With the COVID-19 pandemic, strong connectivity at home has become more critical for professionals and students to keep themselves safe and help curb the spread of the virus.

PLDT, Inc. and its wireless subsidiary Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) reinforce the companies’ commitment to champion mental health awareness by supporting the mental health efforts of the local government units (LGUs).

PLDT and Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) are boosting the country’s cyber defenses with the help of students and the youth. In celebration of the national Cybersecurity Awareness Month this September, Smart kicked off the CyberSmart online caravan series in Luzon.

For 74-year-old Narciso Cansino of Nonong in San Luis, Aurora Province, a ten-minute ride from the Aurora town capital of Baler, staying connected in a pandemic as a senior citizen has been key to staying safe and healthy.

The PLDT and Meralco Group are strengthening its collaboration to further uplift the country’s digital and power infrastructure, as the Philippines gets into the radar of global hyperscalers as the next prospective destination in Southeast Asia and the Asia Pacific region.

PLDT and Smart recently launched the call for startups to participate in the search for the next ‘big’ idea for the PLDT & Smart Startup Innovation Challenge.

PLDT, the largest fully integrated telecommunications company in the Philippines, is booking an early ride to the green highway. As one of the country’s pioneers in sustainability, the company will be including electric vehicles (EV) to augment its present fleet of service vehicles. EVs are environment friendly as they have lower carbon emissions compared with vehicles powered by internal combustion engines (ICE).

PLDT wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) has expressed its support for Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT)'s latest initiative to ensure a faster and transparent permitting process, particularly in rolling out common cell site towers.

PLDT wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) has restored mobile services in Basco, Batanes on Sunday following Typhoon Kiko.

Aligned with their sustainability purpose of connecting and empowering Filipinos everywhere, the Philippines’ largest fully integrated telco provider PLDT Inc. (PLDT) and its wireless arm Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) substantiated the Group’s commitment to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) in its first Communication on Progress (CoP) report. The report documents the two companies’ progress towards incorporating UNGC Principles and the UN Sustainable Goals in the business.