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MANILA, Philippines — PLDT Inc. is banking on a stronger second half after first-half core income held steady at P17.3 billion, as data and broadband growth offset declines in legacy services and telecom operations.

In its first-half results disclosed Thursday, PLDT said net service revenues, excluding interconnection costs, inched up 1 percent to P97.8 billion, while gross service revenues increased 2 percent to P108.7 billion.

READ: PLDT netted P8.9B in Q1 on stable revenues

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