ABS-CBN Convergence, Inc. (formerly known as Multimedia Telephony, Inc.) is the communications subsidiary of the

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ABS-CBN Corporation ABS-CBN Corporation is a Mass media in the Philippines, Filipino Media conglomerate, media company based in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is the largest entertainment television and film production, Broadcast syndication, progra ...

. It operates a wireless mobile phone service

ABS-CBN Mobile ABS-CBN Mobile (stylized as ABS-CBNmobile) was a cellular telephony service provider in the Philippines owned and operated by ABS-CBN Convergence, a subsidiary of ABS-CBN. ABS-CBNmobile formerly uses the network infrastructures of Globe Teleco ...

, which was launched on November 16, 2013, and

digital terrestrial television Digital terrestrial television (DTTV, DTT, or DTTB) is a technology for terrestrial television, in which television stations broadcast television content in a digital signal, digital format. Digital terrestrial television is a major technologica ...

service

ABS-CBN TV Plus ABS-CBN TV Plus (formerly Sky TV+ and stylized as ABS-CBN TVplus, repackaged in 2021 as ABS-CBN TVplus Digital TV Receiver) is a Philippine ISDB, ISDB-T encrypted digital terrestrial television provider owned and operated by ABS-CBN Convergence ...

, launched on February 11, 2015.

History

On January 27, 2012,

Bayan Telecommunications Bayan Telecommunications Inc. (BayanTel) is a telecommunications company headquartered in Quezon City, Philippines serving areas in Metro Manila, Bicol and local exchange service areas in the Visayas and Mindanao regions combined, cover a popu ...

(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. This agreement is executed after BayanTel's acquisition by

Globe Telecom Globe Telecom, Inc., commonly shortened as Globe, is a major provider of telecommunications services in the Philippines. The company operates one of the largest mobile, fixed-line and broadband networks in the Philippines. As of November 2023, ...

through the acquisition of 96.17% of the company's debt. 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. 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

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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. The

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approved the deal on June 8, 2013. The mobile service was supposed to launch in early September but it was postponed due to operational issues. 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, ABS-CBN Corporation officially launches ABS-CBN TVplus on February 11, 2015 by a ceremonial switch-on at the

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. It is a

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that uses the

ISDB-T International ISDB-T International, also known in Brazil as Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão Digital (SBTVD; ), is a technical standard for digital television broadcast used in Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Botswana, Chile, Honduras, Venezuela, Ecuador, Costa Rica, ...

standard to detect

digital terrestrial Digital terrestrial television (DTTV, DTT, or DTTB) is a technology for terrestrial television, in which television stations broadcast television content in a digital signal, digital format. Digital terrestrial television is a major technologica ...

( free TV) signals with five specialty digital television channels.

References

{{Philippine mobile phone companies, state=autocollapse ABS-CBN subsidiaries Mobile phone companies of the Philippines Telecommunications companies of the Philippines Companies based in Quezon City Philippine companies established in 2011 Telecommunications companies established in 2011