INDUSTRY LEADERS HOLD FIRST PH LTE FORUM

AN IMPRESSIVE lineup of telco visionaries graced the recently- concluded First Philippine LTE Forum held in Makati City. The event, organized by wireless leader Smart Communications, Inc. ( Smart), showcased the potential benefits of Long Term Evolution ( LTE) high speed mobile broadband technology to different sectors of society including the academe, law enforcement, healthcare, manufacturing, and government. Smart pioneered LTE in the Philippines when it fired up the country’s first live LTE network in Boracay back in 2011, followed by a series of roadshows in NCR, Cebu and Davao. The company announced that it will launch its commercial LTE service on Aug. 25. Shown are ( from left) PLDT VP and head of Alpha Enterprise Jovy Hernandez, NTT Docomo senior technical advisor for Smart Yoshinori Yasui, Ericsson chief technical officer Lawrence Macalintal, Nokia Siemens Networks head of solutions Albert Nombres, Cisco Systems chief technology officer ( mobility) Dirk Wolter, Huawei business consulting director Carol Wan, Smart wireless consumer division head Noel Lorenzana, and PLDT- Smart spokesperson Ramon Isberto. TOYOTA Bicutan- Parañaque, together with volunteers of Toyota Motor Philippines Corp. ( TMP) and Toyota Motor Philippines Foundation ( TMPF), held Toyota’s 47th Medical and Dental Outreach Program at the San Antonio Elementary School in Brgy. San Antonio, Parañaque City. Over 1,200 patients were given free medical services, consultations, and medicines. Consultation services offered during the wholeday activity included pediatrics, general medicine, ENT/ ophthalmology, OB- Gyne, surgery, and dermatology; dental services including tooth extraction and oral prophylaxis; and ancillary services such as chest x- ray, complete blood count, random blood sugar, urinalysis, electrocardiogram, and pelvic ultrasound. The program brought together around 300 volunteers from Toyota, TMPF scholars from Don Bosco Technical Institute, and medical and dental teams from Makati Medical Center, Makati Dental Society, and Manila Tytana Colleges, with free medicines from partners IAE Pharmaceuticals, Drugmakers Biotech Research Laboratories and Carachem Pharmaceuticals. Toyota has provided healthcare support to over 96,000 constituents of the cities of Santa Rosa and Parañaque since 1992.