About Bureau of Communications Services

The Bureau of Communications Services is responsible for the development of communications services and for providing services relating to policy formulation, communication planning, project development, research and evaluation and the coordination of information planning within the framework of the overall thrusts and priorities of the National Development Plan.

Its office can be found at the Malacañang Palace, 310 San Rafael St, San Miguel, Manila, 1005 Metro Manila.

About The Podium

The Podium was developed in December 2001 and officially opened in August 2002 as a joint project of Singaporean company, Keppel Land and BDO Unibank. The mixed-use development has a floor area of 140,000 m2 (1,500,000 sq ft) and consists of a shopping mall of the same name, which has a floor area of 50,000 m2 (540,000 sq ft) and two office buildings built on top of it, having a total floor area of 90,000 m2 (970,000 sq ft).