- CEO
- Manuel Velez Pangilinan
- Full Time Employees
- 14,904
- Sector
- Communication Services
- Industry
- Telecommunications Services
- Address
- Ramon Cojuangco Building Makati City Philippines 1200
- IPO Date
- May 3, 1973
- Business
- PLDT Inc. (PHI) operates as the Philippines' largest fully integrated telecommunications company, providing fixed-line, wireless, broadband, and digital services through its extensive fiber optic backbone, fixed-line, and cellular networks. Founded in 1928 and headquartered in Makati City, Philippines, the company offers core products and services including Smart and TNT-branded wireless cellular services encompassing 2G, 3G, 4G LTE, and 5G mobile voice, data, messaging, and value-added offerings; PLDT Home retail fixed-line services such as fiber broadband, IPTV, and triple-play packages with devices from TP-Link and Roku; PLDT Enterprise solutions for corporations and SMEs featuring corporate data, ICT, data networking, cybersecurity, cloud services, data centers, and managed IT; local exchange telephone services in areas like Subic Bay Freeport, Clark Freeport Zone, Bonifacio Global City, and select Mindanao cities via subsidiaries including PLDT Clark Telecom, Inc., PLDT Subic Telecom, Inc., and PLDT-Philcom, Inc.; and internet of things services. Its operations span the Philippines nationwide, with subsidiaries such as Smart Communications, Inc., PLDT Global Corporation, Digital Telecommunications Phils., Inc., and PLDT Digital Investments Pte Ltd., alongside investments in media via MediaQuest Holdings (including TV5 Network and Cignal TV), energy through Meralco, and fintech via Voyager Innovations.
In recent developments, PLDT increased its 45% stake in data-driven digital experience provider Kayana Solutions in 2025 through a ₱594 million investment in additional shares, enhancing AI-driven personalization and digital services leveraging MVP Group data assets; partnered with Accenture to establish a Manila digital factory for AI innovation and product development targeting local businesses; launched the 14,000-kilometer US-Transpacific Jupiter Cable system connecting the Philippines to the US and Japan, tripling international data capacity to 60 Terabit/s amid plans for two more submarine cables; secured a P1 billion green loan from HSBC Philippines in March 2024 to fund fiber network modernization for broadband, mobile data, and WiFi; announced in March 2023 its acquisition of Sky Cable Corporation's broadband business; and continues data center expansions and 5G/LTE upgrades while addressing capex overruns to maintain a stable 'BBB' credit rating. The company, formerly Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company until its 2016 name change approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission, focuses on enterprise digital transformation and positioning the Philippines as an Asia-Pacific digital hub, serving residential, SME, corporate, and hyperscaler customers with reported Q3 2025 consolidated service revenues of ₱145.9 billion, up 1% year-on-year. PLDT's common shares trade on the Philippine Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: PHI), with major shareholders including NTT DOCOMO (14.50%), Philippine Telecommunications Investment Corp. (12.05%), and JG Summit Group (11.27%) as of June 2025 .