Leading integrated telco company PLDT, Inc. (PLDT) expresses support for a tighter
collaboration between the private and public sectors to connect more Filipinos
nationwide.
Helming this push is the Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC), which was formed by
Sabin Aboitiz upon instructions of the President. PLDT, through its President and CEO
Alfredo S. Panlilio, joins this council as among the members of the Digital Infrastructure
pillar.
“We are honored to be part of this esteemed body. We look forward to boosting its
initiatives and striving together to achieve our common goals of empowering Filipinos
and driving the country’s economic ambitions,” Panlilio said.
Panlilio added that their group under the Digital Infrastructure pillar recently met with the
President to present their recommendations. “On top of those items is connectivity for
more of the population. We in the private sector can help use technology to reach as
many Filipinos as we can. We can use schools and barangay centers as community Wi-
Fi halls to reach more students. As our Chairman MVP would always say, you cannot
leave any learner behind,” Panlilio said.
“We support the President’s aspiration to digitalize the country, including the delivery of
government services,” he said, noting that the e-Government is also among the
government’s top priorities.
PLDT has been a longtime supporter of the country’s digital transformation. The PLDT
Group continues to invest in its network, having spent ₱518.5 billion for the last 10
years up to 2021. In the first half of the year, PLDT has expanded its nationwide fiber
infrastructure to 837,900 kilometers as of end-June. This fiber infrastructure supports
Smart’s mobile network, whose 3G, 4G/LTE and 5G networks cover 97% of the
population as of end-June.
PLDT is also accelerating its readiness in capacity, capabilities and infrastructure in
order to position the country as the Asia-Pacific region’s preferred hyperscaler
destination through the construction of its eleventh and largest hyperscale data center
to-date—the VITRO Sta. Rosa. VITRO Sta. Rosa, with a total power capacity of 50MW,
is the first in the series of planned hyperscale Data Center builds to total over 100MW.
Designed to be Tier-3 certified and Tier-4 ready with the highest level of network
diversity and resilience, VITRO Sta. Rosa will host the country’s richest internet
ecosystem and premiere internet exchanges, making it the most ideal location for Availability Zones and Points-of-Presence of hyperscalers, as well as for critical
systems of Enterprises.
