In 2021, PLDT Inc. fortified its commitment to promote diversity, equal opportunity and inclusion among its employees, with landmark initiatives, campaigns, memberships, and policies for workplace gender equality.

PLDT, the Philippines’ largest, fully integrated network company, fortifies its fiber network in Mindanao, as it began cable-laying operations in Dipolog City. Connecting the company’s submarine fiber optic cable from the municipality of Zamboanguita in Negros Oriental, this new segment will beef up services for Zamboanga del Norte and the whole of Mindanao.

Fifty-two-year-old Ann Maandig has worked in PLDT since 1992. As a daughter of former PLDT employees, the company has played a big part in shaping her values.  Starting out as a telephone operator taking long-distance calls, the great rapport she’s built with coworkers equipped her with valuable technical skills through the years.    It had also prepared her Super Typhoon Odette.

The Philippines’ largest telecommunications company taps Medallia to help service the experience needs of an increasingly digital customer base

The PLDT Group is partnering with award-winning engineering firm RED Engineering for the build of its newest VITRO Data Center in Sta. Rosa, Laguna, anchored on the best sustainable practices and energy efficiency for the design of the first-of-its-kind data center in the Philippines.

They’re no stranger to calamities, and helping people has always been part of their job. But the PLDT Asset Protection and Security Risk Governance (APSRG) Visayas and Mindanao teams encountered a much tougher situation when they faced Odette, the strongest typhoon to hit the country in 2021.

Leading integrated telco PLDT and global satellite operator Telesat of Canada have successfully conducted the Philippines’ first on-orbit testing of high-speed broadband connectivity with Telesat’s Phase 1 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite, marking yet another milestone for PLDT as the country’s leading provider of communication services over satellite technology.  

LOOK: [Dipolog City] Largest integrated telco, PLDT, with its contractor Fiberhome Phils., recently started its cable-laying operations at the Dipolog Boulevard. This segment connects the company’s submarine fiber optic cable from Zamboanguita in Negros Oriental, to Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte, beefing up services for the province and the whole of Mindanao.

PLDT, through its industry-leading ICT arm ePLDT, is set to build additional 100MW of data center (DC) capacity beginning with a new hyperscale, telco-neutral, and purpose-built facility in Sta. Rosa, Laguna. This underscores the Group’s commitment to accelerating the country’s competitive standing as the ideal digital hub in Asia Pacific for global hyperscalers expanding in the region. 

Striving to bring responsible innovations to the markets they serve, the PLDT Group Privacy Office recently organized a forum to strengthen the commitment of the company’s leaders and employees in upholding the highest standards of data privacy.