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PLDT steps up its pace of upgrading customers to fiber in Lingayen, Pangasinan, part of the Company’s nationwide rollout to meet the increasing demand for high-speed internet access. Alongside the fiberization campaign, PLDT is also ensuring the swift cleanup of idled copper cables, helping support safer communities with seamless connectivity.

PLDT wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. has partnered with the local government of San Jose in Batangas by providing communications and connectivity support to San Jose's COVID-19 and emergency response.

The country’s largest, fully integrated telecommunications company PLDT recently assured members of the micro, small-to-medium enterprises (MSME) sector that the PLDT group remains committed to help their businesses rebuild and get back on track through digital acceleration to overcome the economic challenges of the pandemic.

PLDT and Smart, through its Better Today initiative, reinforce its commitment to champion mental health awareness nationwide. Recognizing the vital role that mental health plays in a person’s well-being, Better Today, a collaborative platform for changemaking in the digital space, has partnered with local government units and youth groups. 

As the Philippines celebrates the Farmers and Fisherfolk Month this May, PLDT and its wireless unit Smart broaden the reach of their combined digital solutions to help farmers find a sure market for their produce, increasing their source of income.

They’re the women sewers who stepped up at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, hand-weaving face masks that have been in short supply, saving countless lives.

PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) are teaming up with the local government of Pateros to provide fast and reliable connectivity to its municipal and barangay halls, barangay multipurpose centers, and vaccination sites.

With a surge in cases and lockdowns in place, the PLDT-Smart Foundation, PLDT group’s corporate social responsibility arm, has reached out to far-flung communities to provide aid, especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic. 

She called, they came, they connected.

Gabay Guro, the flagship education program of PLDT-Smart Foundation, recently turned over the Chery Tiggo 2 Grand Prize from Chery Auto Philippines to 36-year-old Teacher Mary Ann from Laguna. She was a first-time attendee of Gabay Guro’s first-ever virtual Grand Gathering last October 2020.