PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) have uncovered and blocked new domains in the past 24 hours, in its war versus SMS spamming, protecting customers from fraud and scammers.

From over 80 submissions, promising start up Nudgyt bested the top 10 entries with in the first PLDT and Smart Start Up Challenge with its Behaviorial Science-powered Artificial Intelligence program similar to the fictional AI Marvel assistant J.A.R.V.I.S. (Just a really very intelligent system).

Empowering startups and championing innovations, PLDT recently took part in Philippine Start Up Week’s conversations on the future of corporate innovation.

PLDT Chief Financial Officer Anabelle Lim-Chua has been recognized as the top finance executive in the Philippines. Lim-Chua is this year’s recipient of the prestigious ING FINEX CFO of the Year Award, the country’s only search honoring outstanding financial stewards and aims to inspire the next generation of Philippine financial leaders. She is only the third woman to have received this prestigious accolade.

Against the backdrop of a highly competitive landscape, PLDT outpaced industry rivals in fiber, mobile and fixed-wireless businesses.

PLDT is set to exceed its one million new fiber customers target for the year as it breached the 800,000 new installations mark as of end-September. PLDT also sustained its quarterly record in marketshare gains among telco providers.

In Misamis Oriental, residents of Brgy. San Juan, Gingoog City are among the more than 324,000 new fiber customers connected by PLDT across the country in the third quarter alone.

PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) have joined other global telcos in exploring next-generation technology to make its network more efficient, resilient, flexible, and intelligent.

PLDT was recently cited as having outstanding scores among global telco providers for its network design and rollout in the Key Architecture Index (KAI) 2.0 report featured during the recent Ultra Broadband Forum by the International Data Corporation (IDC) held in Dubai. The recognition underscores PLDT’s laser focus on elevating customer experience, which drives all network and technology initiatives across the company.

PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. have powered via seamless connectivity Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway Corporation’s (CCLEC) grand ceremony to mark its major milestone—the main bridge connection of Cebu’s first toll expressway.