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Smart optimizes LTE network to meet lockdown demand for data

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 21 01:17 PM

PLDT Inc said Tuesday it would optimize the LTE capacity of its mobile unit Smart to meet high mobile data demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

RapidPass for COVID-19 frontliners to cover entire Metro Manila: PLDT

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 20 11:39 AM

PLDT will supply a total of 540 cell phones for officers manning a total of 180 checkpoints, the telco said in a statement. The smartphones are loaded with voice, SMS and data packages, it said.  Read more »

PLDT offers 6-month payment program for postpaid subscribers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 15 11:32 AM

Starting May, PLDT will implement a 6-month installment program for outstanding postpaid bills, the telecommunications operator said in a statement. Read more »

From electricity and water bills to bank loans, here's a list of deferred due dates due to COVID-19

Updated as of Mar 29 01:05 PM

Offering a reprieve for Filipinos, utilities, banks, and insurance companies offer extensions on payments. By MAAN D’ASIS PAMARAN Read more »

Smart teams up with OPM artists to raise donations for COVID-19 frontliners

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 25 01:47 PM

Smart Communications has teamed up with some OPM artists to raise donations for COVID-19 frontliners. Read more »

PLDT's Pangilinan on self-quarantine amid COVID-19 outbreak

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 13 01:18 AM

PLDT Inc chairman Manuel Pangilinan is undergoing self-quarantine after attending an event with a confirmed COVID-19 patient, the company's public affairs chief confirmed on Thursday. Read more »

PLDT, Globe, Dito form phone number portability 'clearing house'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 03 09:33 AM

PLDT Inc, Globe Telecom and Dito Telecommunity tapped Floria-based Syniverse for the "clearing house" tasked to ensure the "smooth implementation" of phone number transfers, PLDT said in a disclosure. Read more »

Why photojournalists shoot (what they shoot)

Photojournalists’ Center of the Philippines
Updated as of Oct 16 05:13 PM

Everybody is a photojournalist until the sh*t hits the fan. Read more »

Smart boss Panlilio puts mobile customers first

Cathy Yang, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 23 04:08 PM

Smart Communications, which is offering free YouTube access, is also encouraging non-LTE subscribers to use lifestyle apps such as cashless payment platform PayMaya and eGames, said its president, Al Panlilio. Read more »

Telcos to shut off some services in Kalibo, nearby areas during Ati-Atihan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 19 11:09 PM

Globe Telecom and Smart Communications Inc. said this was in compliance with a National Telecommunications Commission directive. Read more »

Smart boosts GigaSurf packages with new Video Every Day promo

Smart
Posted at Dec 21 04:09 PM

You can now unlock a total entertainment experience as Smart recently launched Video Every Day, a breakthrough promo that offers up to 1 hour of free video streaming on top apps like YouTube, iflix, NBA League Pass, and iWant. Read more »

Third telco to spur economy in remote areas: DICT chief

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 25 11:46 AM

Some 40 percent of the country is either unserved or underserved by the 2 telecommunications giants, Department of Information and Communications Technology officer-in-charge Eliseo Rio said. Read more »

Lawmakers question telcos on sudden disappearance of prepaid load

April Rafales, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 15 02:55 PM

MANILA—Lawmakers on Wednesday questioned telecommunications companies on the sudden disappearance of prepaid load, stemming from seemingly automatic enrollment of numbers to value-added services. Read more »

PLDT outlines P50-billion capital spending this year

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 05 03:30 PM

PLDT Inc on Monday outlined how it planned to spend a record P50 billion this year to aid its shift to digital services. Read more »