PLDT Global eyes India, Australia, Latin America

HONG KONG – PLDT Global Corp. (PGC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of telecommunications and digital services giant Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT), is looking to set up operations in India, Australia and Latin America by next year to support business growth. 

PGC Hong Kong general manager Edith Gomez said in a press conference the company is looking to expand and operate in new markets particularly Australia, India, and Latin America starting next year.

“There are expansions lined up for PLDT Global. (These are) under discussions so (I) can’t say which will come first,” she said. 

PGC serves as the international sales and marketing arm of the PLDT group.

It has five business pillars which are: mobile virtual network operations (MVNO), international load dealership, e-commerce, remittance, and enterprise business.

The company provides overseas Filipinos with high-quality voice, data and value-added services. 

At present, PGC provides MVNO services through the SMART Pinoy brand in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, United Kingdom, US as well as through branded partnerships in Guam, Macau and Taiwan. 

PGC likewise distributes retail phone cards and subscription-based services through its international retail business in the US, Japan, France, Spain, Germany and Canada. 

Aside from expanding its operations, PGC is offering new mobile data packages to overseas Filipinos. 

The mobile data packages will give global Filipinos access to popular social media networking sites such as Facebook and for specific territories, their favorite movies and TV series via a video-on-demand provider.

In Hong Kong, overseas Filipinos can enjoy unlimited Facebook for as low as HK$50cents or P3 per day through the 90-day UnliFB Plan at HK$50 or P300.   

“For those who need more than Facebook, we also offer an unlimited data and call subscription plan to Smart Pinoy subscribers for only HK$98 or P588 for 30 days. Registration to the mobile data plans is made simple and fast by dialling #143* and options for different plans can be viewed and selected,” Gomez said.

She said those who only need data connectivity outside their residence or place of work in Hong Kong can avail of the one-day unlimited data bucket at HK$12 or P72.

In Malaysia, new Smart Pinoy subscribers to the handset and data packages will get to enjoy Southeast Asia’s leading Internet TV service provider iflix for one month, with data plans starting at only RM3 a day.