Streamtech Systems Technologies, Inc. is a Philippine
telecommunications
Telecommunication, often used in its plural form or abbreviated as telecom, is the transmission of information over a distance using electronic means, typically through cables, radio waves, or other communication technologies. These means of ...
company. Founded by Manuel Paolo A. Villar (son of real estate magnate and politician
Manuel Villar Jr.), it offers communication services such as fiber to the home, internet and cable television bundles (through Planet Cable) and internet for small businesses and large enterprises.
History
Early years
Planet Cable was founded in 2000 by Manuel Villar, Jr. It began its cable TV services in
Cavite
Cavite, officially the Province of Cavite (; Chavacano: ''Provincia de Cavite''), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province of the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region. On the southern shores of Manila Bay and southwest of Manila, i ...
and
Laguna.
Congressional franchise, formal launch
Paolo Villar founded the company in 2017. The following year in 2018, it obtained its 25-year Congressional franchise to operate telecommunication system under Republic Act No. 11089.
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It was also interested to bid for the country's third major telecommunications provider, but were backed out after internal discussions.
In 2020, the Villar Group formally launched the fixed-line broadband internet business of Streamtech, including a peering partnership with Tier 1 for its global upstream services. The company also completed its acquisition of Planet Cable.
In 2021, Planet Cable acquired ]Advanced Media Broadcasting System
Advanced Media Broadcasting System (AMBS) is a broadcast media company in the Philippines. Its main offices and facilities are located at Unit 906A of the Paragon Plaza Building and on the 3rd Floor of Starmalls EDSA Shaw complex, both in Mand ...
, the company operating the radio station AllRadio 103.5 and TV network ALLTV from the Vera family.
See also
*Telecommunications in the Philippines
Telecommunications in the Philippines are well-developed due to the presence of modern infrastructure facilities. The industry was deregulated in 1995 when President Fidel Ramos signed Republic Act No. 7925 (The Public Telecommunications Policy A ...
*Vista Land
Vista Land & Lifescapes Inc. also known as simply Vista Land, is a Real estate development, property developer in the Philippines engaged in the real estate and Retail, retail industries. The company is part of the Villar Group of Companies associ ...
* Vista Malls
References
Cable television companies of the Philippines
Internet service providers of the Philippines
Telecommunications companies of the Philippines
Privately held companies of the Philippines
Companies based in Cavite
2000 establishments in the Philippines
Philippine companies established in 2000
Telecommunications companies established in 2000
Villar Group of Companies
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