PLDT Inc. on Wednesday, December 21, said it has "not unearthed fraudulent activities" in relation to the P48 billion capital expenditure overrun that the telco reported last week. The telco's "business and the outlook for the business continue to remain healthy". However, PLDT is "cooperating and...
PLDT Inc. announced Friday, Dec. 16, that subsidiaries, Smart Communications, Inc. and Digitel Mobile Phils., Inc., have signed the P9.2 billion sale of 650 telecommunications towers to Unity Digital Infrastructure Inc. The price reflects the value of the towers located in the Visayas and Mindanao,...
PLDT Inc. (PLDT) and Smart Communications, Inc. have expanded their fiber and wireless networks, serving 40 percent of the total barangays in the Philippines. PLDT has rolled out its fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network to 17,000 barangays, as of end-September, 2022, up 24 percent from end-2021. The...
PLDT Inc. completed the landing of the shore-end segment of the $75 Million (about P4.4 Billion) Asia Direct Cable system (ADC) at its station in Nasugbu, Batangas, the telco announced Friday, November 25. ADC is a global consortium comprised of leading communications and technology companies,...
Riding a surge in demand from local and global enterprises, PLDT, through its wholly-owned ICT subsidiary ePLDT, is increasing the total rack capacity of its VITRO data centers. The telco disclosed Wednesday, August 24 they have added 612 racks and attaining 74 percent total rack utilization. “We...
PLDT Inc. has piloted a common virtualized network, a first in the Philippines, to transform jts service and cut operating costs. PLDT and Smart Communication Inc. disclosed Wednesday, Aug. 10 that its Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure (NFVI) is a "first in the Philippines". "Our...
Despite tough economic conditions, PLDT Inc. hauled in ₱94.3 billion in consolidated service revenues (net of interconnection costs) in the first half of 2022, up 5 percent versus the same period last year. Telco Core Income, excluding the impact of asset sales and Voyager Innovations, reached...
PLDT, Inc. Monday, August 1, achieved the second closing of its P77 billion sale of 5,907 telecom towers and related passive telecom infrastructure. Today's P13.2 billion transaction covers the sale of 1,013 telecom towers. This follows the first closing attained on June 1, covering 3,012 telecom...
PLDT Inc. this month completes the migration of its legacy fixed wireless service called Home Ultera into a faster network to benefit more than 3,000 subscribers. By end-July 2022, the telco will finish decommissioning 185 telecom towers that provide Time-Division Duplex Long-Term Evolution or...
Local telcos committed to heed the new administration's call to improve connectivity and hasten digitalization. "We support the government's thrust to connect our countrymen and make sure that no Filipino is left behind as the world becomes more digital," stated PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications,...
Local telcos suffered at least a thousand incidents of cable theft and sabotage of their network equipment in the first semester of 2022 alone. They urged customers to stay vigilant against such illegal activities disrupting their internet connection, Thursday, July 21. Recently, a group of men...
PLDT Inc. will triple its international capacity as it activates the US-Transpacific Jupiter cable system this July, the telco disclosed Friday, June 24. Jupiter will increase PLDT’s international capacity of 20 Terabit/s to about 60 Terabit/s to US and Japan. “Specifically, it will fortify the...
