The government should grant missionary concessions to telcos rolling out networks in unserved and underserved areas by way of "affordable and reasonable regulatory fees". PLDT-SMART-logo Many Local Government Units (LGUs) continue to impose regulatory charges - tower fees, inspection fees, audit...
SpaceMobile, Inc. (ASTS), builder of the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard mobile phones, signed Tuesday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate with Smart Communications. SmartxAST The MoU was part of ASTS' agreements with mobile...
PLDT and Smart Communications, Inc. secured 22,000 fixed and wireless permits as of June 22, 2021 after the government fast-tracked approvals for telcos. This enabled the two to step up their internet speeds, on the back of their network rollouts. Smart's average mobile download speeds have almost...
Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart)'s technology solution, Smart Infocast, Wednesday (June 9) reported it has served 1.3 million Filipinos in 800 communities nationwide during the pandemic. Smart Infocast, a web-based text-broadcasting solution powered by Smart since 2015, enabled public and private...
Over the past week, PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications Inc. blocked over 5,800 links with child sex abuse materials on the more difficult content-level. This was on top of at least 3,000 domains they have cut access to in their battle against online sexual abuse and exploitation of children...
Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) is launching its 5G roaming services in the United States with AT&T. The telco currently has 5G roaming services in 16 countries, with 22 international partners. Smart’s partnership with AT&T – the leading mobile services provider in the U.S. –...
Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) has released its long-awaited “Live Your Passion with Purpose” campaign headlined by the world’s leading pop icon, BTS. The partnership also heralds Smart’s first collaboration with the Grammy-nominated artists managed by HYBE, formerly known as Big Hit...
Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) teamed up with telco operator StarHub to launch 5G roaming in Singapore, its tenth partner-country for the service. Earlier, the telco activated its 5G roaming in Japan, with NTT Docomo; in Australia, with Vodafone; in China, with China Mobile; in Bahrain, Kuwait,...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) now allows telcos to occupy a portion of the government's Right of Way (ROW) to hasten rollouts and network infra maintenance in the next three years. PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) Tuesday (April 6) welcomed DPWH's newly issued...
Smart Communications Inc. has tripled the number of its 5G sites nationwide to over 1,400, including Baguio and Cagayan de Oro, the telco announced Friday, (Feb. 26). These include 5G sites recently fired up in Benguet, Misamis Oriental and Zamboanga Sibugay. Already, Smart has deployed 5G sites in...
While local telcos have stepped up the rollout of cell sites nationwide, the numbers have not come up to a third of the Philippines' neighbors in the region. The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC)'s latest report to Malacanang showed that the country now has a total of 22,834 cell sites....
