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PLDT’s wireless subsidiary Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) held the #CyberSmart caravan in De La Salle Lipa for its Parents and Educators Nourishing and Cooperating in La Salle (PENCIL) association. As one of Smart’s long-time academe partners, this particular engagement with De La Salle Lipa and its parent community aims to bring cybersecurity and internet safety to parents, faculty, and students.

The Philippines' largest fully integrated telco provider PLDT capped off 2021 with historic high revenues for its Enterprise business. PLDT is keen for another breakout year as the economy opens ups following the COVID-19 pandemic.

The country’s largest integrated network company PLDT Inc. (PLDT) is supporting the development and promotion of volleyball in the Philippines by signing a two-year deal with the Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF).

PLDT Inc. (PLDT) (PSE: TEL) (NYSE: PHI), the Philippines’ largest fully integrated telecommunications and digital services company, is included in the recently launched PSE Dividend Yield Index (PSE DivY). Out of 20 companies included in the PSE DivY, PLDT shares the top position with a weight of 10%, similar to those of Metrobank and ICTSI.

In celebration of the 2022 National Women’s Month, Smart continued working with women-led organizations to help ensure food security in low-income communities. With the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting the flow of goods from farms to markets, Smart has been advocating home gardening, supporting the evolution of ‘plantitas’ nationwide.

PLDT’s wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) has successfully deployed a fully functional, end-to-end network slicing Proof of Concept (PoC) on its 5G Stand Alone (SA) network. The PoC was completed at the PLDT-Smart Technology Laboratory (Technolab) in Makati City this month.  

This development is the latest milestone in PLDT and Smart’s foray into network slicing over the last two years.  

The Philippines’ largest, fully integrated telco network PLDT's revenues for its fixed wireless business grew 47% to ₱3.3 billion in 2021, as limited mobility confined customers to their homes and increased the demand for more affordable and accessible fixed wireless broadband internet solutions, particularly in areas not yet served by fiber.

PLDT and Smart Communications, Inc. support the push of the Department of Finance for the mandatory issuance of electronic invoicing system (EIS), supporting the Group’s Enterprise customers covered by the expanded digital or paperless billing program.  

PLDT wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) throws its support behind the presidential and vice presidential debates organized by the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Teaming up with Impact Hub Manila, the organization behind Vote Pilipinas, the official voter information campaign partner of Comelec, Smart is an official partner and official network provider of ‘PiliPinas Debates 2022: The Turning Point.’   

The largest fully integrated telco provider PLDT is intensifying its backing to the country’s thriving startup community and possibly collaborating with the next tech unicorn as it signs IoT (Internet of Things) platform and solutions provider company ThingsPh.