- Business
- PLDT Inc. (PSE:TEL; NYSE:PHI; OTC:PHTCF) provides telecommunications and digital services across the Philippines as the largest fully integrated telecommunications provider. Founded on November 28, 1928, and headquartered in Makati City at the Ramon Cojuangco Building, the company operates through three main segments: wireless services under the Smart and TNT brands offering 2G, 3G, 4G LTE, and 5G mobile telephony, voice, text, data, and value-added services including satellite communications; fixed line services under PLDT Home for retail broadband, IPTV, and triple-play bundles with TP-Link and Roku devices, and PLDT Enterprise for corporate data networking, ICT solutions, cybersecurity, and local exchange in areas such as Subic Bay Freeport, Clark Freeport Zone, Bonifacio Global City, and Mindanao cities; and others encompassing investments in media via MediaQuest Holdings including TV5 Network, Cignal TV, The Philippine Star, and BusinessWorld, energy through Meralco, e-commerce and fintech via Voyager Innovations, and additional utilities, aviation, and esports. PLDT maintains the Philippines' most extensive fiber optic backbone and cellular network, serving residential, enterprise, SME, and corporate customers nationwide with international connectivity through PLDT Global Corporation and submarine cable investments. Recently, PLDT increased its stake in Kayana Solutions to 45% with a PHP 594 million investment in 2025 to bolster AI-driven digital experiences and data analytics in partnership with Accenture for a Manila digital factory; secured a PHP 1 billion green loan from HSBC Philippines in 2024 for fiber network modernization supporting broadband and WiFi; plans a partial sale of data center unit VITRO Inc. in 2025 to reduce debt and target a 2x debt-to-EBITDA ratio; acquired Sky Cable's broadband business in 2023; and changed its name from Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company to PLDT Inc. in 2016 to reflect its digital pivot. Ownership includes major stakes by NTT Docomo (14.5%), Philippine Telecommunications Investment Corp. (12.05%), JG Summit (11.27%), and Metro Pacific Resources (9.98%), with affiliates of First Pacific and NTT Communications; subsidiaries feature Smart Communications, PLDT Global Investments Holdings, and PLDT Digital Investments.