As part of its domestic fiber optic network (DFON) expansion, PLDT Inc. recently started laying submarine cables in the islands of Socorro and Siargao, Mindanao. At the same time, the telco is also installing complementary inland fiber cables in the towns of Santa Monica and Del Carmen in Siargao...
PLDT Home remains on track to connect more than one million new fiber subscribers in 2022 despite challenges at the start of the year, announced Jeremiah de la Cruz, PLDT Senior Vice President and Head of Consumer Business—Home. During a press briefing Wednesday, May 25, De la Cruz said that PLDT...
PLDT Inc. was included in the ATR Asset Management (ATRAM) Philippine Sustainable Development and Growth Fund (PSDGF), making it the only telco in the fund's top three holdings. In its disclosure Monday, May 23, Melissa Vergel de Dios, PLDT First Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer said...
Smart Communications, Inc. will be the first in the Philippines to test AST SpaceMobile’s BlueWalker 3 satellite to connect directly to ordinary, unmodified mobile phones for better coverage in remote areas, the telco announced Thursday, May 19. AST-Spacemobile PLDT and Smart, together with their...
PLDT Inc. (PLDT)'s expansive fiber network drove the telco's record high revenue growth for the first quarter of 2022, according to Senior Vice President and Head of Consumer Business – Home, Jeremiah de la Cruz. PLDT Home’s first quarter fiber-only service revenues grew 74 percent by ₱4.7...
Telcos need to do a lot more in monetizing 5G, which is a service-based, customizable end-to-end network, according to Arvin L. Siena, PLDT Head of Technology Strategy and Transformation Office. But unlike Long Term Evolution and 4G, with their "one-size-fits-all approach", 5G lends itself better...
Miss Universe Philippines 2022 Celeste Cortesi Besting 31 other candidates with her unique beauty, wit, and passion for her advocacies, Pasay City’s Celeste Cortesi clinched the Miss Universe Philippines 2022 crown. The Filipino-Italian beauty is also now the new Miss PLDT Home titleholder. The...
As Covid-19 restrictions ease and consumers favor a more digital lifestyle, PLDT Inc. hauled in ₱46.4 billion consolidated service revenues (net of interconnection costs) in the first quarter of 2022, up 3 percent from the same period last year, resulting in 56 percent increase in net income to...
PLDT Inc. is embarking on a major project to deploy over 600 kilometers of additional submarine fiber links to boost connectivity in Luzon, particularly in the southern Luzon provinces of Sorsogon, Quezon, Albay and Occidental Mindoro, as well as in parts of Visayas, such as Samar and Aklan. The...
Although President Rodrigo R. Duterte has vetoed the SIM Card Registration Act, PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications, Inc. still have high hopes it will be enacted into law to protect consumers. "We still are hoping to find a way to get SIM cards registered. That's important, not only for our...
Malaysia's edotco Group Sdn Bhd (edotco), through its wholly-owned Philippine subsidiary, is now the country's leading Tower Company (TowerCo) with 3,073 telecom towers, after its deal with the PLDT Group. The PLDT deal also establishes the edotco Group’s position as the 6th largest TowerCo...
Smart Communications, Inc. and Digitel Mobile Philippines, Inc. on Tuesday, April 19, signed a landmark Sale and Purchase deal for P77-billion worth of 5,907 telecom towers and related passive telecom infrastructure. The P77 billion transaction price makes this deal the largest ever acquisition of...
