PLDT and Smart Communications are encouraging their subscribers to take precautions to protect their online privacy and security.

MANILA, Philippines, March 30, 2016 – Leading telecoms firm PLDT (PSE: TEL, NYSE: PHI) through its investment arm, PLDT Capital, has invested US$5 million in California-based MATRIXX Software, provider of real-time, integrated infrastructure for the business of digital service providers.

MANILA, Philippines, March 21, 2016 – Leading telecoms and digital services provider PLDT together with its mobile subsidiaries Smart Communications and Sun Cellular, the country's largest power utility Meralco, and the pioneer and leader in the outsourced payment collection industry Bayad Center led the launch of the new one-stop-shop facility at the Bacoor Government Center (BGC) recently to serve the various transaction requirements of Bacoor City residents and neighboring areas in Cavite.

MANILA, Philippines, March 11, 2016 – Leading telecoms and digital services provider PLDT disclosed today that its USD15 million investment in iflix has been converted from convertible notes into ordinary shares of stock after Southeast Asia’s leading internet TV service provider completed this week a new round of funding led by Sky PLC, Europe’s leading entertainment company and the Indonesian company Emtek Group, through its subsidiary PT Surya Citra Media Tbk (SCMA)

New York, NY, February 25, 2016 – AppCard, an innovative marketing and loyalty platform for small and medium sized retailers, announced that it has raised $20 million in Series B funding. Alexander Rittweger, founder of Loyalty Partner, and PLDT Capital, the investment arm of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT, NYSE: PHI, PSE: TEL), led the round. Existing investors: Founders Fund (Peter Thiel), Innovation Endeavors (Eric Schmidt), and Jerry Yang also participated.

(MAKATI CITY, Philippines) – Innovating the way enterprises make their hotline available for their customers, leading telecommunications and media service provider PLDT, through its corporate business group PLDT ALPHA Enterprise, introduced the PLDT #MyNumber (hashtag MyNumber) which makes business hotlines easier to remember and accessible to consumers nationwide.

It’s a different world out there – one that makes one feel immersed into a place that is uniquely his own. It makes a character out of him – be it, a fruit ninja, a Katniss Everdeen-like character, or a child that plays a traditional game like tumbang preso. All these are possible because of a community as innovative as Virtual Reality (VR) Philippines.

HKT (SEHK: 6823) – HONG KONG, January 12, 2016 – PCCW Global, the international operating division of HKT, Hong Kong’s premier telecommunications service provider, and PLDT, the leading telecoms and digital services provider in the Philippines, have signed an IPX multi-service interconnection agreement that will improve voice and data connectivity between Hong Kong and the Philippines.

MANILA, Philippines, December 3, 2015 – PLDT, the country’s leading telecoms and digital services provider, is once again the only Philippine company honored at the MEF 2015 Excellence Awards held recently in Dallas, Texas. The annual MEF Excellence Awards is the largest and longest-running award giving body in the world focused on Carrier Ethernet services and applications for enterprises.

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