PLDT

PLDT, whose brand value went down by 25% to $1.93 billion, fell two places to become the 8th most valuable Asean telecoms brand, now placing it behind Globe.

Huawei Philippines, in collaboration with PLDT-Smart Foundation and the Presidential Communications Office (PCO), is boosting efforts in bridging the education gap in underserved communities and schools in the country with the “School-in-a-Bag” initiative.

Pearl, a conversational AI avatar powered by digital human technology, converse with sports fans in English and Filipino and answer their FIBA-related questions -- such as how to get to their seats.

The PLDT Group is also building a cybersecurity operations center at the Villamor Air Force Base in Pasay City.

According to Ookla, only a handful of companies in the world have won award and that PLDT is the second ISP to accomplish the feat.

Telco network PLDT has warned its customers about the rising incidents of unauthorized modem collection by fake PLDT personnel in some areas of the country, particularly Pangasinan and other parts of Central Luzon.

PLDT, quoting a report by Romanian cybersecurity technology company Bitdefender, said hackers will go after employees 99% of the time by employing social engineering to coax their victims into revealing their personal information.

Having seen no irregularities by external probe, PLDT said it is attributing the overrun solely on the huge expenses it incurred for big-ticket projects and costly 5G equipment.

Telco giant PLDT said it is aiming to breach the petabit-level (1,000 terabits) in international capacity, as it invests in more strategic international subsea cables in the next five years.

After two years, PLDT Enterprise recently held the Philippine Digital Convention (PH Digicon) face-to-face at the Marriott Grand Ballroom with a simultaneous broadcast online.