In line with putting the Philippines next to first-world nations such as South Korea, Japan, Sweden, Norway, Italy, New Zealand, and the USA, PLDT Home has launched the first-ever 10,000 Mbps fiber optic service in the country, set for a pilot run in Metro Manila this December and in other key cities like Cebu and Davao in 2022.
“We at PLDT continue to play an active role in shaping the future of our country and leading the way towards a connected nation. We are doing all these for our north star – our customers: business owners, professionals, tech mavericks with very large homes, multiple high-bandwidth users with multiple screens. And with all that life requires of them, they need the fastest home broadband powered by the fastest network. And we are more than ready to give them what they need – all 10,000 of it.”
– Alfredo Panlilio, PLDT President and Chief Executive Officer
The future of smart homes is here
The planned rollout is the culmination of PLDT Home’s year-long network expansion program in 2021, in a deliberate move to provide Filipino homes with only the strongest internet connections.
“Consistent with our commitment to provide superior technology to address the Filipinos’ growing digital connectivity needs, PLDT Home continues to innovate and make a difference in the lives of our customers. With our all-new, upgraded, and fastest internet speed, Filipino homes will now be able to experience and enjoy the future — that is the smart home.”
– Butch G. Jimenez, Senior Vice President and Head of PLDT Home Business
To cater to the growing number of smart homes in the Philippines, the new Fiber plan also comes with a WiFi 6 Mesh System that guarantees ultra-fast WiFi speeds covering an area of over 550 square meters.
As a treat for its subscribers, PLDT Home also recently announced its most powerful fiber plans, with existing users getting the upgrades to their subscribed speeds as well. All PLDT Home subscribers can now enjoy the fastest and most superior internet speeds to power their smart home devices and cover their homes with seamless whole-home connectivity.
As of September 2021, PLDT has added 324,000 new fiber subscribers, ending the third quarter with a market-leading count of 2.77 million fixed broadband customers.
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Emman has been writing technical and feature articles since 2010. Prior to this, he became one of the instructors at Asia Pacific College in 2008, and eventually landed a job as Business Analyst and Technical Writer at Integrated Open Source Solutions for almost 3 years.
