PLDT and its wireless arm Smart Communications have fired up their first two 5G cell sites in the Makati Central Business District and at the Clark Freeport Zone (CFZ) in Pampanga. The companies activated the Read more…
5G action this day: Apple to wait until 2020 to launch 5G iPhone; PLDT/Smart to build ‘smart 5G city’; LG Uplus ready to start 5G on December 1 Apple will wait until 2020 to launch Read more…
PLDT and Amdocs announced that they are expanding their strategic partnership under a new six-year service agreement to transform the IT infrastructure of PLDT and its wireless arm Smart Communications. Earlier this year, PLDT, Smart Read more…
Ericsson has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with PLDT wireless subsidiary Smart Communications to bring 5G technology to the Philippines. The 5G pilot network, scheduled to go live by early 2019, will be deployed Read more…
PLDT Home has launched a prepaid home broadband service in the form of a Wi-Fi hotspot with backhaul provided by the telco’s wireless arm, Smart Communications. The ‘PLDT Home Prepaid Wi-Fi’ is a plug and Read more…
Philippines mobile operator Smart Communications and Nokia announced that they have received funding from the GSMA Disaster Response Innovation Fund for a disaster response drone system. The Nokia Saving Lives drone project, which will operate Read more…
5G action this day: M1 and Nokia trial 5G small cell and IoT use cases; Smart and Huawei beat 14 Gbps in the TechnoLab; Huawei is cloudifying 3 HK’s network for 5G readiness M1 and Read more…
PLDT’s wireless arm Smart Communications has launched a 5G Technolab facility that will focus on the research and development, standardization, and testing of 5G technologies and services. “Even as 5G network technology is still at Read more…
PLDT wireless unit Smart Communications, along with technology partner Huawei Technologies, say they have enabled Wi-Fi Calling – a.k.a. Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWi-Fi) – on Smart’s network. Wi-Fi Calling allows customers to place voice and Read more…
PLDT’s wireless arm Smart Communications says it is accelerating the deployment of LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) and carrier aggregation (CA) technology to more areas this year to provide better mobile data experience to customers. Smart has already Read more…
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