Upgrade to Super Speed internet for just P99 Photo courtesy of Sha Visalda/Studio XOXO Have you ever experienced being invested in online office meetings only to get that slow, robotic voice when it’s finally your time to speak? How about getting hyped up because of your favorite movie or series...
Year-Ender The pandemic did not wreak as much devastation in the telecom sector as it did in transportation, property and trade. In a locked down world, the mantra of businesses became: digitalize or die. Most of the country's over 100 million locked down population went online, working and...
The destruction to life and property brought about by recent super typhoon Rolly and succeeding typhoon Ulysses in the last quarter of the year that ravaged the Bicol and Cagayan Valley regions and other places in the country prompted the big-hearted Gabay Guro prime movers of the PLDT-Smart...
PLDT Home wraps up the year with a reminder that the strongest connections are found at home It doesn’t come as a surprise that some people find it hard to believe that it’s already the last month of 2020. Back in March, everyone was practically living with the same daily routines, and then...
Filipinos celebrate the Christmas season in a unique way, with many describing it as the longest and the merriest in the world. But with the COVID-19 pandemic still ongoing, this year's celebration is far different from how we used to do it during the past years. While the transmission of...
PLDT Inc. and wireless subsidiary Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) secured over 6,500 permits to build cell sites in the second half of 2020, after the government cut the red tape. Since July, Smart secured over 2,500 permits to build more cell sites while PLDT secured around 4,000 permits....
Nicole Cordoves It’s a fact that no one was truly prepared for the changes that the pandemic has brought. What was supposed to be a promising and exciting start of a new decade turned out to be a year where families spent more time at home, than they ever have before. Like anyone who was suddenly...
There’s no denying how much importance Filipinos put to deep-rooted traditions and these include the celebration of the holiday season. The usual festivities might be different this time given all the challenges Filipinos have endured but the true meaning behind the most wonderful time of the...
PLDT Global Corporation (PGC), the international arm of PLDT Inc., partnered with SoftBank Corp. (SoftBank) to provide internet services for small, medium, and large enterprise clients in Japan. Under the partnership, PLDT Global offers the Japan-based carrier’s “SmartInternet Suite...
With the surge in demand for data, PLDT Inc. and wireless arm Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) are allocating between P88 billion to P92 billion capital expenditure in 2021, PLDT Chief Revenue Officer and Smart Communications President and CEO Alfredo S. Panlilio announced over the...
Hollywood and local stars have joined the campaign to protect peatlands which are crucial to fight climate change. "Peatlands are crucial to fight climate change. They are large, often forested swamps that can be found all over the world. They matter for the planet because they actually store twice...
Buoyed by sustained demand for data and broadband in pandemic times, PLDT Inc. hauled in P126.6 billion revenues for the first nine months of 2020, up 9 per cent versus the same period last year. Reported income grew 23 per cent to P19.7 billion, despite losses incurred from investments like...
