Our Subsidiaries Are Top Contenders In Their Respective Market SegmentsLeaning on the group’s expertise in providing creative and innovative mobile telecommunications solutions, our subsidiaries are among the top contenders in their various market segments in the Philiippines. Learn more about the various companies under the Telecom Concept umbrella and our group’s history of success through the many citations by prominent and respected economic and business publications in the country. |  |
Telecom Concepts Group of Companies | |
Incorporated on May 25, 1998, Telecom Concepts, Inc. began as a retail trading business that eventually emerged as the holding company after a brief period of 5 years. At present, subsidiaries within the TCI Group of Companies play a significant role within their respective segments in the wireless telecommunications industry.  Incorporated on May 25, 1998, Telecom Concepts, Inc. began as a retail trading business that eventually emerged as the holding company after a brief period of 5 years. At present, subsidiaries within the TCI Group of Companies play a significant role within their respective segments in the wireless telecommunications industry.  |
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Telecom Concepts, Inc. | |
 | Telecom Concepts, Inc. (TCI) has been an authorized distributor of LG Electronics Philippines, Inc. for LG mobile handsets and accessories since 2006. With a wide area dealer and distribution network within Metro Manila, including key areas in the Visayas and Mindanao regions, TCI was also appointed in 2010 as the country’s authorized distributor for Huawei products and accessories by Huawei Technologies Investment Co., Inc., ranked 397 by Fortune 500 as one of the world’s largest corporations. Aside from mobile handsets and accessories, the company is also engaged in supplying data service equipment and voice solutions to Smart Communications, Inc., particularly High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) USB modems and Voice Quality Solutions (VQS). TCI is the authorized distributor of Longcheer Technology (Shanghai) Co., Inc. for 3G wireless data services and an authorized distributor of Ditech Networks, Inc., a NASDAQ listed company, and the leading provider of Voice Quality Solutions (VQS) for wireline, mobile and VoIP carrier networks. |
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First Telecom Philippines, Inc. | |
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First Telecom Phils., Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary, incorporated in January 2000 as the retail distribution arm of the TCI Group of Companies. Currently, it provides 24/7 state-of-the-art web portal and short-messaging system (SMS) support to over 24,000 dealers and 250,000 retailers nationwide, with a local subscriber base of over 10 million end-users, patronized abroad also by Filipino roamers and Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs). The company is a major distributor and supplier of mobile handsets and devices to Smart Communications, Inc., Phil. Long Distance Telephone Company, Pilipino Telephone Corporation (telco network operator), Smart Bro and most recently, Red Mobile (a subsidiary of Smart Communications). It was ranked as one of the Top 1,000 Corporations in the Philippines since 2001, averaging 10-digit annual gross sales (in Philippine pesos) up to the present. |
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E-Phone Co, Inc. | |
 | E-Phone Co., Inc. was incorporated on January 2000, with a chain of ten (10) retail outlets located at Shoemart and Robinson’s shopping malls in Metro Manila, namely: SM Centerpoint SM Megamall SM North EDSA SM Southmall SM Sucat Robinson’s Manila Robinson’s Pioneer It carries a variety of mobile handsets and accessories from well known brands (i.e. LG, Samsung, Sony-Ericsson, Nokia, etc.) and an assortment of prepaid cards suited to all local telco networks. The company is also an on-line store (www.ephone.com.ph) catering to clients who have the option to select and pay their purchase of any ePhone product using their prepaid load credits. |
 | Access Chartered Finance, Inc. is a business venture primarily engaged in lending and micro-financing. At present, it has a customer base of over 5,000 clients. |
 | First Mobile Phils., Inc. is engaged in wired and wireless telecommunication services and is a provider of business-to-consumer (B2C) services. The company’s major product is the SKYVIEW, a closed-circuit camera system that utilizes long range wireless local area network (LAN) and a secure point-to-point access that employs high-speed data connection. |
 | The shareholders ventured into the real estate business in 2010 with the incorporation of First Kapitolyo Towers, Inc. and the purchase of an 8-storey commercial building at Barangay Kapitolyo, Pasig City. The building is now considered as one of the structures along the stretch of West Capitol Drive, located in an area where land development is commercial. |
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