PLDT and Smart’s UNGC report underscore progress on ESG commitments

Submitted by mcco on Thu, 09/09/2021 - 13:20
Aligned with their sustainability purpose of connecting and empowering Filipinos everywhere, the Philippines’ largest fully integrated telco provider PLDT Inc. (PLDT) and its wireless arm Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) substantiated the Group’s commitment to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) in its first Communication on Progress (CoP) report. The report documents the two companies’ progress towards incorporating UNGC Principles and the UN Sustainable Goals in the business.

Smart’s plug-and-play fixed wireless sees 200% gain, enabling WFH and online learning

Submitted by mcco on Mon, 09/06/2021 - 13:00
PLDT wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) is seeing growth for its ‘fixed wireless’ business, with demand for quality connectivity continuing to increase as people shelter in place amid the renewed surge of COVID-19 cases. Fixed wireless refers to wifi modems that connect multiple devices to Smart LTE but have to stay plugged into power, making it ‘fixed’.

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PLDT invests US$80M in APRICOT cable system, drawing global hyperscalers

Submitted by mcco on Mon, 08/16/2021 - 13:13
The Philippines' largest fully integrated telecommunications company PLDT is set to further expand its network bandwidth capacity, with its participation in the construction of the newest international undersea cable system, APRICOT. This will boost the telco’s network capability to service the country’s growing data traffic driven by more digital services and new technologies such as 5G, and adds to the country’s advantage to help draw in global hyperscalers expanding in the region.

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PLDT keeps relentless fiber, FTTH rollout to ensure topnotch CX

Submitted by mcco on Wed, 08/11/2021 - 13:27
Leading integrated telco PLDT has laid down an additional 95,000 kilometers of nationwide fiber footprint in the first half of the year, further expanding the country's most extensive fiber infrastructure to more than 524,000 kilometers as of end-June 2021, an increase of 22% from a year ago.

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