From Marawi to Iligan: The longest trip home
It usually takes Rodel Lumbab about two hours to get home from work. On May 23 he left work at half past four in the afternoon but did not reach home until 13 days later.
Silicon Valley’s Guy Kawasaki leads speakers at ACC 2017
Leading telecoms and digital services provider PLDT will once again host Asia’s premier telecom event, the ACC, with Silicon Valley icon Guy Kawasaki, former chief evangelist of Apple and trustee of Wikimedia Foundation, as keynote speaker, at Shangri-La’s Mactan Resort & Spa in Cebu from September 12 to 15, 2017.
PLDT fibers up east Metro Manila
BY OLIVE O. BARROZO
Binibining Pilipinas Supranational 2017 Chanel Olive Thomas invites Antipolo residents to experience PLDT Home Fibr.
PLDT Group pushes tech tools for startups in 'Geeks on a Beach' conference
The PLDT Group is beefing up support to the annual tech conference Geeks on a Beach presented by TechTalks.ph, as it targets to draw in startups, innovators, and angel investors to Puerto Princesa in Palawan on August 24-25.
PLDT boosts connectivity at ASEAN meetings in PH
PLDT and Smart has recently beefed up the connectivity of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meetings in the country, including the three-day ASEAN Summit, linking the primary venues and hotels in Metro Manila with fiber-fast connection and wireless LTE speeds.
2017 First Quarter Results: Home, Enterprise lead revenue growth
For the first quarter of 2017, PLDT’s Consolidated Service Revenues (net of interconnection costs) was P35.6 billion, 7% less than the services revenues year on year but only 1% lower than service revenues in the fourth quarter of 2016, in line with the objective to arrest the negative momentum of the topline.
Christian De La Paz: Paving opportunities for learning
A BSBA-Export Management graduate from College of Saint Benilde, Christian De La Paz, known to friends as Ian, is part of the Communications Team Payments Management Division under PLDT’s Consumer Credit and Collections Management. The division operates all communication tools with the subscribers regarding payments, promoting new channels of payments, and conceptualizing new strategies to improve customer experience in paying their bills. Aside from being a hard working employee, Christian is also part of PLDT’s basketball team.
Sara De Guzman: A hands-on leader
UP Diliman alumna Sara De Guzman currently heads the Brand Activations Team under PLDT Enterprise. She handles the conceptualization and execution of all PLDT Enterprise below-the-line initiatives and campaigns. As such, Sara chooses to be a hands-on leader when it comes to managing and handling her team. “My day starts with a quick huddle with my team – letting them share with everyone the status of the upcoming events they are handling. Then, I go one-by-one and work closely with the event lead regarding deliverables,” De Guzman said.
Inspiring the next generation of nation-builders: MVP addresses the Tytana Class of 2017
There is no secret to success. No magic formula. It's mostly good old fashioned hard work, said business leader Manuel V. Pangilinan during the 41st Commencement Exercises of the Manila Tytana Colleges held recently at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC).
Mobile, fixed network continue improvements
PLDT recently reported its unaudited financial and operating results for the full year 2016 with Consolidated Service Revenues, net of P9.6 billion in interconnection costs, amounting to P147.6 billion, three percent (3%) less than the previous year. Excluding international and national long distance (ILD and NLD) revenues and interconnection costs, consolidated service revenues added up to P133.5 billion, only one percent less than 2015.