{"id":14594,"date":"2025-08-21T19:58:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T19:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/14594\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T19:58:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T19:58:07","slug":"easing-fiber-costs-seen-as-pldt-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/14594\/","title":{"rendered":"Easing fiber costs seen as PLDT boost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Telecoms giant PLDT Inc. is expanding digital inclusion with PLDT Home Fiber Prepaid, an affordable broadband service designed for price-sensitive households and first-time fiber users seeking reliable, high-speed connectivity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPLDT\u2019s mission goes beyond connecting Filipinos to the internet,\u201d PLDT SVP and head of Consumer Business-Home John Y. Palanca said on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than connectivity, our goal is to connect Filipinos to opportunities, experiences, and dreams that empower them to live fuller, more meaningful lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Palanca said the prepaid service complements, rather than replaces, postpaid offerings. \u201cIt\u2019s designed for price-sensitive households or first-time fiber users upgrading from older technologies. Prepaid fiber helps us reach new users and strengthen our presence in covered areas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wider fiber footprint<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He noted encouraging traction for the segment, supported by PLDT\u2019s expanding fiber footprint and the popularity of value-added services. <\/p>\n<p>Service upgrades such as faster installation and repair times, round-the-clock customer support, and smarter self-service tools also enhance the customer experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are proud to see the strength of PLDT Home\u2019s performance in the first half of 2025,\u201d Palanca added. \u201cWhether through our premium postpaid plans, growing prepaid offerings, or our \u2018Always On\u2019 service, we remain committed to making world-class broadband more accessible, dependable and inclusive for all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PLDT said it banks on its prepaid fiber service to help drive digital inclusion to allow more Filipino households to thrive in the digital economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Telecoms giant PLDT Inc. is expanding digital inclusion with PLDT Home Fiber Prepaid, an affordable broadband service designed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[259],"tags":[13400,18,19,285,17,13399,13401,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-14594","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-affordable-broadband-philippines","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-internet","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-pldt-home-fiber-prepaid","14":"tag-prepaid-fiber-internet","15":"tag-technology"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}