PLDT HOME and Smart pioneer PH’s first data sharing capabilities

Submitted by mcco on Mon, 01/04/2016 - 14:40
MANILA, Philippines, JANUARY 4, 2016 – PLDT and Smart Communications, the country’s leading telecommunications and digital services providers, have come together to offer the Philippines’ first data plan that enables subscribers to a home DSL service to share their data allocation with mobile phones of their family.

PLDT Group launches Big Data services in the Philippines

Submitted by mcco on Wed, 05/13/2015 - 10:20
MANILA, Philippines, May 13, 2015 – PLDT, the country’s leading telecommunications and multimedia service provider, announced today that it will offer Big Data services in the country to help local enterprises advance their businesses through a range of digitally transformative solutions. These solutions allow enterprises to analyze openly available data and gain insights that drive predictive and data-driven decision-making in their businesses.

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PLDT doubles TD-LTE sites to over 400 in Q3

Submitted by ebmendoza on Mon, 10/20/2014 - 10:40

MANILA, Philippines, October 17, 2014 – Leading multimedia and telecoms provider PLDT has expanded its Time-Division Duplex-Long Term Evolution (TD-LTE) network to over 400 cell sites at the end of September, strengthening its leadership in providing high-speed Internet services to more Filipino homes all over the country.

The current total is more than double the 200 TD-LTE sites that had been installed as of April this year in such provinces as Cagayan in Northern Luzon and Davao del Sur in Mindanao.

PLDT HOME Bro launches ultra-fast wireless Internet with Ultera

Submitted by ebmendoza on Mon, 05/05/2014 - 15:37

MANILA, Apr. 29, 2014 – Aggressive investments have laid the foundation for the launch of PLDT HOME Bro Ultera, a TD-LTE or Time-Division Duplex Long-Term Evolution-powered ultra-fast wireless internet for the home.

With about a P2-billion capital outlay to develop its latest technological advancement, PLDT HOME Bro Ultera is the country’s first foray in TD-LTE technology, an innovation that uses a dedicated network with an allocated bandwidth, apart from one used by mobile phones or pocket Wifi modems.

PLDT completes P2.5 billion fiber expansion ahead of schedule, brings total fiber assets to over 71,000 kilometers

Submitted by bnsantiago on Fri, 08/09/2013 - 15:01

MANILA, Philippines, August 9, 2013 –Telecoms leader PLDT has installed over 5,000 kilometers of fiber optic cables in the first half of the year to support the aggressive roll-out of high-speed data services on its fixed and mobile networks.

Costing about P2.5 billion, this expansion of PLDT's fiber optics network is accelerating the deployment of PLDT's fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) service and the fourth-generation mobile data service called Long Term Evolution (LTE) of its wireless subsidiary Smart Communications.

PLDT HOME launches Fibr

Submitted by bnsantiago on Tue, 08/06/2013 - 15:17

Fibr, PLDT HOME’s most powerful broadband, was recently launched in Buddha Bar, Makati City. The ultra-fast broadband is now further enhanced by movies-on-demand and Cignal Digital TV service that runs on the Fibr network. Seen in photo from left are Gary Dujali, VP and head of PLDT HOME Fibr broadband; Napoleon Nazareno, president and chief executive officer of PLDT; and Ariel Fermin, EVP and head of PLDT HOME business.

PLDT opens newest Innolab in Davao

Submitted by bnsantiago on Thu, 06/13/2013 - 13:44

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), the leading service provider of voice, data and video telecommunication services announced the opening of its 4th Innovation Laboratory (Innolab) in Davao City today.

PLDT Innolab, where the latest PLDT products are showcased, has been the breeding ground of new ideas where innovative products and business solutions are tested and developed to suit the changing and growing needs of the market.