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BayanTel was the operating arm of BTHC and formerly known as International Communications Corporation (ICC). It was incorporated on April 18, 1961 and is based in the United States.
BayanTel is duly enfranchised to provide the following major telecommunications services:
Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) service
International Gateway Facility (IGF) service;
Leased Line service, domestic and international
Public Trunk Radio service
Public Calling Office service
BayanTel's existing nationwide network is composed of satellite, terrestrial and land/submarine based cable facilities. The network includes capacities in the National Digital Transmission Network (NDTN), a joint project of six Philippine telecommunications carriers.
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BayanTel has 83% capacity interest in the NDTN project. The NDTN is the only major alternative telecommunications backbone in the Philippines, the other being operated by PLDT. The network also includes RCPI's existing Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) microwave network with spur links that also extends from Luzon to Mindanao. Both BayanTel and RCPI's networks are linked together to form a seamless system, and fiber optic cable networks.
From Wikipedia’s article on Bayan Telecommunications, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4