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...
With distance learning already rolled out in various schools and educational institutions in the country, to say that parents and students have to undergo major adjustments seem to be an understatement. But more than anything, embracing this facet of the new normal has become another avenue for...
Asia's Songbird Regine Velasquez-Alcasid and Concert Queen Pops Fernandez are two of the stars who will perform in honor of Filipino teachers for all their hard work and sacrifices through PLDT Smart Foundation’s annual "GabayGuro" Grand Gathering on Oct. 3. But Regine and Pops admitted...
Smart Communications, Inc. is rolling out its commercial 5G service to key cities in Visayas and Mindanao, becoming the first Philippine telco to launch 5G services nationwide. Smart, which launched its 5G service commercially in July, is rolling out Smart 5G in key areas in...
For 33-year-old Daisy Jane Diola of Cebu City, there could not be a better time to go back to school, betting against all odds in a pandemic. Giving up her sales job, she embraced technology and started attending online classes, one of hundreds of thousands nationwide now braving the...
