Manila Electric Company TheManila Electric Company, or Meralco, is the Philippines' largest distributor of electrical power. The company holds the power distribution franchise for some 22 cities and 8municipalities, including the capital city of Manila, as well as for the cities of !an "uan, #as Pi$as, %ue&on, Malabon, Maati, Caloocan, Pasay, Mandaluyong, Parana(ue, and )a*otas. Meralco's 2+year franchise for these marets, awarded in 2--, gi*es the company control of the energy distribution ser*ices for an area of more than .thousand s(uare ilometers and a population of more than /.0 milliononefourth of the Philippines' total populati on. The company boasts a co*erage rate of more than 0 percent, the highest in the country. Each year, Meralco sells more than 2million megawatthours 1M34, with residential and commercial sales each contributing roughly + percent, and industrial sales adding - percent. 5ormerly a power producer, Meralco purchases its power r e(uirements primarily from go*ernmentowned )ational Power Corporation6 since the beginning of the 2---s, howe*er, the company has begun to purchase electricity from a number of newly established independent power producers, helping to lower its prices. Meralco also has started to di*ersify its operations in response to the deregulationof the Philippines power industry by e7tending into power generation, industrial construction and engineering, and other areas, including real estate de*elopment, ecommerce, and consultancy ser*ices. Meralco is led by Chairman and CEManuel M. #ope&, whose family, through direct and indirect holdings, retains control of some 2+ percent of the compan y. The #ope& family, one of the country's most prominent, also controls conglomerate 9enpres 3oldingsand other businesses.
!mart Communications, @nc. 1!mart4 is the Philippines' leading wireless ser*ices pro*ider with
+A million subscribers on its B!M networ as of endMarch 2-/+. !mart has built a reputation
for inno*ation, ha*ing introduced worldfirst wireless offerings such as !mart Money, !mart
#oad, !mart Padala, and the )etphone. !mart offers B, 3!P>, and #TE ser*ices, while its
satellite ser*ice !mart #in pro*ides communications to the global maritime industry. !mart
9roadband, @nc., a whollyowned subsidiary, offers a wireless broadband ser*ice, !mart
9roadband, with 2.D million subscribers.
!mart is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Philippines' leading telecommunications carrier, the
Philippine #ong :istance Telephone Company. 5or more information, *isit
http=www.smart.com.ph.
SPINNR, the Philippines’ first-ever msic streamin! service po"ere# $% "ireless services lea#er
Smart Commnications, Inc. &Smart', "as recentl% reco!ni(e# for $ein! the )*est Content
Service+ in Asia #rin! the recent Asia Commnication A"ar#s &ACA' /.
PINNR Pro#ct 0ana!er Lcille 1an! receives the )*est Content Service+ a"ar# for SPINNR#rin! the Asia Commnication A"ar#s ceremon% hel# at the Conra# Centennial 2otel in
Sin!apore last 3ne 9, /.
9arely a year old, !P@))F was deemed the most outstanding entry by a mobile networ in the9est Content !er*ice category for >C> 2-/A, which recogni&ed the best contentbased ser*ice
that addresses demand for content ser*ice needs of its endusers.
!P@))F is a homegrown 5ilipino music portal and mobile streaming ser*ice that enables !mart,
Tal G) Te7t, and !un Cellular subscribers to download and stream millions of songs for as lowas P2.+- per day or PA a month without additional data charges.
He are honored to recei*e the 9est Content !er*ice award from the >C>, which reaffirms ourcommitment to deli*ering uni(ue, rele*ant, and affordable ser*ices lie !P@))F to millions of
subscribers nationwide,H said Mellissa #imcaoco, @nno*ation and Product :e*elopment 3ead at!mart. Iith this recognition, !P@))F subscribers can e7pect more e7citing inno*ations and
e7clusi*e pers that will deli*er on our promise to pro*ide the total music e7perience to all our
!ince its launch in ctober 2-/, !P@))F has re*olutioni&ed the music consumption habits of5ilipinos nationwide by introducing music streaming to the mainstream maret through its *ery
affordable pacage offers.
>t the price of Kust about two !M! per day, 5ilipinos now ha*e access to a *ast collection ofmusic tracs that they can stream to their smartphones *ia the i! and >ndroid apps and *ia the
eb throughwww.spinnr.ph.
I"ust a few years ago, music streaming was not a familiar concept among most 5ilipino music
lo*ers. ith !P@))F, !mart has pa*ed the way for more fans to affordably enKoy musicanytime, anywhere without worrying about the limited storage space on their mobile de*ices,J
#imcaoco added.
>ccording to a recent sur*ey by 9ostonbased mobile technology firm ">)>, !P@))F is the
most preferred music streaming ser*ice in the Philippines with 2L of sur*ey respondentssaying they use the app to listen to music on their smartphones.
9ut more than pro*iding affordable music streaming to users, !P@))F also brings fans closer totheir music idols by bringing the world<s best musical acts to the country, including the lies of
Fihanna, neFepublic, the Fed 3ot Chili Peppers and, most recently, Brammy >wardinningCountry Pop !inger Taylor !wift.
Through these concert e*ents, fans are able to get rare and soughtafter merchandise of their
fa*orite acts and e*en get the chance to meet and greet them in person, all because of !P@))F.
5ans can e*en e7tend these e7periences by downloading the songs, *iewing e7clusi*e *ideos,and e*en maing the songs as their phone<s ringbac tunes through !P@))F.
rgani&ed annually by #ondonbased industry publication Total Telecom, the >C> recogni&es
outstanding performance by >sian carriers, multimedia content pro*iders, *endors, and othercommunication ser*ice pro*iders.
:uring the >C> awarding ceremony held last "une /, !mart also bagged the 9est Place to or
award, which was based on the results of a sur*ey conducted by the >C> among employees of
