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Cebu, Philippines, September 13, 2016 – Leading telecoms and digital services provider PLDT, through its enterprise digital enabler ePLDT, is expanding its commercial data center operations in Cebu with the construction of a second VITRO facility in Mandaue City. This is in response to the growing requirements of enterprises in Cebu province and the rest of Visayas and Mindanao for a reliable and secure repository for their rapidly expanding volume of digital information. This facility also answers the needs of enterprises in Luzon for additional diversity via a business continuity site outside Luzon.

MANILA, Philippines, September 9, 2016 – Leading Philippine telco and digital services provider PLDT today announced that it has entered a partnership with US-based Roku Inc. PLDT will leverage the proven Roku Powered™ streaming solution to launch a new streaming service and player that brings the best entertainment to the TV of Filipinos.

Leading Philippine telco and digital services provider PLDT and its mobile subsidiaries Smart Communications and Sun will once again host the award-winning Asian Carriers Conference (ACC), now on its 12th year, at Shangri-La’s Mactan Resort & Spa in Cebu from September 6-9.

“Text-Bato” allows citizenry direct access to the Chief PNP.

MANILA, Philippines, August 29, 2016 – Leading telecoms and digital services provider PLDT, through its consumer group PLDT HOME, fortifies its leadership in fixed broadband as its subscribers grew 14% year-on-year to almost 1.3 million in the first semester.

MANILA, Philippines, 2nd August 2016 – PLDT Inc (“PLDT”) (PSE: TEL) (NYSE: PHI) today announced its unaudited financial and operating results for the first half of 2016 with Consolidated Service Revenues, net of interconnection costs, stable at Php75.8 billion.

MANILA, Philippines, August 1, 2016 – NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within the NTT Group (NYSE: NTT) announced today that PLDT (NYSE: PHI; PSE: TEL), the leading telecom and digital services provider in the Philippines, has strengthened its global network infrastructure by leveraging the 100 gigabit-per-second (100Gbps) connectivity powered by NTT Com’s Tier 1 Global IP backbone. This ultra-high capacity will help PLDT improve internet speed for both individual and enterprise customers.

MANILA, Philippines, July 20, 2016 – Leading telecoms and digital services provider PLDT has stepped up its roll out of data centers nationwide and will have a total of 10 data centers with unmatched capacity of over 9,000 racks by next year.

MANILA, Philippines, July 18, 2016 – Leading telecommunications and digital services provider PLDT, together with subsidiaries Smart and ePLDT, is in full cooperation with the current administration in its plans to beef up the country’s nationwide emergency hotline “911”.

MANILA, Philippines, July 12, 2016 – Leading telco and digital services provider PLDT has filed before the Court of Appeals (CA) a Petition for Certiorari and Prohibition with Urgent Application for Issuance of a Temporary Restraining Order and/or Writ of Preliminary Injunction against the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) which sought for a full investigation of PLDT's co-purchase of the telco assets of San Miguel Corp.