The country’s largest integrated telco, PLDT Inc. (“PLDT”) (PSE: TEL) (NYSE: PHI), announced last April 19, 2022 that its subsidiaries, Smart Communications, Inc. (“Smart”) and Digitel Mobile Philippines, Inc. (“Digitel”), had signed Sale and Purchase Agreements in connection with the sale of 5,907 telecom towers and related passive telecom infrastructure for PHP 77 billion to a subsidiary of EdgePoint and a subsidiary of edotco (the “TowerCos”).

Residents and visitors of the popular tourist destination, Siargao Island, can look forward to better connectivity as leading integrated telco PLDT continues to strengthen and expand its domestic fiber optic network (DFON) around the country.

PLDT and Smart have boosted the University of Cebu’s (UC) first-ever virtual ICT Congress titled “UC Decodes AI! Embracing AI Synergies. Shaping Today’s Gen Z’s” through knowledge-sharing of modern-day technologies underscoring Artificial Intelligence’s (AI) impact on business and progress.

PLDT Inc., the country’s largest fully integrated telecommunications and digital services company, has been included in the ATR Asset Management (ATRAM) Philippine Sustainable Development and Growth Fund (PSDGF).

In celebration of the National Farmers and Fisherfolk Month this May, PLDT and Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) recently piloted the #FarmSmart Farm program in Santa Cruz, Occidental Mindoro in partnership with social agri-enterprise Farmvocacy. 

Leading integrated telco PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) with their technology collaborator AST SpaceMobile have met with the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to express their support for the government's overall thrust to provide connectivity to Filipinos across the country, including those in far-flung areas.  

PLDT Inc. has provided connectivity support to the second leg of the Integrated Sustainable Assistance Recovery and Advancement Program (ISARAP) in Negros Occidental held at Manuel Torres Coliseum and Cultural Center, Bago City to boost the event’s live streaming and other online transactions in the participating agencies’ booths.

PLDT Inc. (PLDT) has fortified its move to help mitigate the effects of climate change with the completion of photovoltaic (PV) panel installation at its La Paz Office in Iloilo City. PLDT La Paz is one of the integrated telco’s main offices in Panay Island and houses a sales and service center, PLDT and Smart network offices, as well as Enterprise sales.

PLDT Inc. (PLDT) and its wireless arm Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) recently concluded the second run of their annual Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) Week, which intends to fortify and protect the PLDT and Smart workforce, to enable the companies to elevate the quality of customer experience.

PLDT Inc. (PLDT), the Philippines’ largest telecommunications company, and Cisco have collaborated to build a 5G Stand Alone (SA) service platform in Manila. This will be based in PLDT’s existing 5G TechnoLab in Makati City, to drive innovation in Consumer and Enterprise 5G solutions in the country.