MANILA, Philippines – Telco rivals PLDT Inc. and DITO Telecommunity have forged a landmark agreement to share network infrastructure, in what is a rare collaboration between competitors both striving to expand their respective connectivity footprint.
This agreement, which also covers PLDT’s wireless unit Smart Communications Inc., is aimed at expanding network coverage and improving service reliability through the shared use of existing infrastructure, and comes at no cost to either company.
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Rather than building new facilities, the two telcos agreed to allow each other access to eligible terrestrial cell towers, in-building solutions and portions of their submarine cable systems.
