The Ramon Cojuangco Building in Makati, the headquarters of PLDT.
Formerly
Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (1928–2016)
Company type
Public
Traded as
PSE: TEL NYSE: PHI
Industry
Telecommunications
Predecessor
Digital Telecommunications Philippines (1987–2022)
Founded
Manila, Philippine Islands (November 28, 1928; 95 years ago (1928-11-28))
Headquarters
Ramon Cojuangco Building, Makati Avenue corner Dela Rosa Street, Legazpi Village, Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Manuel V. Pangilinan (Chairman, President and CEO)
Danny Y. Yu (SVP, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Risk Management Officer)
Marilyn A. Victorio-Aquino
(SVP, Chief Legal Counsel and Corporate Secretary)
Catherine Yap-Yang
(FVP & Group Corporate Communications Officer)
Products
Cellular telephony Digital Services Fixed-line telephony Internet Protocol television Information technology Satellite communications Electricity distribution Mass media
Revenue
₱205.245 billion (2022)[1]
Operating income
₱13.509 billion (2022)[1]
Net income
₱10.735 billion (2022)[1]
Total assets
₱624.162 billion (2022)[1]
Total equity
₱108.727 billion (2022)[1]
Owner
Public (41.55 percent) NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (14.5 percent) Philippine Telecommunications Investment Corp. (12.05 percent) JG Summit Holdings (11.27 percent) Metro Pacific Resources, Inc. (9.98 percent) NTT Communications Corp (5.85 percent) First Pacific (3.54 percent)
Number of employees
17,155 (2022)[1]
Parent
First Pacific
Subsidiaries
Smart Communications MediaQuest Holdings PLDT Communication and Energy Ventures
ASNs
9299 (residential and business services)
7629 (data center and enterprise services, operated by subsidiary ePLDT)
Website
main.pldt.com
PLDT, Inc., formerly known as the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (Filipino: Kompanya ng Teleponong Pangmalayuan ng Pilipinas),[2] is a Philippine telecommunications, internet and digital service company.[3]
PLDT is one of the Philippine's major telecommunications providers, along with Globe Telecom and startup Dito Telecommunity. Founded in 1928, it is the oldest and largest telecommunications company in the Philippines, in terms of assets and revenues.[4]
The company's core businesses are fixed-line telecommunications, mobile telephony services, broadband, and internet of things services under various brands. It also has investments in broadcasting, print media, utilities, and direct-to-home satellite services, among others. As of 2019, PLDT is listed in the Philippine Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange and is being controlled by First Pacific, a Hong Kong-based investment management company, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, through its subsidiaries, and JG Summit Holdings.
Throughout the past decades, PLDT has received numerous complaints from the Philippine House of Representatives and Senate regarding slow internet connection.[5]
^ abcdefSEC Form 17-C with Management's Discussion and Analysis (4Q 2022) (PDF) (Report). March 23, 2023.
^"Maligayang Bati Sa Iyo" [Season's Greetings to You]. Commercial advertisement. Liwayway (in Tagalog). Vol. XVI, no. 5. Manila: Ramon Roces Publications, Inc. December 10, 1937. p. 100.
^"PLDT, Smart unveil new logo in line with 'digital pivot'". PLDT. June 13, 2016. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
^PLDT Financial Results
^Yap, DJ (December 26, 2014). "Congress urged to probe slow Internet service in PH". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
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Global Information
₱205.245 billion (2022)[1]
₱13.509 billion (2022)[1]