For advocating and implementing programs that uplift the lives of Filipinos, PLDT wireless unit Smart Communications Inc. garnered accolades in 2018, both here and abroad.
Top of the list is the Telecoms Transformation Award at the Global Telecoms Awards in London for Smart’s network transformation program.
Smart had accelerated the deployment of Long Term Evolution, LTE-Advanced and carrier aggregation technology across the Philippines to meet the growing mobile data demands of Filipinos.
Both PLDT and Smart committed historic levels of resources to support network transformation, with capital expenditures reaching $1.1 billion in 2018 alone. As a result, PLDT-Smart fulfilled its commitment of making mobile data service available in 90 percent of the country’s cities and municipalities.
Mobile analytics firm OpenSignal also recognized Smart for running the country’s fastest LTE network.