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.

PLDT wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) has sustained its growth in the first half of 2021 on the back of increased data users and mobile data traffic and the introduction of new data offers.

PLDT Enterprise remains steadfast in helping businesses implement their digital roadmaps, sustain their work operations, and accelerate recovery despite the economic disruptions brought by the global COVID-19 crisis.

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.

Carriers & enterprises can now view, book, and buy subsea cable capacity conveniently through Capacity B&B, an online booking portal launched by PLDT Global Corporation (PGC), the international arm of the Philippines’ largest fully integrated telco PLDT. This is the first time that a Philippine-based telco, through PGC, is offering subsea cable capacity as a product ​via a ​digital platform.

PLDT wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) is the country's fastest 5G network in the Philippines for the first half of 2021, according to the latest report by Ookla®, the global leader in internet testing and analytics.

The country’s largest fully integrated telco PLDT has opened its newest digital hub at Glorietta Mall, in the heart of Makati City.

PLDT and its wireless arm Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) are partnering with Lingayen in Pangasinan and boosting the city's bid to become a 'Smart City' with connectivity and digital solutions.

PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc (Smart) continue to fill the gaps in education, a year after COVID-19 fast-tracked the shift to distance learning.

Fixed and mobile internet speeds in the Philippines have more than doubled between June 2020 and June 2021, according to the latest Speedtest® Global Index by Ookla®.