Around the Philippines in 10 Days
September 27, 2004

Mozcom celebrates its 10th anniversary with nationwide Bus Tours

Manila, Philippines -- Mozcom, the first and largest ISP in the Philippines, recently celebrated its 10th year Anniversary. Two Buses roamed around the country, one each for Luzon and Visayas/ Mindanao for ten days.

A send-off party was held at The Taipan Place, Ortigas Center for Luzon and at the Landco-PDCP Corporate Center in Davao for the Visayas/Mindanao. Mozcom staff and other guests gathered to wish the tour and its passengers a safe and successful trip.

At Luzon, different kinds of celebrations were held at each PoP (Point-of-Presence) where the bus stopped. An ICT Conference in Malolos, Bulacan was held where Mozcom was the organizer and major sponsor of the event.

For Tarlac, different schools participated in the Mozcom Nitro Quiz Show. Cross country bikers cycled off in Dagupan along with the bus while people rocked to the music at the Mozcom concert in SM Baguio. There were also motorcades and school tours in Dasmariñas, Lucena City and Legaspi City.

In Davao, the tour went from General Santos to Marbel, Bukidnon and Cagayan de Oro, stopping at different schools and radio stations to announce the Mozcom Bus' presence in the area. Some students had the opportunity to ride the bus. An LRN (Learning Resources Network) Conference was held in Dipolog, at the Taplaza Hotel. From there, the Bus took a ferry ride to reach the different islands of Visayas.

Dumaguete had the biggest POP party in the Visayas leg. Party revelers flocked to Quezon Park when evening struck. There were school and radio tours as well in Bacolod, where contests were held in the different universities and radio stations.

"The outcome of the Bus tour was more than we expected. The PoPs were very cooperative and eager to make the tour successful," said Ms. Joane Tempra, Mozcom Bus Tour organizer.

The tour culminated with three Gala Nights held simultaneously at The Peninsula Manila in Manila, The Waterfront Hotel in Cebu and at The Royal Mandaya Hotel in Davao.

The parties were broadcasted to each branch using Mozcom's very own videoconferencing service. It was a night of reminiscing and recognition of what they have achieved over the years.

"Riding the bus was a symbolic way of meeting up with our subscribers and potential customers in the information highway," said Ms. Beta Balagot-Gan, Mozcom's Chairman and CEO.

Mozcom's 10th year anniversary celebration was made possible through Campus Radio LSFM the official radio station, Studio 23 the official TV station, Globe and PLDT along with Digitel, Computerworld, PCWorld, Enterprise, Speed Magazine, Lakbay.net, INQ7.net and the Manila Bulletin.

Mozcom was established in 1994, making it the Philippines' 1st commercial ISP. Its nationwide pure-IP backbone was the first of its kind, and to this day, provides the infrastructure that runs corporate virtual private networks (VPNs), the campus network of the major educational and research institutions, and provides true dialup roaming for mobile users from Northern Luzon to Southern Mindanao.

Mozcom is expanding to provide total business solutions. It also specializes on open source, XML, Web Services, and mobile technology. Mozcom provides anti-virus and anti-spam protection as standard features of its service. For more information on Mozcom, visit http://www.mozcom.com or call 848-2606.