PLDT and Smart will install e-waste collection bins under their “Be Kind. Recycle.” program and conduct activities to promote proper disposal and recycling of electronic waste.
PLDT and Smart Communications are calling for closer coordination among government agencies, technology platforms, telecommunications companies, schools, parents, and child protection groups to address online risks facing Filipino children.
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has thrown its support behind expanded voluntary website blocking by Globe Telecom, PLDT-Smart, and Converge ICT Solutions, even as questions remain over the legal basis and safeguards governing restrictions on violent content that has not necessarily been declared illegal.
The Protect Technology-Telecom Alliance Pilipinas or PROTECTA Pilipinas is working with the Department of National Defense, the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center to strengthen community participation in protecting telecommunications infrastructure and improving cyber resilience.
For the fourth straight year, PLDT and Smart Communications gathered some of the country’s brightest young minds to prove that technology can change lives.
PLDT and its wireless arm Smart Communications said on Monday, March 24, it is giving over half a million free SIM cards for over 170 locations as its contribution to the government’s P5-billion “JuanSIM ng Bayan” initiative to connect underserved communities.
The public-private collaboration, called Protecta Pilipinas or Protect Technology-Telecom Alliance, aims to safeguard technology and telecommunications infrastructure across the country and help ensure that Filipinos have unhampered access to much-needed connectivity.
PLDT and its wireless arm Smart Communications have signed a partnership agreement with West Visayas State University (WVSU) to develop application aimed at teaching students how to speak and write in Hiligaynon, a predominant language in West Visayas region.
