The country’s biggest and only integrated telco PLDT and its wireless arm Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) are continuing to invest in expanding the reach of their fixed and wireless networks to bring their services “to the level of the best in the region.”

“We recognize that there are still opportunities to have more of our countrymen connected, and that the demand for connectivity and our services will only increase further. That is why we continue to invest. Our main aim is to bring the Philippines, with the help of government, to the level of the best in the region,” Mario G. Tamayo, Senior Vice President for Network Planning and Engineering, said in a forum hosted by BusinessWorld on the state of internet connectivity in the country.

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