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Leading telecoms and digital services provider PLDT has signed an agreement with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) to establish fiber optic facilities that will link PLDT to the DOST's Philippine Open Internet Exchange (PHOpenIX).

MANILA, Philippines, September 4, 2015 – Leading telecoms and digital services provider PLDT, through its Information and Communications Technology (ICT) company, ePLDT, continues to bolster its enterprise solutions portfolio with its recent inclusion in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN). PLDT has also expanded its participation in the APN by being named an APN Direct Connect Partner, the only telecommunications company in the country to gain this status.

CEBU, Philippines, September 2, 2015 – Leading telecoms and multimedia service provider PLDT, through its wireless subsidiary Smart Communications, is boosting its Smart Wifi connectivity services covering Mactan international and domestic airports in Cebu and the city’s premiere hotels to accommodate the influx of international and local delegates attending the Asian Carrier’s Conference (ACC) this year from September 1 to 4.

MANILA, Philippines, August 27, 2015 – Leading telecoms and digital services provider PLDT, through its business units PLDT SME Nation and Smart Enterprise, is enabling the pilot run of public utility bus (PUB) operators to install global positioning system (GPS) monitoring devices in their units to help track and regulate vehicle activities and promote commuter safety.

Manila, Philippines (August 25, 2015) – PLDT SME Nation and Smart Enterprise, together with online news site Rappler are launching the first social media crowdsourcing search for the new generation of entrepreneurs, the Bozz Awards.

MOODY’S Investors Service has affirmed Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.’s (PLDT) ratings, while maintaining a “stable” outlook given the telecommunication giant’s strong margins.

MANILA, Philippines, August 18, 2015 – Voyager Innovations, the digital innovations unit of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) and Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart), announced that it has agreed to purchase Singapore-based eCommerce platform start-up Paywhere PTE Ltd. This is in line with Voyager's thrust of building its digital commerce business in the Philippines and other emerging markets. 

MANILA, Philippines, August 12, 2015 – Leading home digital services provider PLDT HOME has strengthened its leadership in fixed broadband with a commanding market share of over 70% in the first half of the year as it boosted its broadband service with an array of digital services.

MANILA, Philippines, August 12, 2015 – Leading multimedia and telecoms company PLDT has recently opened up interconnection links with another telco service provider in Capiz, a province in the Western Visayas region, to allow free local calls between their subscribers.

MANILA, Philippines, August 7, 2015 – PLDT boosted its revenues in enterprise network and solutions services in the first half of 2015 as the country’s leading telecoms and digital services provider stepped up its efforts to digitally enable the country’s large and small-and-medium businesses.