Samsung and PLDT Partner to Support OFWs Through Technology

Through PLDT’s TinBo, Samsung’s global #1 TV technologies become accessible to even more Filipino families

CAPTION: (From left to right) Artemio Quiama, Jr., Vice President of Strategic Partnerships for PLDT Global; Edith Gomez-Cudiamat, Chief Operating Officer for PLDT Global; Albert Villa-Real, Chief Executive Officer for PLDT Global; Chris Almazan, Head of AV Business for Samsung Electronics Philippines (SEPCO); TS Lee, Business Director for AV Business; Yna Quimson, Head of Corporate Marketing; and Mahir Al-Rubah, Head of AV Product Marketing

MANILA, Philippines – Global No. 1 TV brand Samsung partners with telecommunications giant PLDT Global to make their televisions and sound devices available on Tindahan ni Bossing (TinBo), PLDT’s one-stop digital shop for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

Over the years, Samsung has consistently pushed the boundaries in entertainment experiences, going even further to support every aspect of an individual or family’s lifestyle. Most recently, it has partnered with telecommunications giant PLDT Global to bring its life-changing technologies to the homes of Filipinos working abroad.

Technology that bridges meaningful connections

The partnership extends Samsung Electronics’ reach to OFWs and their families who use the one-stop digital shop. This platform serves as an all-inclusive hub where Filipinos working abroad can offer direct support to their families back home.

CAPTION: (From left to right) Albert Villa-Real, Chief Executive Officer for PLDT Global, and Chris Almazan, Head of AV Business for Samsung Electronics Philippines shaking to the agreement for placing Samsung’s cutting-edge technologies on their TinBo platform.

Its services include bill payment, online entertainment subscriptions, and purchasing big-ticket items such as appliances and electronics. Through this new partnership, Samsung will specifically offer its market-leading innovations at exclusive discounted rates.

“With the partnership of PLDT Global and Samsung Electronics Philippines, we’re very happy that we can extend our exclusive and amazing offers at Samsung — specifically on the TV and sound device categories,” said Chris Almazan, Samsung Electronics Philippines Corporation’s Head of AV at the contract signing.

Beyond that, the partnership aims to help Filipinos who need to earn a living abroad and support their families feel more connected to them and to opportunities that are still available, no matter where they are.

PLDT Global’s Chief Executive Officer Albert Villa-Real asserts, “These partnerships…are about creating meaningful connections that keep Filipinos abroad closer to home, to their families, and to the opportunities that matter the most.”

To learn more about Samsung’s leading TV and sound device technology, visit www.news.samsung.com.