PLDT and its wireless subsidiary Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) continue to set the pace for Internet services in the Philippines, posting the country’s fastest fixed and mobile data speeds for the first half of 2019, according to Ookla, the global leader in internet testing and analysis.

PLDT wireless arm Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ateneo de Manila University to partner in the development of next-generation applications and services that will run on Smart’s 5G wireless network.

Under the MoU, PLDT-Smart, together with their technology partner Nokia, will help set up the Ateneo’s Convergent Technologies Center with a 5G lab — enabling the university’s students and tech experts to co-develop practical and relevant solutions.

PLDT Inc. today announced its unaudited financial and operating results for the first quarter of 2019 with Consolidated Service Revenues (net of interconnection costs) rising 7% year on year to Php38 billion, lifted in large part by its resurgent Wireless Individual business.

PLDT Inc. (PSE: TEL) today announced that Alfredo S. Panlilio (“Al”), currently Senior Vice President of Manila Electric Company’s (“MERALCO”) (PSE: MER) Customer Retail Services (CRS) Group, will take over the role of Chief Revenue Officer at PLDT and Smart Communications starting 1st July 2019.

Sixteen-year-old Iva Jamelarin, a student-achiever from Iloilo, wrote a poem, presented it in class, and uploaded the recording on her Facebook account. Little did she know that this would go viral on the internet and change her family’s life.

“I did not expect that kind of reception with my spoken word performance. I was just thankful that I was able to express my feelings and gratitude towards my mother,” Jamelarin said in Filipino.

Her mother, Eva Jamelarin, is an overseas Filipino working in Hong Kong. 

Efforts of the MVP Group through our Tulong Kapatid consortium have focused on assisting the rescue efforts, particularly in Pampanga.

Filipinos enjoy a much better digital experience whether at home or on the go with PLDT and Smart, which recently emerged as the undisputed fastest fixed and mobile networks in the Philippines, based on a string of awards from independent network analytics firms including Ookla, OpenSignal, Tutela, and P3.

Leading telco digital services provider PLDT Inc., together with its mobile arm, Smart Communications superpowered the star-studded launch of the brand-new Netflix original series, "The Umbrella Academy." Celebrities and fans enjoyed an immersive super room experience that allowed them to feel like the show’s seven superhero siblings.