Business NEWS

PLDT Inc., together with ePLDT, will build the first and biggest data center in the country designed to service global hyperscalers, the telco announced Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021.

The Philippines is the next strategic hyperscaler destination in Asia, according to an official of PLDT Inc.

PLDT and wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) are continuously implementing several digital innovations and programs that are designed to empower farmers in the Philippines and help them increase their productivity through technology.

PLDT and Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) will be the first local telcos to employ space-based mobile broadband communications to link more Filipinos nationwide.

PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications, Inc. are boosting their fiber, Long Term Evolution LTE, and 5G networks in Eastern Visayas to improve customer internet experience in the region.

The government should grant missionary concessions to telcos rolling out networks in unserved and underserved areas by way of “affordable and reasonable regulatory fees”.

PLDT Enterprise, the B2B arm of the largest integrated telecommunications company in the Philippines, stressed the need for the adaption of creative education technologies, like “gamification” to better promote student engagement in eLearning.

May 2021 Ookla Speedtest Global Index report showed remarkable increases in the Philippines’ global rankings in internet speed.

Investors in the local stock market will be closely watching the COVID numbers after the easing of quarantine measures in the nation’s capital while also waiting for the release of employment this week.

The global pandemic has been a catalyst for digital transformation as there was a steep rise in the usage of consumer applications from social media to video streaming, gaming, e-commerce, online learning, and telehealth, among others. The pandemic has also pushed the enterprise and public sector over the technology tipping point by accelerating their cloud adoption by increasingly migrating workloads to the cloud and massively using collaboration platforms supporting work-from-home arrangements.

After President Rodrigo Duterte’s announcement to streamline and speed up the issuance of LGU permits in July 2020, there has been a significant increase in permits granted to telcos from July 2020 to April this year vis-à-vis 2019.

As the country prepares to be a hub for hyperscalers, PLDT Inc. is quintupling its international bandwidth capacity when the Jupiter Cable system, where the telco invested P7Billion, is completed this year.

PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart), together with the PLDT-Smart Foundation (PSF), kicked off the donation drive of First Pacific Company Limited (First Pacific) in the Philippines in celebration of its 40th anniversary.

More than half a hundred thousand overseas Filipinos in Canada will now have access to Smart Communications, Inc’s (Smart) electronic load.

The Philippines should be a strategic hyperscaler hub in the region,  PLDT Chief Revenue Officer Alfredo S. Panlilio said.

PLDT introduces the all-new Home Biz Fibr Asenso Plans with faster speeds and better e-commerce solutions especially designed for home-based entrepreneurs to better help them in mastering their businesses at home.