Better Side Of The Philippines

BETTER SIDE OF THE PHILIPPINES The following was written by INTEL General Manager Robin Martin about the Philippines

great t elecom in fra str ucture  From a fixed line capacity of about 900,000 in 1995 we now have over 7 million.  Cellular phones practically did not exist in 1995; now we have over 11 million line capacity.

Th e MRT etc…  many of the EDSA flyovers (including the Ayala Avenue flyover), the SKYWAY, Rockwell and Glorietta 4, the Fort, NAIA terminal 2 and most of the new skyscrapers were not yet built in 1995

in te rn ational qualit y asp halt ro ads  If you drive to the provinces, you will notice that national roads are now of good quality (international quality asphalt roads).  even a not so frequently travelled road was of very good quality

Phil ippi ne e xpo rts have increased by 600% over the past ei ght years  There are many, many more examples of progress over the last eight years.  Philippine mangoes are now exported to the US and Europe .

Addi ti onal ti dbit s to make our peopl e m ore proud:  1. INTEL has been in the Philippines for 28 years.  2. TEXAS INSTRUMENTS has been operating in Baguio for over 20 years  3. TOSHIBA laptops are produced in Santa Rosa , Laguna.  4. TREND-MICRO, makers of one of the top anti virus software PC-Cillin

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 5. ABS system in your car was made in the Philippines (Benz, Volvo & BMW) •6. U.S. Call Center firms in the U.S. have set up operations in the Philippines . •7. America Online (AOL) has 1,000 people in Clark answering 90% of AOL's global e-mail inquiries.