Company Information
Piltel is the third largest cellular service provider in the Philippines. A 92.1%-owned subsidiary of Smart Communications, Inc ("Smart"), Piltel provides a prepaid GSM service, known as Talk 'N Text, using Smart's GSM platform. Piltel also provides fixed line telephone services through its RTS and local exchange services in connection with E.O. 109.
Piltel was incorporated in the Philippines with limited liability on July 18, 1968, and was listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange in July 1995. Until 1991, Piltel's sole business was providing fixed line telecommunications services in eight cities and municipalities in the Philippines. Since 1991, Piltel has operated cellular telephone services using various technologies ranging from analog AMPS technology to the digital CDMA technology. In April 2000, Piltel launched its GSM prepaid cellular service under the brand name Talk 'N Text.