PT&T TIES UP WITH GO PHILIPPINES TO PROVIDE QUALITY CONNECTIVITY AS PHL UNDERGOES E-LEARNING

TIMELY to the opening of classes this school year, the Philippine Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (PT&T) has signed a Memorandum Of Agreement with Go Philippines to provide Internet connectivity for the organization’s digital learning platform.

This collaborative effort was reached to meet the strong demand for connectivity and distance learning tools among their partner schools amid the coronavirus pandemic.

“Relevant support for causes like this, especially in these challenging times, is essential for our nation to bounce back,” said Ricky Pena, general manager for broadband services of PT&T.

“PT&T continues to seek out opportunities where we, in our capacity and industry, can serve where we are most needed—in this case, providing much needed infrastructure in the education sector,” he added. With the ongoing global health crisis, an efficient and reliable Internet connectivity is crucial to online learning for academic institutions and students. “Schools moved quickly to adopt distance learning tools to overcome challenges of the pandemic,” said Michael Goldsmith, cofounder and chief visionary officer of Go Philippines.

“Unfortunately even the best learning management system will fail absent of quality connectivity. Our partnership with PT&T exemplifies the bayanihan spirit, permitting us to deliver critical broadband Internet solutions for academia, improving user experience for a quality education,” he added.

Go Philippines had its soft launch in February 2020, and since then has emerged as a key enabler in extending much needed financial services to the education industry, supporting 3,000 scholarships annually, and pending delivery of the country’s largest skills training initiative to help 5.1 million

Filipinos with online courses and accreditation for employability.

This community-driven social enterprise has tied up with Fortune Global 100 and Filipino companies, national government, and nongovernment organizations associated with academia.

Headquartered in Bonifacio Global City with an office in Batangas City, the company fosters accessible and affordable learning, ensuring education for all Filipinos. Publicly-listed firm PT&T, to date, has a network reach of 13,500 fiber kilometers in highgrowth areas and covering almost 40 percent of the nation’s total population.

It ventured into information technology services space last year, offering accessible, enterprise-grade solutions to compliment their connectivity portfolio.

PT&T holds a 25-year franchise which allows it to establish, maintain and operate both wired and wireless telecommunications systems for local and international communication in the country.