Major Awards and Recognitions

2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997

2008

Awardee (one of ten worldwide and only Southeast Asian recipient)
2008 World Business and Development Awards
International Chamber of Commerce, International Business
Leaders Forum, and the United Nations Development Program
New York, USA

Mobile Operator of the Year – Philippines
Asian MobileNews Awards 2008
Singapore

2007

Best Mobile Advertising (1-in-5 Panalo with Zad Mobile, Inc.)
Asia Mobile Awards 2007
GSM Association, Macau, China

2006

Finalist (Smart Load)
Economic Development Category
Stockholm Challenge 2006
Stockholm, Sweden

2005

Gold Prize Winner (Smart)
Most Outstanding M2M Implementation -Telecommunications Category
M2M Value Chain Awards
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Mobile Operator of the Year, Philippines
Asian Mobile News Awards 2005
Singapore

2004

Finalist (Smart Padala)

Asian Innovation Awards 2004
Far Eastern Economic Review
Singapore

Business of the Year
1st Raul Locsin Award for Business Excellence

Innovator of the Year for Smart Load
1st Raul Locsin Award for Business Excellence

Asia Pacific Wireless Service Provider of the Year
Frost and Sullivan Asia Pacific Technology Awards 2004
Singapore

Most Innovative Application of the Year for Smart Load
Frost and Sullivan Asia Pacific Technology Awards 2004                
Singapore

Best Managed Company in the Philippines (PLDT/Smart)
Best in Investor Relations in the Philippines (PLDT/Smart)
2nd Best in Corporate Governance in the Philippines (PLDT/Smart)
FinanceAsia

Best Mobile Application or Service for the Consumer Market
(Smart Load)
GSM Association
Cannes, France

2003

Winner (for the Smart Mobile Commerce Platform)
4th Annual Intelligent20 Awards
Singapore

Philippines’ Best Employer
The Asian Wall Street Journal and Far Eastern Economic Review, Management Association of the Philippines and Business World; Hewitt Associates

2002     

Second Best Employer in the Philippines
Far Eastern Economic Review

2001

Most Innovative GSM Wireless Service for Customers – Smart Money
GSM Association
Cannes, France

Most Innovative Service – Smart Money
Asia-Pacific Marketing Awards, MasterCard International
Sydney, Australia

1997

Marketing Company of the Year
18th Agora Awards
Philippine Marketing Association 

2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1998

Top 10 Philippine Companies in terms of Corporate Leadership 
Far Eastern Economic Review