SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 

 

FORM 6-K

Report of Foreign Private Issuer 

 

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

**For the month of April 2008**
 

 

**Commission File Number 1-03006**

 

 

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company
(Exact Name of Registrant asSpecified in Its Charter)

 

**Ramon****Cojuangco Building**

**Makati Avenue**

**Makati****City**

**Philippines**

(Address of principal executiveoffices)

 

 

(Indicate by check markwhether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-For Form 40-F.)

 

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(Indicate by check markwhether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant isalso thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.)

 

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NOTE REGARDINGFORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

Some information in this report may containforward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the U.S.Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of1934.  We have based these forward-looking statements on our current beliefs,expectations and intentions as to facts, actions and events that will or mayoccur in the future.  Such statements generally are identified byforward-looking words such as “believe,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “continue,” “estimate,”“expect,” “may,” “will” or other similar words.

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**EXHIBITS**
 

 

 

Exhibit Number

 

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A copy of the disclosure letter we sent today to the Philippine Stock Exchange and the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding a press release entitled “ePLDT Ventus Signs Additional Contract with Ingram Micro”.

 

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Exhibit 1

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April 14, 2008 

 
 

 

The Philippine Stock Exchange
Disclosure Department

4th Floor PSECentre

Exchange Road, Ortigas Center

Pasig City

 

Attention:        Atty.Pete M. Malabanan 

Head,Disclosure Department

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

In compliance withSection 17.1(b) and Section 17.3 of the Securities Regulation Code, we submitherewith a copy of SEC Form 17-C with a copy of a press release attachedthereto entitled “ePLDT Ventus Signs Additional Contract with Ingram Micro”.ePLDT Ventus, Inc. is a subsidiary of ePLDT, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary ofPLDT.

 

This shall also serve asthe disclosure letter for the purpose of complying with the PSE RevisedDisclosure Rules.

 

 

Respectfully yours,

 

/s/ Ma. Lourdes C.Rausa-Chan

MA. LOURDES C. RAUSA-CHAN

Corporate Secretary 

 

MLCRC:amq

Encs.

 

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Exhibit 1

 

 

April 14, 2008 

 

 

SECURITIES &EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Money Market OperationsDepartment

SEC Building, EDSA

Mandaluyong City

 

Attention         :           DirectorJustina F. Callangan

                                    CorporationsFinance Department

 

Gentlemen:

 

Re       :           PhilippineLong Distance Telephone Company

                        SECRegistration No. PW-55

 

In accordance withSection 17.1 (b) of the Securities Regulation Code, we submit herewith five (5)copies of SEC Form 17-C with a copy of a press release attached thereto entitled“ePLDT Ventus Signs Additional Contract with Ingram Micro”.  ePLDT Ventus, Inc.is a subsidiary of ePLDT, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of PLDT.

 

Very trulyyours,

 

/s/ Ma. Lourdes C. Rausa-Chan

MA. LOURDES C. RAUSA-CHAN

Corporate Secretary 

 

MLCRC:amq                                                    

Encs.

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Exhibit1

 

 

SECURITIES ANDEXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

 

SEC FORM 17-C

 

CURRENT REPORTUNDER SECTION 17

OF THE SECURITIESREGULATION CODE

AND SRC RULE 17.1

 

 

 

1.                 April 14, 2008 

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

2.                 SEC Identification Number  PW-55

 

3.                 BIR Tax Identification No. 000-488-793

 

4.                 PHILIPPINE LONGDISTANCE TELEPHONE COMPANY                                  

            Exactname of registrant as specified in its charter

 

5.         PHILIPPINES6. _____________ (SEC Use Only)  

           Province, country or otherjurisdiction             Industry Classification Code

of Incorporation

 

7.         9th Floor MGO Building

            Legaspicorner dela Rosa Streets, Makati City                                  1200 

     Address of principal office                                                                  PostalCode

 

8.         (632)816-8553                                           

           Registrant's telephone number, including areacode
 

9.         NotApplicable                                                               

            Formername or former address, if changed since last report

 

10.       Securitiesregistered pursuant to Sections 8 and 12 of the SRC

 

            Titleof Each Class                             Number of Shares of Common Stock

          Licensed and Amount of Debt Outstanding

 

 

 

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Exhibit 1

 

 

11.       Item9 – Other Events

 

Attachedhereto is a copy of a press release entitled “ePLDT Ventus Signs AdditionalContract with Ingram Micro”.  ePLDT Ventus, Inc. is a subsidiary of ePLDT,Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of PLDT. 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

            Pursuantto the requirements of the Securities Regulation Code, the Registrant has dulycaused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE

TELEPHONE COMPANY

 

 

/s/ Ma. Lourdes C. Rausa-Chan

MA. LOURDES C. RAUSA-CHAN

Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

Date:   April 14, 2008 

 

Distribution Copies:  5copies – Securities & Exchange Commission

                        1copy    - Philippine Stock Exchange

                                    1copy    - Company Secretary

 

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Exhibit 1

 

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**PLDT****Press Release**

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**ePLDT Ventus Signs AdditionalContract with Ingram Micro**

 

 

***April 14, 2008, Manila,Philippines*** - ePLDT Ventus, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ePLDT, Inc. and a providerof cost-effective, offshore call center outsourcing solutions has signed acontract with Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM) to provide call center supportservices on behalf of Ingram Micro to its U.S. and Canada customers.  IngramMicro is the world’s largest technology distributor. 

 

ePLDT Ventus, since 2003,has been servicing Ingram Micro’s U.S. and Canada customers, particularly forinbound sales order processing, B2B account management, cross sales, callrouting, as well as customer support and inquiries.  The expanded partnershipbuilds on the consistent satisfaction by ePLDT Ventus of the quality andservice metrics prescribed by Ingram Micro.

 

“We are very pleased withthis accomplishment of ePLDT Ventus and are very grateful to Ingram Micro forrecognizing the capabilities of ePLDT Ventus in delivering consistent servicequality results to fulfill Ingram Micro’s customer service requirements,” RayC. Espinosa, ePLDT President said. 

 

“At ePLDT Ventus,building long-standing, fruitful partnerships with our clients is one of ourkey business tenets,” shares Ventus President Helen Marquez.  “Over the lastfive years, we have successfully built a strong relationship with IngramMicro.  Years of working with them gives us the confidence that we can do morefor them and their existing pool of clients in this new endeavor.” ePLDT Ventuswill be ready to offer the same set of cost efficient services to IngramMicro’s clients, such as inbound customer care, inbound technical support,inbound and outbound sales, as well as back office processing. 

"ePLDT's outsourcingservice delivery capabilities, combined with Ingram Micro's industry leadingexperience in the IT space, enables Ingram Micro's customers to utilize offshorecall center solutions with confidence that they will receive Ingram Micro'shigh standards for customer service.  We are pleased to expand our relationshipwith ePLDT, as they have provided over the past several years, best in classservice that our customers expect with Ingram Micro in North America,"said Richard Donohue, Vice President, Strategic Development & Execution.

 

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Exhibit 1

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**About Ingram Micro**

 

As a vital link in thetechnology value chain, Ingram Micro creates sales and profitabilityopportunities for vendors and resellers through unique marketing programs,outsourced logistics services, technical support, financial services, andproduct aggregation and distribution. The company serves more than 150countries and is the only global broad-based IT distributor with operations in Asia. For more information, visit us at www.ingrammico.com.

 

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**About ePLDT Ventus**

 

ePLDT Ventus is aprovider of offshore, cost-effective outsourcing solutions specializing ininbound customer care.  The company has seven call centers consisting of 6,300call center workstations that provide outsource customer service solutions toclients from the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and the Philippines.  It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ePLDT, Inc., the 100%-owned informationand communication technology subsidiary of the Philippine Long DistanceTelephone Company (PLDT).

 

www.epldtventus.com

 

 

 

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CONTACT:

 

**Ken Brian P. Lamzon**

Vice President and BusinessDevelopment Director

ePLDT Ventus

Mezzanine Level, PLDT Ramon Cojuangco Building,

Legaspi Corner Dela Rosa Streets,

Makati City, 1229 Philippines

Phone +63.2.816.8812

**kplamzon@epldt.com**

 

 

 

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Signatures

 

 

Pursuantto the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant hasduly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE

TELEPHONE COMPANY

 

 

 

By        :     /s/ Ma. Lourdes C. Rausa-Chan

Name  :     Ma. Lourdes C. Rausa-Chan

Title     :     Senior Vice President, Corporate

                  Affairs and Legal Services Head 

                  and Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

Date: April 14, 2008