BusinessWorld
January 20, 2021 | 12:09 am
Its wireless arm, Smart Communications, Inc., also saw its mobile download speeds improve by 71%.
“As of 2020, PLDT’s average fixed broadband download speeds were at 32.20 Mbps (megabits per second), whereas Smart’s average mobile download speeds were at 17.82 Mbps — posting improvements of 78% and 71%, respectively, compared to 2017, based on analysis by Ookla® of tests taken with Speedtest,” PLDT said in a statement on Tuesday.
PLDT had more than 429,000 kilometers of fiber infrastructure as of December last year.
The fiber infrastructure, which also supports Smart networks, covers 96% of the country’s population.
PLDT’s wireless arm had more than 59,000 base stations as of December 2020. Both PLDT and Smart had also secured more than 2,500 permits from government agencies to put up more cell sites.