Listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE:TEL) and on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:PHI) and the Pacific Exchange. PLDT has one of the largest market capitalizations among Philippine listed companies.

PLDT has the most extensive fiber optic backbone and fixed line, cellular and satellite networks in the Philippines. It offers the largest and most diversified range of telecommunications services across the Philippines through its three principal business groups - fixed line, wireless, and information and communication technology.

Smart combines its digital Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) technology and its satellite telephony (using the Global Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite technology of ACeS Philippines) for unparalleled coverage and connectivity.

It has also been continuously innovating on wireless technology, having introduced world-first services in the fields of mobile commerce and value-added services. Smart is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Philippine Long Distance Company.

The France Telecom Group through its Orange brand is a world class carrier serving over 171 million customers in more than 220 countries and territories.

Its network spans the entire globe and allows Orange to be an established partner on the wholesale market, providing solutions to more than 1,000 mobile operators, international carriers, ISPs and content providers.

The Group delivers content-rich, innovative and easy-to-use fixed, mobile, Internet and bandwidth solutions under the Orange and France Telecom brands. These solutions include different levels of customization to match carriers' requirements. Dedicated wholesale teams, combined with leading-edge networks and R&D investments - that will reach 2% of its global turnover in 2008 - make it possible to offer top-end quality to its customers.

Being present on both retail and wholesale markets, Orange benefits from a global, in depth understanding of the industry. This allows a constant evolution of its solutions and a unique comprehension of retail players' needs as well as their wholesale implications.

www.orange.com/wholesalesolutions

Tata Communications Limited, the unified global brand for VSNL, VSNL International, Teleglobe and a member of the $29 billion Tata Group, is a leading global provider of the new world of communications. The company leverages its Tata Global Network, vertical intelligence and leadership in emerging markets to deliver value-driven solutions service providers.

Tata Communications portfolio includes IP, converged voice, mobility to global service providers. The Tata Global Network encompasses one of the most advanced submarine cable networks, a Tier-1 IP network, and connectivity to over 200 countries across 300 PoPs.

As the number one global international wholesale voice operator and number one provider of international long distance, the company was named "Best Wholesale Carrier" at the WCA Awards in 2006 and was named the "Best Pan-Asian Wholesale Provider" at the 2006 & 2007 Capacity Global Wholesale Telecommunications Awards.

www.tatacommunications.com

Founded in 1996, iBasis is a leading wholesale carrier of international long distance telephone calls and a provider of retail prepaid calling services and enhanced services for mobile operators. iBasis customers include KPN, KPN Mobile, E-Plus, BASE, and many other large telecommunications carriers such as Verizon, Vodafone, China Mobile, China Unicom, IDT, Qwest, Skype, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, and Yahoo. In October 2007, iBasis acquired KPN Global Carrier Services to create one of the three largest carriers of international voice traffic in the world, and KPN became a majority stockholder of iBasis. On a pro forma basis, the combined company carried approximately 24 billion minutes of international voice traffic in 2007.

www.ibasis.com

The GSC Group is a non-profit organization, run by Carriers for Carriers. The Group was formed in early 2003 to meet the growing needs of Carriers from all continents for process improvement and development of best practices guidelines to adapt the evolving complexity of commercial agreements, dynamic dial code breakouts, and wholesale settlement.

Within the 5 years, GSC Group has successfully held 10 global forums worldwide. Each Forum has attracted up to 80 participants from over 40 Carriers globally.

The GSC Forums are held twice a year, and is open to all Carriers globally including Members and Non-Members. It brings together a unique collection of leading industry experts to meet in a single venue to maximize networking opportunities with global counterparts, resolve bilateral issues, and address critical issues challenging Carriers today. More importantly, it facilitates the exchange of invaluable experiences, business approaches and process solutions among the participants.

To ensure the continued success of GSC forums, at each event a variety of topic issues are presented to the Carrier audience - featuring emergence issues such as service convergence, dial codes, NGN, MMS/SMS, credit risks, complex deals, industry update etc.

GSC Group is currently supported by membership from over 30 companies worldwide, and many of them are leading wholesale Carriers.

The forthcoming 11th GSC forum will be held alongside the 4th Asian Carriers Conference 9-13 September 2008. Carrier attendees are invited to attend the GSC event. For more information, visit www.gscgroup.org.

IDT Asia was established in 2003. With our regional headquarters in Hong Kong, we have rapidly built our retail and wholesale business throughout the Asia Pacific region. We currently handle over a billion minutes a year of phone calls either originating or terminating in Asia. Our network is interconnected with nearly all of the major telecommunications operators in the region, and we offer retail international calling solutions in a number of markets in Asia. IDT Asia currently employs staff in Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney, Seoul, Tokyo, Manila and Delhi.

Sprint provides wireless and IP services and applications to service customer converged voice and data communication requirements. With more than 15 years in the wholesale business, Sprint is the recipient of two first place Atlantic-ACM 2008 Global Wholesale Carrier Excellence awards, in the Brand and Data Quality categories, and two Atlantic-ACM National (US) Wholesale Best in Class awards in the Customer Service and Provisioning categories. Our resellers receive global network coverage, service assurance, financial stability and a broad range of solutions - all from a single trustworthy source.

www.sprint.com/wholesale

ICSS, the international wholesale arm of Deutsche Telekom Group, is one of the biggest voice carriers worldwide and an increasingly important IP player across a growing European market with excellent interregional connections between Europe and the Americas and Asia. With continuously changing markets, ICSS has redesigned its portfolio from traditional voice and transport services to advanced innovative wholesale services and customized IP solutions. The business activities and efforts of ICSS focus on serving the following market segments: broadband operators (ISPs, WISPs, and VoIP SPs), mobile operators and MVNOs, content, application and media providers, corporate service providers and VNOs, fixed voice carriers, and carriers' carriers and their customers through a worldwide sales network. The basis for the delivery of the services of ICSS is an expanding ultra-modern infrastructure - Deutsche Telekom's international network.

For further information, see www.deutschetelekom.com/icss

Arbinet is a leading provider of innovative solutions empowering telecommunications providers to create the most efficient and valuable interconnections globally. Arbinet's flexible, scalable solutions, intelligent platforms and routing expertise empower telecommunications and IP service providers to increase operational efficiency and to accelerate business growth.

Arbinet routes for its Members approximately 2% of the world's international voice traffic to 1,300+ destinations worldwide.

Directo is a long-distance carrier's carrier of international voice and fax long distance services using Internet Protocol (IP) technology in addition to its traditional switch-based network.

Established in 1997, Directo has presence within North and South America, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and Asia-Pacific. Close to 2 billion minutes passes through Directo's network yearly.

Directo is committed to exceed it's customers expectations by providing high-quality, low-cost wholesale and retail communications services that meet the needs of rapidly growing global markets.

Directo is a US constituted corporation regulated by the FCC as well as a member of the US National Telecommunications Credit Group. Directo brings together a team of more than 120 industry veterans operating throughout the globe, with offices in the USA, Philippines, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Peru and Israel.

One of three operating units of Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ), Verizon Business delivers advanced IP, data, voice and wireless solutions to large business and government. Our company prides itself in transforming cutting-edge technology into global solutions.

• 32,000+ employees
• 321 offices in 75 countries across six continents
• Global IP footprint serving 2,700+ cities in 150 countries
• More than 200 state-of-the-art data centers around the world
• Tens of Thousands of Customer Relationships including 98% of Fortune 500
• Strength in financial services, retail, high-tech, healthcare, federal/state/local government and education

Our Executive Team
One of the most accomplished leadership lineups in the communications industry, our executives have over 140 years of combined experience creating advanced solutions.

Our History
Verizon Business is the culmination of a series of focused acquisitions of industry leaders, including MCI, UUNET and Digex, that create a company with deep expertise, global capabilities, and a history of innovation.

Verizon Business Code of Conduct
Integrity, respect, performance excellence, and personal accountability - these are the core values of the Verizon Business employee.

iXLink is a neutral business exchange service designed specifically for the telecom industry. Created in conjunction with a number of the world's largest telecom providers, iXLink provides a secure, reliable business-to-business information exchange platform that enables communication service providers to automate business processes as well as quickly and efficiently access and share business documents among their trading partners. iXLink is a business unit of Telarix Inc., the world's leading provider of business information exchange and interconnect OSS/BSS solutions for content providers, IP service providers and global fixed and mobile operators.

PCCW Global is a provider of integrated global communications solutions and a wholly-owned operating division of PCCW Limited, the premier telecommunications provider in Hong Kong and a world-class player in Information & Communications Technologies. With centers in Hong Kong, Herndon, Virginia in the US, London in the UK, and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, plus teams covering the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia and the Americas, PCCW Global serves the voice and data needs of multinational enterprises, as well as the operational requirements of service providers. Reaching more than 850 cities and 80 countries, the PCCW Global network supports a portfolio of integrated global communications solutions that include fiber and satellite transmission and International Private Leased Circuits, IP transit, MPLS-VPN, ATM/frame relay and IP telephony, plus capabilities such as hosted PBX solutions. To learn more about PCCW Global, please visit www.pccwglobal.com.

HKCOLO, the first neutral colocation service provider in Hong Kong and the largest within the region, is currently serving most of active carriers from different parts of the world via its Meet-Me-Room, the gateway for international carriers to the China Market and the window for China-based carriers to the world.

HKCOLO provides the customers space, power and access to other networks which colocated in the Meet-Me-Room facilities. HKCOLO also provides a managed IP backbone, managed IP transit, IP gear leasing, and voice switch leasing. Our team of experts would also provide investment and region management consulting services.

Alcatel-Lucent provides solutions that enable service providers, enterprises and governments worldwide to deliver voice, data, video communication services to end-users. As a leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband access, carrier and enterprise IP technologies, applications and services. Alcatel-Lucent offers the end-to-end solutions that enable compelling communications services for people at home, at work and on the move.

ancotel. the connection company. is a leading supplier of innovative services for carrier neutral co location, telehousing and interconnection. ancotel s Kleyer 90 brand represents the entire complex at Kleyerstrasse 88 90 and Rebstöcker Strasse 25 31 in Frankfurt am Main. It is here that ancotel has built up Europe s largest and most important telecommunications network node for international carriers and providers. It is a central, high performance marketplace for integrated broadband and communications services, whilst also forming a network with more than 300 carriers. Alongside classic physical cross connections using fibre optic, coaxial and twisted pair copper cables, ancotel is placing increasing emphasis on pioneering virtual mmr platforms and managed services.

The connection over the ancotel vmmr® between Frankfurt am Main, London and Hong Kong is the current innovation at ancotel. These are the best possibilities for telecommunication companies to get connected to every carrier who is available at the ancotel vmmr® in Frankfurt, London and Hong Kong.