PLDT, Smart execs in Silicon Valley for partnership opportunities

Executives of PLDT and Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) travelled to Silicon Valley, California recently for first-hand exposure to the innovation hub’s work culture and for exploratory partnership discussions with a number of the world’s top technology companies.
 Officials from the technology, innovation, customer value chain, human resources, sales, and marketing groups of PLDT and Smart visited the headquarters of the likes of Google, Cisco, Yahoo!, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Airbnb.
The Filipino executives met with officials of the tech companies to discuss the latter’s tech solutions, startup culture, talent solutions, and how these information could be used to further enhance PLDT and Smart’s services and work practices.