PLDT Inc. and telco newcomer DITO Telecommunity Corporation today, Feb. 23, announced they have forged a deal to construct a transmission facility interconnecting their subscribers. Their interconnection hub will be completed by end of next month, in time for the commercial operations of DITO....
As the world celebrates Safer Internet Day today (February 9, 2021), local telcos report on how they battled the online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC). PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications, Inc. disclosed they invested P2 billion this year in their advanced cybersecurity operations...
FINAL PIECE - Veteran setter Rhea Dimaculangan joins PLDT Home Fibr, completing the recruitment cast for the Premier Volleyball League. (Photo from PLDT Home Fibr Hitters' Facebook page) Veteran setter Rhea Dimaculangan completes the cast of PLDT Home Fibr’s lean recruits for the upcoming Premier...
Philippine Superliga teams PLDT and Cignal are set to transfer to the Premier Volleyball League. Organizer Sports Vision President Ricky Palou confirmed this Thursday night a few hours after the league announced its three-year broadcast partnership with Cignal TV. “We’ve got PLDT. They...
Despite the COVID-19 lockdowns last year, PLDT's Home business has almost doubled its installation capability todate, with 9 million homes passed, and is on track to quicken the pace, the telco today (Jan. 28) announced. Currently, PLDT's fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband services reach 48 per...
PLDT Enterprise has partnered with AF Payments, Inc. (AFPI) for a modernized fare and tracking system. AFPI will bundle its Automatic Fare Collection System (AFCS) with PLDT Enterprise’s Smart Tracker solution—powered by Vectras—to provide a complete fleet management and fare collection...
Local telcos have blocked a total of 5,532 sites to date as they heed the government's call to combat online child abuse and pornography. Globe Telecom Inc. announced Tuesday night, Jan. 13, it has blocked 2,521 sites to comply with the government's directive. For their part, PLDT Inc. and Smart...
PLDT Inc. and wireless unit, Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) took down 3,011 sites that host illicit content featuring children, in compliance with National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) orders. The PLDT Group upholds protection from online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC)...
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...
