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MANILA - National Power Corp. has tapped the enterprise unit of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) to supply the state-owned company's employees with prepaid mobile phone services.
In a statement, Renato Castaneda, PLDT vice president for Corporate Relationship Management, said the multi-million peso contract between PLDT ALPHA Enterprise and Napocor is good for two years.
With a Smart prepaid cellular phone service, Napocor can monitor load provided to its employees based on the approved amount per job grade plan.
"In other words, Napocor will get to enjoy post-paid benefits at pre-paid arrangements," Castaneda said. Smart Communications Inc. is a unit of PLDT.
Virgilio Leyba, Napocor ISTD manager, said the mobile service is expected to boost employee productivity with improved communications within the company given Smart's extensive network and reliable connectivity.
"Mobile communications is very important to National Power as we operate from the different islands across the country in view of our mandate to energize the whole Philippines," he said.
Napocor earlier partnered with PLDT information communications technology unit, ePLDT, for the data communication link of 103 of its field offices, power barges, and off-grid/island grid power plants as part of its thrust to intensify missionary electrification.
Called the Wide Area Network Connectivity Project, ePLDT connected designated Napocor sites nationwide, and provide them with voice, electronic mail, and file/data transfer services.
Besides Napocor head office, the other sites covered by the WAN project are Puerto Princesa in Palawan, Baguio City, Tacloban City in Leyte, Angat in Bulacan, Tablas Island in Romblon, Masbate, San Jose in Mindoro, Iloilo City, Davao City, and Zamboanga City.
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