WORK FROM HOME. A Filipina working from home during the Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in the country. PLDT on Wednesday announced it offers free trial access to several business-grade communications tools to enterprise customers to enable a more conducive work-from-home environment. (Photo courtesy of Robert John Nievares)
MANILA – Telecommunications giant PLDT offers free trial access to multiple business-grade digital communications tools to select customers amid the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.
In a statement on Wednesday, PLDT said the tools it offers include the Cisco Webex, Microsoft Office Teams, and Google Hangouts.
“We’re here to assist businesses in providing these timely solutions and aid them in their transition to these new operational norms we’re all adapting to. These will allow them to stay connected in their collaboration efforts and become productive,” said Jovy Hernandez, PLDT Head of Enterprise.
Available to its enterprise customers, PLDT said the tools would enable administrators of online meetings and users of video calls to view and share files, access presentation materials, and connect other meeting applications to boost productivity remotely.
Cisco Webex, it said, enables groups to host meetings with up to 1,000 participants for a 90-day trial period, while Google Hangouts can accommodate up to 250 participants and can be used for free until July.
Meanwhile, Microsoft Office Teams allows for hosting meetings, file sharing, videoconferencing, and presentation of any Microsoft applications in the group meetings.
It said those interested in the Microsoft Office Teams application may reach out to PLDT for a free license.
“Rest assured that our teams are ready to assist enterprise customers who would want to try and implement these solutions for their groups. Together with the country, we will all get through this stronger and better equipped,” Hernandez said.
For its other customers, PLDT also provided a speed boost to its Fibr customers in Metro Manila and parts of Greater Manila—Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal— following the government’s push for a work-from-home arrangement for most offices and business during the community quarantine.
Earlier, the company announced a massive capital expenditure of PHP83 billion as part of its investment in its network and backbone infrastructure capable of a “fully digital lifestyle” for Filipinos. (PNA)
