PLDT
Home grabs the Best Digital Innovation award in the recently concluded 15th
CIO Asia Awards for its ingenious mobile data sharing service in partnership
with the company’s wireless arm, Smart Communications.
Earlier
this year, PLDT Home became the first and only home digital service provider to
implement data sharing from a home network’s allocation to mobile data. This
service allows PLDT Home to clinch the Leadership category alongside other five
outstanding companies in the region.
“The PLDT HOME DSL data sharing
offer is just the beginning of more game-changing converged innovations from
PLDT and Smart. This recognition from CIO Asia fuels our inspiration to raise
the bar and continuously break new ground in digital and mobile technology,” PLDT
VP and Home Marketing Director Gary Dujali said.
The sharing service was featured in
PLDT Home Speedster Fam Plan 1299 which let users share 6GB of data to
mobile from its 50GB allocation per month. However, you need to upgrade with at
least a Smart Mobile Plan 399 (with mobile handset) to use the data sharing
feature. There are also several Smart Mobile Plans to upgrade into. The most
noteworthy is the Plan 1599 wherein you can get an iPhone 6s.
CIO Asia cites that this
collaboration between PLDT Home and Smart Communications is very relevant in
the Philippines due to the fact that our culture values “close family ties.”
Other
companies included in the Honour Roll this year are Singapore's National
Library Board for the Innovation category, Philippines' Manila Water for
Transformation, US’ Avnet Inc. for Growth, and Malaysia’s Fraser & Neave
Holdings Berhad for Performance.
