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PLDT suspends four executives amid budget overrun issues

December 21, 2022 Joana Bagano 0

Four key officials have been suspended, with pay, at PLDT Inc. following an inquiry into a capital spending budget overrun of P48 billion ($866 million).PLDT Read more…

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Starlink enters Philippines, PLDT offers space connectivity

November 7, 2022 Joana Bagano 0

As Starlink in the Philippines inches closer to becoming a reality, integrated telco PLDT prepares to offer its own space-based connectivity package to users. Read more…

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PLDT continues bid to be APAC’s new favorite hyperscaler hub

September 14, 2022 Joana Bagano 0

PLDT is building a new cable landing station for the ADC subsea system in its ongoing quest to transform the Philippines into a regional hyperscaler hub. Read more…

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DITO says rivals are dragging feet on interconnect

August 10, 2022 Joana Bagano 0

DITO Telecommunity has accused Globe and PLDT/Smart of “abusing” their dominant positions by not fully complying with a legal interconnect mandate. Read more…

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Marcos Jr admin raises fears of telecoms cronyism

July 7, 2022 Joana Bagano 0

Digital infrastructure promises aside, not everyone is convinced a Marcos Jr presidency will be good for the Philippine telecoms industry. Read more…

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PLDT raises $1.5 billion in mobile tower sales to ISOC edotco and Comworks

April 26, 2022 Joana Bagano 0

PLDT’s Smart and Digitel agree to sell over 5,900 telecom towers and related passive telco infrastructure to ISOC edotco and Comworks. Read more…

SIM card registration
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PLDT and Smart still keen on SIM card registration law despite veto

April 22, 2022 Staff Writer 0

PLDT and Smart remain committed to the SIM Card Registration Act despite last week’s veto from President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more…

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PLDT and Microsoft partner to battle cybercrime wave in Philippines

February 15, 2022 Joana Bagano 0

PLDT and Smart partner with Microsoft to bolster their existing cybersecurity systems to battle growing cybercrime in the Philippines. Read more…

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Philippines’ PLDT injects US$80m into Apricot undersea cable system

August 19, 2021 Joana Bagano 0

Google, Facebook and PLDT have joined forces to set up Apricot, a new undersea cable system that will serve over 3.5 billion users. Read more…

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Smart sees massive rise in LTE data use on network upgrades

December 2, 2019 News Centre 0

PLDT’s mobile arm Smart Communications has reported a sharp spike in 4G LTE data customers on the back of its aggressive network upgrade program. Read more…

5G PLDT Smart
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PLDT and Smart switch on first two 5G base stations

November 15, 2018 News Centre 0

PLDT and its wireless arm Smart Communications have fired up their first two 5G cell sites in the Makati Central Business District and at the Clark Freeport Zone (CFZ) in Pampanga. The companies activated the Read more…

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PLDT and Amdocs expand IT transformation partnership

October 2, 2018 News Centre 0

PLDT and Amdocs announced that they are expanding their strategic partnership under a new six-year service agreement to transform the IT infrastructure of PLDT and its wireless arm Smart Communications. Earlier this year, PLDT, Smart Read more…

ericsson smart 5G
Off the Wire

Ericsson signs 5G MoU with Smart Communications

August 13, 2018 News Centre 0

Ericsson has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with PLDT wireless subsidiary Smart Communications to bring 5G technology to the Philippines. The 5G pilot network, scheduled to go live by early 2019, will be deployed Read more…

PLDT smart prepaid home broadband
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PLDT launches LTE/Wi-Fi prepaid home broadband service

August 13, 2018 News Centre 2

PLDT Home has launched a prepaid home broadband service in the form of a Wi-Fi hotspot with backhaul provided by the telco’s wireless arm, Smart Communications. The ‘PLDT Home Prepaid Wi-Fi’ is a plug and Read more…

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5G WIRE: M1 small cells, TechnoLab trials and 3 HK gets cloudified

June 26, 2018 News Centre 0

5G action this day: M1 and Nokia trial 5G small cell and IoT use cases; Smart and Huawei beat 14 Gbps in the TechnoLab; Huawei is cloudifying 3 HK’s network for 5G readiness M1 and Read more…

wi-fi calling
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PLDT and Smart to launch Wi-Fi Calling with help from Huawei

April 3, 2018 News Centre 0

PLDT wireless unit Smart Communications, along with technology partner Huawei Technologies, say they have enabled Wi-Fi Calling – a.k.a. Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWi-Fi) – on Smart’s network. Wi-Fi Calling allows customers to place voice and Read more…

Smart Communications LTE-A
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Smart floors it on LTE-A carrier aggregation rollouts

March 16, 2018 News Centre 0

PLDT’s wireless arm Smart Communications says it is accelerating the deployment of LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) and carrier aggregation (CA) technology to more areas this year to provide better mobile data experience to customers. Smart has already Read more…

amdocs
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Amdocs lands PLDT transformation project, wraps up True project

January 25, 2018 News Centre 0

Amdocs has announced a new digital transformation deal with Philippines incumbent PLDT as it wraps up another transformation project with Thai operator True Corp. Under a seven-year, $300 million agreement announced Wednesday, Amdocs will will Read more…

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Greenfield investment opps should be more than a telco pipe dream: panel

December 13, 2017 John C. Tanner 0

Telecoms/IT players and investors have often looked to emerging markets in Southeast Asia as greenfield investment opportunities. Nowadays, the ‘true’ greenfields are just about gone, but real investment opportunities abound if you know where to Read more…

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Philippines’ Duterte to China: how would you like to be our third telco?

November 21, 2017 John C. Tanner 0

ITEM: The Philippines desperately needs someone to launch a third operator to break the current duopoly of PLDT and Globe Telecom, and President Rodrigo Duterte sincerely hopes it will be China. Reuters reports that President Read more…

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