
Philippines
Key people
Carlo Katigbak (President and CEO)
ProductsABS-CBN Mobile
ABS-CBN TV Plus
ServicesMobile telephony,
Digital terrestrial television
OwnerABS-CBN Corporation (68%)
Globe Telecom (32%)[1]
ParentABS-CBN

ABS-CBN Convergence, Inc. (formerly known as Multimedia Telephony, Inc.) is the communications subsidiary of the Philippine media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation. It operates a wireless mobile phone service ABS-CBN Mobile, which was launched on November 16, 2013, and digital terrestrial television service ABS-CBN TV Plus, launched on February 11, 2015.

History

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On January 27, 2012, Bayan Telecommunications (BayanTel) signed an asset purchase agreement with ABS-CBN to hand over BayanTel's wireless landline service and its related assets to the latter, which was completed on February 1. The handover includes the telco company's required licenses, interconnection trunks, subscribers and employees.[2] This agreement is executed after BayanTel's acquisition by Globe Telecom through the acquisition of 96.17% of the company's debt.[3] The company later informed the National Telecommunications Commission that they will terminate this service on March 10, 2014 for reasons of costly maintenance. The subscribers of ABS-C's wireless landline service was migrated to ABS-CBN Mobile after the service shut down.[4]

On May 28, 2013, ABS-CBN signed a network-sharing agreement with Globe to create a new mobile telephony brand, ABS-CBN Mobile, expected to begin by the end of 2013. ABS-CBN Mobile will create its own prepaid and postpaid voice, SMS, and mobile broadband services while sharing servers, towers, and switches with Globe. Parent ABS-CBN Corporation will inject ₱2–3 billion to subsidiary ABS-CBN to build and expand the telco service for the next two years.[5]

The National Telecommunications Commission approved the deal on June 8, 2013.[6] The mobile service was supposed to launch in early September but it was postponed due to operational issues.[7] ABS-CBN Mobile was instead launched on November 16, 2013, for the benefit of the survivors of Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan).

With the National Telecommunications Commission issuing the implementing rules and regulations for the country's shift to digital television on December 18, 2014,[8] ABS-CBN Corporation officially launches ABS-CBN TVplus on February 11, 2015 by a ceremonial switch-on at the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center.[9][10] It is a set-top box that uses the ISDB-T International standard to detect digital terrestrial (free TV) signals with five specialty digital television channels.

References

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  1. ^ Valdueza, Rolando P. (April 15, 2016). (ABS-CBN) SEC FORM 17-A. Philippine Stock Exchange (Report). p. 11.
  2. ^ "ABS-CBN Corporation - SEC Form 17-Q 2Q13 Quarterly Report" (PDF) (Press release). August 14, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 9, 2014.
  3. ^ "Ayala's Globe Completes Take-Over of Lopez's BayanTel". Rappler. December 27, 2012.
  4. ^ "ABS-CBN telecom arm to terminate wireless landline service". Interaksyon. Archived from the original on March 26, 2014. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  5. ^ Montecillo, Paolo (May 28, 2013). "ABS-CBN forays into telco business". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  6. ^ Agcaoili, Lawrence (June 8, 2013). "NTC okays Globe–ABS-CBN network sharing agreement". PhilStar.
  7. ^ Amolejar, Darwin (October 20, 2013). "ABS-CBN unlikely to launch mobile phone service this year". Interaksyon. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
  8. ^ "All systems go for digital TV". BusinessWorld Online. December 19, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
  9. ^ Chua, Kane Errol (February 15, 2015). "ABS-CBN launches digital TV". Philstar. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
  10. ^ Rodriguez, Jon Carlos (February 12, 2015). "Why ABS-CBN TVplus is future of Philippine TV". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
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