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. and Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) were recognized anew at the 2022 Asia Communication Awards (ACA), the annual recognition program for outstanding telco players organized by London-based industry publication Total Telecom. In a statement, the group said the four major citations...
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...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) renewed its commitment to intensifying reforms under the present administration as the government of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. pushed for digitalization and technological innovation. ARTA Secretary Ernesto Perez said this after PLDT Incorporated...
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has instructed Smart Communication to present to the Makati City government its income earned nationwide to determine the correctness of the latter's presumptive franchise tax deficiency assessment of more than P3 billion. Court of Tax Appeals / Facebook The Court en...
PLDT and Smart Communications, Inc. continue to clamp down on the spread of child abuse materials (CSAM) online, blocking almost 250,000 attempts to open links known to contain CSAM last month. This followed a decrease in the number of blocked attempts to access these materials in the second...
Smart Communications, Inc. is collaborating with US-based Omnispace to explore the capabilities of space-based 5G communications using low earth orbit (LEO) satellites The aim is to connect remote areas, incorporate Internet of Things (IoT) and sensors to monitor weather disturbances and natural...
Ookla, the global leader in mobile and broadband network intelligence, declared Smart Communications, Inc. as the Philippines' Fastest and Best Mobile Network in its latest report. So far, Ookla has only given the Best Mobile Network citation to 20 mobile operators in the world,. Smart was the...
On their own, Globe Telecom Inc. and Smart Communications Inc. cannot refuse or limit interconnection to DITO Telecommunity for "any reason" whatsoever. Former commissioner of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) and Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT)...
Cybercrime will cost the world more than $10 trillion annually in 2025, making the illicit industry more profitable than the cross-border trade of illegal drugs. This was according to PLDT and Smart Communication Inc.'s Cyber Security Operations Group (CSOG), quoting data from Cybersecurity...
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...
Smart Communications Inc., hit back at DITO Telecommunity Corporation saying its accusation of anti-competitive behavior is baseless, a ploy to shirk huge penalties for the fraudulent voice traffic it fails to control in its network, to the detriment of Smart and the government. While Smart has yet...
