{"id":66256,"date":"2024-10-03T12:30:53","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T04:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=66256"},"modified":"2024-10-03T12:30:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T04:30:55","slug":"pldt-smart-support-pbbms-digitalization-goals-backing-psacs-efforts-in-gidas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2024\/10\/03\/pldt-smart-support-pbbms-digitalization-goals-backing-psacs-efforts-in-gidas\/","title":{"rendered":"PLDT, Smart support PBBM&#8217;s digitalization goals, backing PSAC\u2019s efforts in GIDAs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PLDT Inc. (PLDT) and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) bolster their commitment to support President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.&#8217;s digitalization mission, by expanding reliable internet access to Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas (GIDAs) across the Philippines. This initiative is part of the government\u2019s flagship &#8220;BroadBand ng Masa\u201d Program.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During a recent meeting with Marcos, the Private Sector Advisory Council\u2019s Digital Infrastructure sector (PSAC DI) presented updates on its Connectivity Plan for GIDAs \u2013 a landmark collaboration among PLDT, Smart, and the country\u2019s major telecommunications providers, with the support of government agencies such as the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).\u00a0<br><br>\u201cPLDT is committed to driving tangible results in improving digital access to GIDAs,&#8221; said PLDT Chief Operating Officer Menardo \u201cButch\u201d Jimenez Jr., who represented the company alongside PLDT Chairman, President, and CEO Manuel V Pangilinan during the PSAC meeting at Malaca\u00f1ang. \u201cThese efforts also align with the long-standing advocacy of Chairman MVP, who has consistently championed initiatives that empower Filipinos through education and economic development.\u201d<br><br>PSAC Lead Convenor Sabin Aboitiz, PSAC DI Sector Head Myla Villanueva, and the aligned efforts of the country\u2019s telcos will be pivotal in steering the Connectivity Plan, which targets activation of key GIDA sites starting this year. These expansions are set to provide residents in GIDAs with access to digital services that are vital for inclusive economic growth.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a recent meeting with Marcos, the Private Sector Advisory Council\u2019s Digital Infrastructure sector (PSAC DI) presented updates on its Connectivity Plan for GIDAs \u2013 a landmark collaboration among PLDT, Smart, and the country\u2019s major telecommunications providers, with the support of government agencies such as the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":45489,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[379,343,96,2727,1656],"class_list":["post-66256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-pldt","tag-smart-communications","tag-technology","tag-technology-adaption","tag-technology-investment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66256","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=66256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}