MG EXEO technician climbing a red steel tower

Tower work at our Sun Valley yard, Parañaque

Telecommunications

End-to-end telecommunications infrastructure

From survey and engineering through construction, installation, testing, commissioning and maintenance — for operators, global vendors and government since 1991.

500+ telecom and network projects11 network domains

500+telecom and network projectsMarch 1992 – August 2025
2,100+ kmfiber route on two projects626 km (1997–98) + 1,490 km (2012–17)
550+towers erectedCell sites and relay stations, 1995–2021
5,800sites in one programEquipment and power works, 2011–15
27countries and territoriesOverseas assignments, 1993–2013
30+ yearswith our longest clientsOperators and global vendors since the 1990s

Source: MG EXEO project register (March 1992 – August 2025); counts are project entries (contracts and POs). Towers: MG EXEO tower records.

01Capability map

11 network domains, one contractor

One Philippine contractor for the whole telecom network — from survey and civil works to installation, testing and maintenance.

Swipe the table sideways to see all six stages.

Network domain	Survey & design	Permits & site acquisition	Civil works	Installation	Testing & commissioning	Operations & maintenance
01Fiber Backbone & Outside Plant
02Access Networks: FTTH, Copper & In-Building
03Maintenance, Rehabilitation & Restoration
04Mobile & Wireless Networks
05Towers & Site Infrastructure
06Microwave & Optical Transmission
07Subsea Cable Landing Stations
08Core, Cloud & Switching
09Telecom Power & Grounding
10Radar, Aviation & Defence Communications
11Engineering, Survey & Design

Filled dot = delivered by MG EXEO (see the domain below). Dash = not part of our usual scope in this domain.

02Capabilities and selected experience

What we deliver, domain by domain

Capability first, evidence second: each domain shows our scope of work and named references from the project register.

Fiber Backbone & Outside Plant

Backbone, regional and metro fiber routes built end to end — from route survey and permits to trenching, cabling, splicing and acceptance.

Route survey, OSP design, digitized plans and as-built drawings
Right-of-way and permits
Trenching, direct-buried routes, duct systems and HDD
Manholes, handholes and concrete-encased ducts
Aerial and underground fiber and copper cable installation
Fusion splicing, OTDR testing and acceptance

Selected experience (7)

Period	Project and location	Client	Scope / scale
1997–1998	DFON Loops 5 & 6 fiber backbone, Visayas–Mindanao	PLDT / Marubeni	626 km trenching, 56 km duct
1997–1998	E.O. 109 fiber backbone, Eastern and Western Mindanao (27 sites)	Piltel / Marubeni	Primary and secondary cable, testing
2008–2009	Backhaul route, Metro Manila – Nasugbu	Eastern Telecom (ETPI)	90 km direct-buried fiber: ROW permits, trenching, testing
2009–2014	X-CON upgrade, Metro Manila and Laguna (171 sites)	PLDT	Fiber cable, civil works and testing
2012–2017	Nemesis OSP Phases 1 & 2	Globe / Huawei	1,490 km: NCR 200, Visayas 200, Mindanao 1,090
2015–2017	Fiber routes, South Luzon (Batches 1 and 3)	Smart / PLDT	Survey, digitized plans, civil and cable works, as-builts
2024–	ERDL45 network resiliency, South Luzon and Visayas	PLDT	12 new underground fiber links, 5.57 km

Access Networks: FTTH, Copper & In-Building

Last-mile networks that connect homes and buildings — FTTH/ODN, copper access, cabinets, subscriber lines and in-building systems.

FTTH and optical distribution network (ODN) construction, NAP installation
Cabinet installation and conversion
Subscriber line installation and rehabilitation
Copper cable laying, tapping and MDF termination
In-building solutions: survey, design and implementation
Structured cabling, LAN and Wi-Fi access points

Selected experience (8)

Period	Project and location	Client	Scope / scale
1993–1999	Primary and secondary cable programs, Metro Manila and provinces (36 sites)	PLDT / Marubeni	Cable installation, facilities and acceptance tests
2008–2010	Subscriber line installation, Las Piñas and Parañaque (66 sites)	PLDT	Line installation with full rehabilitation
2011–2016	LEC modernization Phases 2 & 3, Western Visayas and Cebu	Globe / Innove	OSP works, cabinets, DP augmentation
2015–2017	FTTH outside plant construction, Luzon	PLDT	OSP construction and services
2016–2017	Wi-Fi network, NCR	Fujitsu (Smart)	Site survey and implementation
2017–2018	In-building solutions, Makati, Laguna and Batangas	PLDT	Survey, design and implementation
2021–2023	FTTH overlay (ODN and NAP), Visayas	Globe	FTTH network expansion
2022–	Fixed network expansion, Visayas	Nokia Shanghai Bell	Fiber and broadband infrastructure

Maintenance, Rehabilitation & Restoration

We keep live networks running — routine and emergency maintenance, rehabilitation of damaged plant and fast restoration after typhoons.

Routine and emergency maintenance of fiber and copper cables
Fault location, repair and re-splicing
Rehabilitation of primary OSP: temporary aerial, high-loss and multi-cut cables
Aerial cable maintenance and recovery of dead facilities
Disaster restoration and acceptance testing
Fiber quality maintenance programs

Selected experience (7)

Period	Project and location	Client	Scope / scale
2014–2018	Fiber quality maintenance and rehabilitation, Makati, Laguna and Batangas	PLDT	Maintenance and rehabilitation
2014–2018	Typhoon Yolanda network restoration, Visayas	Globe	Restoration and acceptance tests
2018–2023	Install and repair of telecom facilities, Visayas and North Central Luzon	Globe / Innove	Facility install and repair
2020–2023	OSP engineering and construction, Visayas (two programs)	Globe	OSP fixes and construction
2024–	Primary OSP rehabilitation, South Luzon (2024 and 2025 programs)	PLDT	Rehabilitation of damaged plant
2024–2026	OSP maintenance, Regions 6 and 7 (Visayas)	Eastern Telecom (ETPI)	Routine and emergency fiber and copper repair
2025–	Aerial cable maintenance and recovery, South Luzon	PLDT	Maintenance and recovery of dead facilities

Mobile & Wireless Networks

Mobile networks from GSM, 3G and WiMAX rollouts to today's network expansion and Open RAN — survey, acquisition, civil works and installation.

Technical site survey and reports (TSSR)
Site acquisition and permitting
BTS, Node B and RBS installation, testing and commissioning
Equipment change-out, swap and rehoming programs
Microwave link installation
Open RAN field survey and installation

Selected experience (8)

Period	Project and location	Client	Scope / scale
1999–2007	GSM rollout Phases 6 to 13, Visayas and Mindanao	Globe / Ericsson	Civil, tower and telecom installation
2005–2007	GSM Phase 5 BTS change-out, NCR (351 sites)	Digitel / Huawei	Survey, installation, testing and commissioning
2010–2011	RAN site acquisition, Laguna and Batangas (212 sites)	Bell Telecom / Nokia Siemens	Site acquisition and permitting
2010–2014	3G Phase 3, Cebu and Visayas (300 sites)	Digitel / Huawei	Node B civil works, installation and commissioning
2012–2013	WiMAX Phase 3 installation (193 sites)	ZTE (Smart)	BTS installation, acceptance and documentation
2016–2019	BTS rehoming, Luzon	Alcatel-Lucent / Nokia (Smart)	Rehoming and BSC/RNC decommissioning
2020–2026	Mobile network expansion, Visayas	Nokia Shanghai Bell	New sites, upgrades and optimization
2022–	Open RAN field survey and installation, Makati	EXEO Group / NTT Docomo	Survey and installation

Self-supporting tower, Sun Valley, Parañaque

Towers & Site Infrastructure

Towers designed, built and upgraded by our own engineers — 550+ towers erected since 1995, from rooftop sites to 70 m self-supporting towers.

Soil investigation and site engineering
Tower design — including our own 44 m EX-SSM self-supporting tower
Foundations, site development, equipment shelters and fences
Tower supply and erection: self-supporting, guyed and rooftop
Microwave relay stations and wireless terminal towers
Towers designed to TIA-222 Rev H

Selected experience (8)

Period	Project and location	Client	Scope / scale
2000–2001	70 m self-supporting tower on a building rooftop, Vito Cruz	Globe	Supply and erection
2000–2003	Relay stations and wireless terminal towers, Lanao del Norte, Zamboanga del Norte, Negros	DOTC / SR Telecom	Soil tests, exchange buildings, foundations, erection
2003–2006	GSM Phases 9 and 10, Visayas and Mindanao (253 sites)	Globe / Ericsson	Permits, foundations, tower erection
2006	EX-SSM tower design and supply, Bangladesh (40 sites)	Banglalink / Ericsson	Design and supply of our own tower
2006–2008	Guyed and self-supporting towers, Davao, Cagayan de Oro, Iloilo (23 sites)	Bayantel / ZTE	Site development, foundations, erection
2015–2019	Tower retrofitting and base pads, Visayas	Globe / Alcatel-Lucent	Site survey, retrofit, base pads
2019–2021	Communication towers, North Luzon	Rohn Products	Tower construction
2024–	33 m four-legged tower, Basa Air Base, Pampanga	Forward Slope (AFP)	Soil analysis, design, supply and installation (TIA-222 Rev H)

Cable ladder installation for transport equipment

Microwave & Optical Transmission

The transmission links that carry the network — microwave radio, relay stations, SDH and DWDM optical transport.

Line-of-sight survey and radio frequency interference checks
Microwave antenna and radio installation and alignment
Microwave relay station civil and tower works
SDH and DWDM equipment installation, testing and commissioning
Cable ladders, synchronization and power cabling
Labeling, inventory and documentation

Selected experience (7)

Period	Project and location	Client	Scope / scale
1997–1998	Microwave relay stations, Batangas, Bulacan and other sites (5 sites)	Telichphil / Tomen	Piling, foundations, equipment rooms, tower erection
2002–2003	Microwave links, Mindanao (32 sites)	Globe / Ericsson	Installation, testing and commissioning
2006–2007	BTS power and microwave systems, Visayas and Mindanao (95 sites)	Globe / Ericsson	Installation, testing and commissioning
2008	SDH microwave radio, Laguna, Batangas and Cavite (48 sites)	Globe / NEC	Line-of-sight survey, installation, commissioning
2019–2021	Metro DWDM network, NCR and Rizal	Global optical networking vendor	Survey, installation, testing and commissioning
2022–2023	Converged optical transport, Davao	Global optical networking vendor	Installation
2024–	Microwave equipment installation and alignment, Basa and Angat	Forward Slope (AFP)	Cabling and physical alignment

Equipment installation at a cable landing station

Subsea Cable Landing Stations

Submarine line terminal and optical transport work at cable landing stations — in the Philippines and across Asia, Oceania, the Americas and Europe.

Submarine line terminal equipment (SLTE) installation
Testing and commissioning, including segment tests
Capacity upgrades and network reconfiguration
Site survey, labeling, inventory and hardware recovery
As-built drawings and completion reports
Technical manpower for global vendors abroad

Selected experience (7)

Period	Project and location	Client	Scope / scale
2001	Cable landing station, Nasugbu, Batangas	Globe	Transmission equipment installation
2004–2005	Submarine cable stations: South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan	Via Kyowa Exeo	Installation, testing, commissioning
2005	SEA-ME-WE 4 stations: Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Thailand	Via Kyowa Exeo	Installation, testing, commissioning
2009–2011	Southern Cross stations: Australia, Fiji, USA (incl. Hawaii)	Alcatel-Lucent	Installation, testing, commissioning
2011–2013	Asia cable stations: Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Brunei, Pakistan, Bangladesh	Alcatel-Lucent / Mitsubishi Corp.	Installation, upgrades, commissioning
2011–2012	TAT-14 stations: United Kingdom, Denmark, USA	Mitsubishi Corp. / Alcatel-Lucent	Installation, testing, commissioning
2021–2024	Six Philippine landing stations: Nasugbu, Naic, Davao, Baler, Bauang, Daet	Global optical networking vendor	Upgrades, reconfiguration, installation, testing

Core, Cloud & Switching

From telephone exchanges in the 1990s to today's telco cloud — core network equipment installed, tested and integrated.

Switching and power equipment installation, testing and commissioning
Telco cloud (NFVI) hardware installation
IMS and media gateway technology refresh
Network management server installation
Equipment room cable ladders, sync and power cabling
Operation and maintenance technical assistance

Selected experience (7)

Period	Project and location	Client	Scope / scale
1992–1996	National Telephone Program Phase 1 — switching and power (28 sites)	DOTC / Sumitomo / NEC	Installation, testing and commissioning
1993–2002	Switching installation abroad: Ghana, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Kenya	Via Marubeni / Kyowa Exeo	Switching and power installation, testing
1995–1999	Regional Telephone Development Program Phase C (18 sites)	DOTC / Sumitomo Electric	Switching installation, operation and maintenance
2005–2008	O&M technical assistance: Japan, Jamaica, India, Egypt	NEC	Technical manpower
2020–2022	Telco cloud (NFVI) and IMS core, data centers nationwide	Nokia (Smart / PLDT)	Survey, installation and support
2020–2023	Media gateway technology refresh, PLDT and ePLDT sites	Nokia (Smart / PLDT)	Installation, sync and power cabling
2020–2021	Network management server installation, Sucat	Nokia (Smart / PLDT)	Survey, decommissioning, installation

Telecom Power & Grounding

Power is part of every network site — DC power, batteries, generators, AC power and grounding for telecom, data center and radar facilities.

DC power plants and sub-systems; rectifiers and batteries
AC power connection, distribution and cabling
Generator set installation
Power cabling and busbar tapping in equipment rooms
Grounding grids, lightning protection and counterpoise
LV distribution for radar and aviation sites

Selected experience (6)

Period	Project and location	Client	Scope / scale
1997–2000	DC power sub-systems, Mindanao	Piltel / Marubeni	Supply, installation and commissioning
2001–2002	Air navigation sites (29 towers): LV distribution, grounding, lightning protection	ATO / Tomen (Toshiba)	Installation and compliance testing
2006–2007	BTS power, AC connection and generator sets (95 sites)	Globe / Ericsson	Installation, testing and commissioning
2011–2015	Core rectifier and battery replacement, Visayas and Mindanao	Globe / Huawei	Replacement within the 5,800-site program
2015–2018	CAAP radar sites: LV power distribution and grounding	Thales Australia	Supply and installation
2022–2023	Media gateway power cabling and busbar tapping, PLDT Greenhills	Nokia (Smart / PLDT)	LV power cabling and tapping

Radar, Aviation & Defence Communications

Mission-critical communications sites for the Air Force and civil aviation — radar, air navigation and command-and-control towers.

Radar surveillance system installation
Radome installation, grounding and ladder works
Control buildings, tower foundations and erection
Radio and electrical equipment installation
Soil analysis and tower design to TIA-222 Rev H
Acceptance tests and documentation

Selected experience (6)

Period	Project and location	Client	Scope / scale
2001–2003	Air Navigation Facilities Modernization Phase III — control buildings (8 sites), tower foundations and erection (29 towers)	ATO / Tomen (Toshiba)	Civil, tower and grounding works, acceptance tests
2002–2004	Radio and electrical equipment, Baguio, Kalibo and Laoag	ATO / Tomen (Toshiba)	Installation, commissioning, acceptance
2015–2018	CAAP radar sites, Visayas and Mindanao	Thales Australia	Radome, grounding and ladder works
2022–2023	Radar surveillance system, La Union (Philippine Air Force)	EXEO Group	Installation
2023–2024	Radar surveillance system, Zamboanga (Philippine Air Force)	EXEO Group	Installation
2024–	Command and Control Fusion Center upgrade, Basa Air Base and Angat	Forward Slope (AFP)	33 m tower, microwave installation and alignment

Engineering, Survey & Design

Engineering that lowers construction risk — site surveys, design, CAD and as-built documentation by our own engineers.

Technical site surveys and reports (TSSR)
Soil investigation and site engineering
OSP and access network design and engineering
Tower design
CAD drawings, digitized plans and as-built databases
Completion reports and project documentation

Selected experience (8)

Period	Project and location	Client	Scope / scale
2005	Own 44 m EX-SSM self-supporting tower design	MG EXEO	Tower design and engineering
2011	As-built drawings and completion reports for subsea projects	Alcatel-Lucent	CAD and documentation
2015	Access network resiliency design, Bonifacio Global City	Globe / Innove	Design and engineering
2016–2018	Access network design for typhoon-hit areas, Visayas	Globe	Design and engineering
2017–2018	In-building solutions, Makati, Laguna and Batangas	PLDT	Survey and design
2022	Technical site surveys and reports for PLDT and Smart sites	Nokia	TSS reports
2024	Soil analysis and technical report for a 33 m tower, Basa Air Base	Forward Slope (AFP)	Soil sampling, analysis and report
2025	Solar power system site survey, Manila and Cebu	EXEO Group / NTT Docomo	Survey and report

Source: MG EXEO project register (March 1992 – August 2025), current contracts and company history. Vendor and cable-system names for some optical and subsea work are withheld under confidentiality; references available on request. Work abroad was arranged through Kyowa Exeo or Marubeni where shown.

03Major programs

Programs at national scale

Hundreds of sites and thousands of kilometers — delivered for operators and global vendors.

626 kmFiber backbone trenching, Visayas–MindanaoPLDT · 1997–98
1,490 kmFiber OSP network, NCR, Visayas and MindanaoGlobe / Huawei · 2012–17
5,800Sites — core and transport hardware, rectifier and battery worksGlobe / Huawei · 2011–15
351Sites — GSM BTS change-out, NCRDigitel / Huawei · 2005–07
300Sites — 3G Node B civil works and installation, VisayasDigitel / Huawei · 2010–14
345Relay stations and wireless terminal towers, Lanao del NorteDOTC / SR Telecom · 2000–03
6Submarine cable landing stations in the PhilippinesGlobal optical networking vendor · 2021–24
29Air navigation tower sites, nationwideATO / Tomen (Toshiba) · 2001–03

04Nationwide and international reach

Every major island group — and 27 countries

Luzon

Metro Manila
Pampanga · Bulacan · Aurora
La Union · Baguio · Ilocos
Cagayan Valley
Batangas · Cavite · Laguna · Rizal
Camarines Norte

Visayas

Cebu
Iloilo · Western Visayas
Negros · Bacolod
Leyte · Samar
Bohol
Aklan

Mindanao

Davao
Zamboanga
Cagayan de Oro
General Santos
Lanao del Norte · Iligan
Dipolog · Ozamis

Regional teams have run maintenance and rollout programs in Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao at the same time.

World map showing countries and territories with MG EXEO assignments

Asia (17): Japan · South Korea · China · Hong Kong · Taiwan · Singapore · Malaysia · Thailand · Vietnam · Indonesia · Brunei · Cambodia · Bangladesh · Pakistan · India · Sri Lanka · Maldives
Oceania (3): Australia · New Zealand · Fiji
Americas (2): USA · Jamaica
Africa & Middle East (3): Ghana · Kenya · Egypt
Europe (2): United Kingdom · Denmark

Source: MG EXEO project register (locations named in project entries) and overseas project records (1993–2013).

05Clients and partners

Long relationships with operators and global vendors

We often work as the vendor's local execution partner — and our clients come back.

NECsince 1992
PLDTsince 1993
Globesince 1995
Piltelsince 1996
Ericssonsince 1999
Smartsince 2001
Huaweisince 2005
ZTEsince 2006
Alcatel-Lucent / Nokiasince 2009

"Since" = year of first project in the MG EXEO project register or company history.

Invite MG EXEO to your next telecom package

Fixed, mobile, transmission, subsea, core, power or maintenance — talk to our team.

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