PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc (Smart) are enhancing their fixed and wireless services in Catanduanes to ensure superior customer experience for subscribers in the island province.

Premium content and collaborations are two of the most important aspects for growth of streaming services and telco providers, enabling them to expand and provide the distinctive requirements of customers worldwide.

With community quarantine restrictions still in place, local upland communities face travel and trade challenges that affect their access to goods and services.  Localized lockdowns also impact pre-existing gender inequalities, causing digital exclusion of females in remote communities.

PLDT and Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) customers are shifting online as COVID-19 cases rise in the country.

Championing women empowerment, PLDT and the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) support the women communities in Payatas through various livelihood programs and donations.

Global citizens of the 21st century are people who know how to adapt to the changing times, according to Roxas City Assistant Schools Division Superintendent Feliciano C. Buenafe. He quoted futurist and notable author Alvin Toffler who said, “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who can’t read and write but those who cannot learn, relearn, and unlearn.”

The largest integrated telecommunications company PLDT continues to bolster its support for the government’s initiatives to contain and manage the spread of COVID-19 as it recently announced its expanded support to increase free SMS broadcast services for the Philippine Red Cross’ contact tracing mobile app, RC143, and extending free data usage for downloading and using the app for Smart subscribers.

PLDT and Smart reassure customers of continued service, following the government’s move to put the National Capital Region, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal under enhanced community quarantine from March 29 to April 4, 2021. 

PLDT group reinforces connectivity and learning tools for teachers and students in Tarlac, most of them from the Aeta community. The initiative is alongside the group’s mission to provide quality education for the Filipino youth, in collaboration with the PLDT-Smart Foundation (PSF), PLDT’s wireless arm Smart Communications and Huawei Philippines.

PLDT-Smart Foundation together with Smart Communications recently partnered with the Ten Outstanding Women in Nation’s Service Foundation to strengthen the digital peace education for the youth of Marawi.