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.
PLDT Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Angel T. Redoble assured that PLDT is ready to work hand in hand with the government to address the growing threat of cyber-attacks and explore further possible points of collaboration in beefing up the country's capabilities to defend its cyberspace.
Smart Communications said it has deployed a fully functional Open Radio Access Network (ORAN) Proof of Concept (PoC), successfully demonstrating file download speeds of more than 1Gbps.
The PLDT Group’s membership in the UK-based Internet Watch Foundation and the Canadian Centre for Child Protection’s Project Arachnid has played a significant role in boosting the reach of its Child Protection Platform.
With this acquisition, Unity Digital Infrastructure is poised to have over 1,000 active macro towers and around 500 poles for small cells in key cities nationwide.
PLDT-owned mobile operator Smart Communications said it has blocked Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) or clickable links usually found in spam text messages.
In a statement on Tuesday, Aug. 8, Smart Communications vice president for regulatory affairs Roy Ibay said DITO’s complaint is diversionary tactic to escape liability on the fines imposed by the government for its fraudulent voice traffic.
