(Edited Press Release)
The pulsating future of e-sports was showcased at the recent Electronic Sports and Gaming Summit (ESGS) 2021. The event was organized by PLDT Home Fiber from November 19 to 21, 2021.
The annual event took another step further for local gaming enthusiasts as it coincided with the grand launch of PLDT Home’s milestone broadband service upgrade—10,000 Mbps, the first-ever in the country!
First to offer the lightning-fast fiber-optic service in the country, the telco giant empowers tomorrow’s gamers by boosting their connection into the gaming world. PLDT Home Fiber believes the much faster and stronger connections and speeds it offers will only lead to a more vivid and exciting realm of endless possibilities!
At this ESGS 2021, Pinoy gamers doubled—even tripled!—the fun as they upgraded to game-streaming with a PLDT Home WiFi 6 Router. It’s the perfect time to start stepping out of one’s comfort zone with a variety of things in store in this year’s biggest e-gaming event!
Livestreamed on Facebook, Kumu, and Twitch on Day 1, seven lucky PLDT subscribers got a chance to meet, greet, and play with two of the hottest streamers in the gaming scene—Alodia Gosiengfiao and Dexie Diaz. Filipino gamers also took part in a thrilling Valorant Tournament on Day 2 with a prize pool of ₱50,000 and a lot more for the winning team!
On top of the usual expo treats, the action-packed weekend ended with a Tech Showcase and a DOTA 2 Exhibition Game on Day 3. The three winners of the earlier-launched Cosplay Competition, picked by Dexie herself, received a total of ₱50,000!
Gaming continues to be hot online and it shows no signs of waning. As it goes on to give Filipinos a way to enjoy life’s pleasures amid social distancing and isolation, PLDT Home is committed to providing gamers the ultimate entertainment experience with its fast, strong, and stable connections.
PLDT offers the best high-speed plans to different parts of the country reinforced by the Group’s expansive 615,000 kilometers of fiber-optic network. The company thus delivers fixed broadband connectivity to an estimated 12.7 million homes passed.
The ISP added over 800,000 new fiber subscribers to close September, well on its way to surpass 1 million new fiber customers by the end of the year. This brings the total number to 2.77 million fixed broadband customers in the market for the third quarter.
For four consecutive times, the internet service provider has reigned supreme among the country’s major internet service providers at the prestigious Ookla® Speedtest Awards™. For Q1-Q2 2021, it garnered an overall speed score of 46.25.
With its amped-up internet connectivity, e-sports lovers can count on PLDT Home Fiber to up their gaming skills and streaming quality with Fiber Plans that can go from 35 Mbps with Plan 1,699 up to 600 Mbps with Plan 3,799 for all connected devices.
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