PLDT Home widens market share in Q3

MANILA, Philippines – Leading home digital services provider PLDT Home has fortified its leadership in fixed broadband, commanding a market share of over 70 percent at the end of the third quarter of 2015 and record breaking subscriber gains that is three times more than its nearest competitor. 

PLDT Home, a unit of leading telco and digital services provider Philippine

Long Distance Telephone Co (PLDT), has remained the preferred broadband provider in the country.

The firm registered double-digit growth in digital services such as the PLDT HOME Telpad, the all-in-one tablet, landline and broadband; the triple-play service where broadband and landline services are bundled with Cignal digital TV; and the home monitoring system FamCam. 

“PLDT HOME continues to strengthen its leadership with more digital services via the Connected Home,” PLDT and Smart executive vice president and Head of Consumer Business Ariel P. Fermin said.

He noted the fixed line subscriber base reached 2.3 million by end-September and more than half of which own fixed broadband subscriptions. 

“PLDT HOME’s fixed broadband has continuously reinforced its industry leadership with its significant array of new digital services and compelling content, providing entertainment to customers everywhere, whether they are at home or away from home,” Fermin said.

“Beyond telecommunications, we are delivering entertainment, peace of mind, and urban comfort to our subscribers,” he added. 

At the start of the third quarter, PLDT HOME announced its roster of content bundled with broadband subscription from South East Asia’s number one video-on-demand provider iflix and the region’s leading broadcaster Fox International Channels to live HD channels from Cignal. These services exacerbated the growth of broadband subscription supported by a strong and aggressive activations program. 

PLDT HOME has also launched the first and only Quadplay, the innovative bundling offer where mobile services are packaged with voice, data, and cable television, providing customers with connectivity everywhere. It is the mobile service that contains PLDT HOME DSL broadband, PLDT landline, Cignal Digital TV and Smart mobile.