{"id":48374,"date":"2022-03-21T10:57:10","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T02:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=48374"},"modified":"2022-03-21T10:57:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T02:57:12","slug":"record-breaking-growth-for-pldt-fiber-business-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2022\/03\/21\/record-breaking-growth-for-pldt-fiber-business-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Record-breaking growth for PLDT fiber business in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Despite stricter alert levels imposed last year, largest fully integrated telco PLDT reported unprecedented growth for its fiber business,\u00a0nearly doubling its revenue growth at 82% or\u00a0Php 14.9 billion to Php 33 billion year-on-year, with\u00a0net adds of 1.13 million new fiber subscribers in 2021 alone.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Introducing affordable and faster fiber-speed plans and its expansive roll out of fiber-to-the-home facilities to more regions and islands, PLDT remains to be the preferred choice among households,&nbsp;enabling work and school-from-home set ups, and the reliable partner among businesses for their remote operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c2021 proved to be a record-breaking year for PLDT as we delivered all-time highs across the board despite the challenges brought about by the pandemic, calamities and hyper competition,\u201d said Alfredo S. Panlilio, PLDT and Smart President and CEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Exceeding the original target for&nbsp;2021 of&nbsp;a&nbsp;million new fiber subscribers,&nbsp;PLDT\u2019s total fixed broadband customers&nbsp;are now&nbsp;nearly 3 million, a record high&nbsp;for the group, as it continues to average over 107,000 monthly installations at the end of the year.&nbsp;In 2022, the Home team&nbsp;aims to&nbsp;target deeper penetration in Luzon and&nbsp;continue its roll out in&nbsp;new areas for growth in Visayas and Mindanao.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis exceptional performance sets the foundation for 2022 and beyond as we continue to build on our strengths as an integrated telco, and on our commitment to serve our customers in the best way possible,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PLDT officials are optimistic on its Home business as it will&nbsp;likely&nbsp;further&nbsp;grow its revenues at an accelerated pace as it adds more fiber customers, and&nbsp;as&nbsp;the market&nbsp;remains&nbsp;underpenetrated at approximately 20%, compared with up to 50% penetration in the Asian region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe continuously expand our network and upgrade&nbsp;our broadband speeds so that Filipinos can have better digital experiences to earn, work, and study from their homes, because fast internet has become an essential that families depend on to progress and live better,\u201d says Jeremiah de la Cruz, Senior Advisor Home Business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PLDT Home currently holds the record of being the fastest broadband network in the Philippines for the 4<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0consecutive year based on the Ookla Speedtest Awards Q3-Q4 2021. In the recent Ookla report, PLDT showed top download speeds of 203.97 Mbps and top upload speeds of 217.07 Mbps \u2013 or a Speed Score of 77.24.<a href=\"https:\/\/apis.mail.yahoo.com\/ws\/v3\/mailboxes\/@.id==VjN-aCbUujP9WRIFkzC-HPKo0PwYPu4jD5cOi_sjbMnujizFHppaB98KCecoWGnkGzTGwSeqnpH3u8fKhDbfMcoHqg\/messages\/@.id==ADuYIulv-VB7YjMFGQfX0Pd8qA4\/content\/parts\/@.id==2\/refresh?appid=YMailNorrinLaunch&amp;ymreqid=27f3344f-c727-c29c-1cbd-c50000015e00\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introducing affordable and faster fiber-speed plans and its expansive roll out of fiber-to-the-home facilities to more regions and islands, PLDT remains to be the preferred choice among households,\u00a0enabling work and school-from-home set ups, and the reliable partner among businesses for their remote operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":46005,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[379,96,2727,1656],"class_list":["post-48374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-pldt","tag-technology","tag-technology-adaption","tag-technology-investment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}