(U) Relative to its neighboring Asian countries, the Philippines is remarkably unequipped in terms of its scarcity in satellite and teleport ownership. They own no satellites and have just four commercial satellite teleports. A teleport is an earthbound, satellite uplink facility built to communicate constantly, at high quality, with orbiting satellites.1 By comparison, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia own thirteen, two, eight, and six satellites respectively.2 These countries, likewise, own more teleports which allows for a greater capacity to deliver superior communications to their populations. This is counterintuitive given that, in relation to population density, The Philippines is larger than those countries with the exception of Indonesia.3
(U) The largest telecommunications company in the Philippines is the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT). Though they are the leading telecommunications entity in the country, they do not operate teleports despite offering satellite communications services through subsidiaries. Their satellite services derive from the use of satellite phones, which do not utilize teleports, and through the use of VSAT terminals that link to teleports outside of the Philippines.4, 5 Satellite television is also an especially large percentage of their business, but this too does not necessitate the use of a teleport in the traditional sense of a two way communication link.6 Their TV services are simply broadcasts, meaning that the customers do not transmit back, they merely receive a TV signal.
(U) There are four commercial teleports that reside in the Philippines, the largest of which, is the Philippine Communications Satellite Corporation (PHILCOMSAT) located in Makati City, Me...
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...classified; http://www.pldt.com/about-us/pldt%27s-business
5. Smart(Subsidiary of PLDT); Satellite Overview; 14 April 2004; Unclassified; http://www1.smart.com.ph/Satellite/smart-sat/overview
6. Cignal(Subsidiary of PLDT); Cignal TV Cable; 14 April 2014; Unclassified; http://www.cignaltvcable.com/
7. PHILSATCOM; Satellites Services; 14 April 2014; Unclassified; http://www.philcomsat.com.ph/prod_bs.html
8. Asia Broadcast Satellite, Satellite Fleet, 14 April 2014: Unclassified; http://www.absatellite.net/satellite-fleet/?sat=abs1
9. Bloomberg Business Week; TBGI; 14 April 2014: Unclassified: http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=TBGI:PM
10. TBGI; The Satellite; 14 April 2014; Unclassified; http://www.tbgi.net.ph/technology.html
11. GVA; Philippines Domestic Satellite; 14 April 2014; Unclassified; http://gva-int.com/project1.php
3. Shaw Direct provides direct-to-home satellite programming to more than 900,000 subscribers - largest in the country
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