The operator of the international trans-Pacific submarine cable system Asia-America Gateway (AAG), has informed PLDT that emergency maintenance activities will be conducted on AAG submarine cables in the waters of Hong Kong SAR from Saturday, 26 September 2020 9:00 AM to Wednesday, 30 September 2020 5:00 AM (Philippine Standard Time).

Dear Editor
 
We at PLDT-Smart could not agree more with Rey Gamboa’s opinion article on The Philippine Star dated August 25, 2020, on the importance of setting the benchmarks onto which the country’s telco industry ought to refer to when measuring standards.
 
We however wish to correct the assumptions Mr Gamboa had raised on the Philippines telco industry’s global standing, to which he wrote, “the truth remains that the Philippines still has the third slowest internet speed in the world, and charges the second highest price in Asia.”