PLDT gets US$34.4m social loan from HSBC to bridge digital divide

Posted on October 24, 2024 by Guest authors

Philippine telco PLDT announced on Wednesday it has a secured a PHP2 billion (US$34.4 million) social loan facility from HSBC Philippines to finance its fibre infrastructure rollouts to underserved and unserved communities.

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