EXHIBIT 8
PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE COMPANY
Subsidiaries as at December 31, 2009
Subsidiaries as at December 31, 2009
2009 | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||
Place of | Percentage of Ownership | |||||||||||||||||||
Name of Subsidiary | Incorporation | Principal Business Activity | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | ||||||||||||||
Wireless | ||||||||||||||||||||
Smart: | Philippines | Cellular mobile services | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | — | ||||||||||||||
Smart Broadband, Inc., or SBI, and Subsidiaries, or SBI Group | Philippines | Internet broadband distribution | — | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | ||||||||||||||
Primeworld Digital System, Inc., or PDSI | Philippines | Cellular and internet broadband distribution services | — | 100.0 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
I-Contacts Corporation, or I-Contacts | Philippines | Customer interaction solutions | — | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | ||||||||||||||
Wolfpac Mobile, Inc., or Wolfpac | Philippines | Mobile applications development and services | — | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | ||||||||||||||
Wireless Card, Inc., or WCI | Philippines | Promotion of the sale and/or patronage of debit and/or charge cards | — | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | ||||||||||||||
Smarthub, Inc., or SHI | Philippines | Development and sale of software, maintenance and support services | — | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | ||||||||||||||
Smart Money Holdings Corporation, or SMHC: | Cayman Islands | Investment company | — | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | ||||||||||||||
Smart Money, Inc., or SMI | Cayman Islands | Mobile commerce solutions marketing | — | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | ||||||||||||||
Telecoms Solutions, Inc., or TSI | Mauritius | Mobile commerce platforms | — | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | ||||||||||||||
Far East Capital Limited and Subsidiary | Cayman Islands | Cost effective offshore financing and risk management activities for Smart | — | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | ||||||||||||||
PH Communications Holdings Corporation, or PHC | Philippines | Investment company | — | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | ||||||||||||||
Francom Holdings, Inc., or FHI: | Philippines | Investment company | — | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | ||||||||||||||
Connectivity Unlimited Resource Enterprise, or CURE | Philippines | Cellular mobile services | — | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | ||||||||||||||
Chikka Holdings Limited, or Chikka, and Subsidiaries, or Chikka Group | British Virgin Islands | Mobile applications development and services | — | 100.0 | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Pilipino Telephone Corporation, or Piltel, and Subsidiaries, or Piltel Group* | Philippines | Investment company | — | 99.5 | — | 92.5 | ||||||||||||||
SmartConnect Holdings Pte. Ltd., or SCH: | Singapore | Investment company | — | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | ||||||||||||||
SmartConnect Global Pte. Ltd., or SGP | Singapore | International trade of satellites and Global System for Mobile Communication, or GSM, enabled global telecommunications | — | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | ||||||||||||||
3rd Brand Pte. Ltd., or 3rd Brand | Singapore | Solutions and systems integration services | — | 85.0 | — | 85.0 | ||||||||||||||
Blue Ocean Wireless, or BOW | Isle of Man | Delivery of GSM communication capability for the maritime sector | — | 51.0 | — | 28.3 | ||||||||||||||
Telesat, Inc., or Telesat | Philippines | Satellite communications services | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | — | ||||||||||||||
ACeS Philippines Cellular Satellite Corporation, or ACeS Philippines | Philippines | Satellite information and messaging services | 88.5 | 11.5 | 88.5 | 11.5 | ||||||||||||||
Mabuhay Satellite Corporation, or Mabuhay Satellite | Philippines | Satellite communications services | 67.0 | — | 67.0 | — | ||||||||||||||
Fixed Line | ||||||||||||||||||||
PLDT Clark Telecom, Inc., or ClarkTel | Philippines | Telecommunications services | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | — | ||||||||||||||
PLDT Subic Telecom, Inc., or SubicTel | Philippines | Telecommunications services | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | — | ||||||||||||||
PLDT Global Corporation, or PLDT Global, and Subsidiaries, or PLDT Global Group | British Virgin Islands | Telecommunications services | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | — | ||||||||||||||
Smart-NTT Multimedia, Inc., or SNMI | Philippines | Data and network services | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | — | ||||||||||||||
PLDT-Philcom, Inc. (formerly known as Philcom Corporation), or Philcom, and Subsidiaries, or Philcom Group | Philippines | Telecommunications services | 100.0 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
PLDT-Maratel, Inc., or Maratel | Philippines | Telecommunications services | 97.8 | — | 97.5 | — | ||||||||||||||
Bonifacio Communications Corporation, or BCC | Philippines | Telecommunications, infrastructure and related value-added services | 75.0 | — | 75.0 | — |
2009 | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||
Place of | Percentage of Ownership | |||||||||||||||||||
Name of Subsidiary | Incorporation | Principal Business Activity | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | ||||||||||||||
Information and Communications Technology, or ICT | ||||||||||||||||||||
ePLDT, Inc., or ePLDT: | Philippines | Information and communications infrastructure for Internet-based services, e-commerce, customer interaction solutions and IT-related services | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | — | ||||||||||||||
SPi Technologies, Inc., or SPi, and Subsidiaries, or SPi Group | Philippines | Knowledge processing solutions | — | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | ||||||||||||||
ePLDT Ventus, Inc., or Ventus | Philippines | Customer interaction solutions | — | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | ||||||||||||||
Vocativ Systems, Inc., or Vocativ | Philippines | Customer interaction solutions | — | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | ||||||||||||||
Parlance Systems, Inc., or Parlance | Philippines | Customer interaction solutions | — | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | ||||||||||||||
Infocom Tehcnologies, Inc., or Infocom | Philippines | Internet access services | — | 99.6 | — | 99.6 | ||||||||||||||
BayanTrade, Inc. (formerly BayanTrade Dotcom, Inc.), or BayanTrade, and Subsidiaries, or BayanTrade Group | Philippines | Internet-based purchasing, IT consulting and professional services | — | 93.5 | — | 10.8 | ||||||||||||||
Digital Paradise Thailand, or DigiPar Thailand | Thailand | Internet access services | — | 87.5 | — | 87.5 | ||||||||||||||
netGames, Inc., or netGames | Philippines | Publisher of online games | — | 80.0 | — | 80.0 | ||||||||||||||
Digital Paradise, Inc., or Digital Paradise | Philippines | Internet access services | — | 75.0 | — | 75.0 | ||||||||||||||
Level Up! (Philippines), Inc., or Level Up! | Philippines | Publisher of online games | — | 60.0 | — | 60.0 |
* | On August 17, 2009, Smart acquired the cellular mobile telephone business of Piltel. |
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