Smart posted an 11% year-on-year growth in mobile data revenues in the first quarter of the year on the back of increased mobile data usage.

Over 100 Maranao entrepreneurs recently learned how to create engaging content and promote their businesses and products via e-commerce during a training organized by PLDT and its wireless unit Smart in partnership with the provincial government of Lanao del Sur.

Smart warns the public that scammers use ‘fake cell towers’ to send text scams to mobile users, and even use ‘Smart’ as the sender name. These devices are able to lock on to mobile phones within a specified radius, enabling the scammers to push messages directly to subscribers’ devices without having to go through its network.

PLDT and wireless subsidiary Smart are urging subscribers in Mindanao to remain vigilant against suspicious, telco service-related incidents in their areas, including the theft of and damage to cables and other telco equipment, which is among the leading causes of service disruptions.

Smart warns customers to double-check links that are included in unsolicited SMS, even those supposedly coming from the network itself. Smart's legitimate domain is https://www.smart.com.ph and any other iteration is fake.

PLDT and Smart are boosting efforts to create a safer work environment, a key part of a much broader program to advance disaster resilience. Together with BFP Makati, PLDT-Smart Property and Facilities Asset Resiliency Management Sector organized emergency drills at the PLDT Ramon Cojuangco Building and Smart Tower in Makati.

PLDT Chairman and CEO Manuel V. Pangilinan with Dave West, President for Cisco Asia Pacific, Japan and Greater China (APJC), and Chris Heckscher, Cisco SVP for Global Services and Software Sales

To encourage customers to let go and safely dispose of their electronic waste, PLDT and its wireless unit Smart have set up e-waste collection bins at selected stores all over the Philippines.

On the back of the latest Philippine gross domestic product results for the first quarter of 2024, PLDT and Smart Chairman and CEO Manuel V. Pangilinan is encouraging fellow private sector leaders to “help out” with the growth of the economy.

PLDT and wireless unit Smart recently organized a Fire Brigade Training for employees in partnership with the Bureau of Fire Protection Davao City. This collaboration reflects the group's proactive approach to mitigating fire-related risks and developing a culture of preparedness within the organization.