Hallyu Hangouts CEW Watch out Hallyu fans! The anticipation is ripe for the next K-Drama star who will be joining the next edition of Smart’s Hallyu Hangouts series, which allows fans to get to know their idols easily with their favorite Korean idols online. Smart Hallyu Hangouts in partnership...
Smart_500x500 Smart Communications, Inc. partnered with leading 5G smartphone vendor Samsung to drive the development of 5G Standalone (5G-SA) technology in the Philippines. "5G SA creates new opportunities for enterprises and consumers, enabling industrial automation, autonomous mobile robotics...
SMART-PLDT Over 3.7 million customers of PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications Inc. shifted to paperless billing in the past two months as pandemic infections started surging. However, both telcos assured clients of continued service amidst the current tighter community restrictions. “We are fully...
Telcos seen to continue higher revenue haul in 2022 media The future remains stable for local telcos as the continuing pandemic boosts data consumption and broadband use, ensuring they haul in higher revenues. And this despite the decline in legacy voice and messaging services, both of which now...
SMART-PLDT PLDT Inc. and wireless subsidiary Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) ramped up their nationwide network rollout after securing over 45,000 fixed and wireless permits as of Dec. 21, 2021. "As the economy re-opens and our countrymen continue to recover from the pandemic, the demand for...
Fans of Korean entertainment content in the Philippines will rejoice with the launching of a revamped tvN channel to provide more and faster Korean dramas, variety programs and movies starting Dec. 15. To launch the revamped tvN Premium channel, CJ ENM HK with Wilbros Entertainment is partnering...
The Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card registration law will boost e-commerce and financial technology (fintech) growth in the country, restricting criminal and fraudulent acts using mobile SIM cards. *media** "It will associate the mobile number with a subscriber, hurdling the...
pldt-smart-2016 The number of domains used by digital scammers dropped significantly in the past three days after PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) blocked websites that lured people to fraudulent ‘job hiring’ schemes. At the start of this SMS-based scam, the telcos' cybercrime...
WAYS-TO-STOP-SMS-SPAM-ON-iPhone-Android-HERES-HOW-1 Spam and phishing attacks tripled from June this year, with the month of November posting the highest number and 600 mobile numbers blocked on a daily average, according to the investigation units of PLDT and Smart Communications Inc....
WAYS-TO-STOP-SMS-SPAM-ON-iPhone-Android-HERES-HOW-1 Cybercriminals now target job hunters, according to local telcos. “The recent SMS spamming activities are specific to job hiring," says Angel Redoble, PLDT and Smart Communication Inc.’s Chief Information Security Officer. He likened the...
Smart_500x500 In just 30 days (Oct. 21 to Nov. 20), Smart Communications, Inc. blocked up to 15,000 mobile numbers related to SMS hoax and spam, as well as 40 domains and Internet Protocol (IP) addresses that online scammers use, the telco reported Nov. 23, 2021. The move came after a sudden spike...
33951 Telcos blamed combined non-technical and technical issues for the "birth pains" of implementing Mobile Number Portability (MNP). However, Telecommunications Connectivity Inc. (TCI), a joint venture of DITO Telecommunity, Globe Telecom Inc. and Smart Communications Inc., assured the National...
