Two Esports teams were the first to experience the benefits of having a super high-speed mobile connection. Athletes from The Nationals, the Philippines’ first and only franchise-based esports league joined the country’s first SMART 5G-powered esports exhibition match held at the PLDT Headquarters in Makati City. Armed with the latest 5G handsets, athletes from PLDT-Smart Omega […]
PLDT, SMART Communications and Clark Development Corp. have signed a memorandum of understanding to launch Clark Freeport Zone (CFZ) as the Philippines’ first Smart 5G City. Under the MOU, PLDT and Smart with technology partner Ericsson will fire up the first 5G cell site in the city in November. They are also ramping up the […]
As part of its future-proofing efforts, PLDT wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) and its technology partner Ericsson have teamed up to further bring 5G closer to more stakeholders, particularly to PLDT and Smart employees, members of the academe, and IT and engineering students, through a 5G Technofest meant to showcase the different possibilities of […]
If I remember correctly, Smart first tried out its LTE connectivity in Boracay during the summer of 2011. A year later, they officially launched it to the public in September 2012. I started enjoying LTE connectivity on my iPhone 5 and iPad 4th Gen last year and got hooked to its fast download speeds most of […]