PLDT Inc. said Thursday it quickly transmitted election returns to the Commission on Elections and citizen’s arm Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting within 18 hours from the close of the polls.
The country’s leading telecom and digital services provider said the just-concluded national elections were “largely uneventful.”
“Amid all the excitement, election day was quiet for us. Our fixed and wireless networks were fully functional,” PLDT and Smart Communications chairman and chief executive Manuel Pangilinan said.
Pangilinan said the readiness of the group’s network helped transmit elections results rapidly.
Comelec chairman Andres Bautista said election returns from over 91 percent of the country’s 92,509 clustered precincts were successfully transmitted to Comelec and PPCRV.
Timely transmission to the PPCRV transparency server in turn enabled media organizations to quickly report the results, helping dispel fears that political tensions would flare up in the aftermath of the heated political campaign.