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PLDT, Inc., formerly known as the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (Filipino: Kompanya ng Teleponong Pangmalayuan ng Pilipinas), [3] is a Philippine telecommunications, internet and digital service company. [4] PLDT is one of the Philippine's major telecommunications providers, along with Globe Telecom and startup DITO Telecommunity ...
Smart Communications Inc., commonly referred to as Smart, is a wholly owned wireless communications and digital services subsidiary of PLDT Inc., [1] a telecommunications and digital services provider based in the Philippines. [2] As of November 2023, it is currently the largest mobile network with 55.2 million subscribers. [3]
Moving forward, on April 1, 2000, Piltel signed a facilities-sharing agreement with competitor Smart Communications to be able to provide wireless services using Smart's GSM network. [2] By the same day, Piltel launched its GSM brand, Talk 'N Text. In March 2004, Smart Communications acquired 45.3% stake in Piltel from its parent PLDT. [3]
Fixed Mobile Convergence is a transition point in the telecommunications industry that will finally remove the distinctions between fixed and mobile networks, providing a superior experience to customers by creating seamless services using a combination of fixed broadband and local access wireless technologies to meet their needs in homes ...
2000: PLDT introduced its ADSL service. [10] August 8, 2009: The Congress of the Philippines granted Converge ICT's (then known as ComClark Network and Technology Corp.) franchise application to construct, install, establish, operate and maintain a telecommunication system throughout the country. Nine years after their franchise was granted ...
Smart Communications. Smart Broadband Inc. Primeworld Digital Systems, Inc. [1] Wolfpac Mobile, Inc. [1] Wireless Card Inc. [1] Smart Money Holdings Corporation (SMHC) [1] Smart Money, Inc. (owned through SMHC) [1]
The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) announced that it has completed the acquisition of Digitel from JG Summit Holdings, Inc. PLDT now owns 51.55 percent equity stake of Digitel. Digitel has a hundred percent stake in Digitel Mobile Philippines, Inc., whose brand name is Sun Cellular.
PLDT also had access to international loans from the World Bank. These loans assisted PLDT's dominance, and PLDT became the single largest private recipient of foreign loans to the Philippines. In 1981, a National Telecommunications Development Plan was released.