Smart ignites grand Sinulog comeback
The Philippines’ grandest festival, Sinulog, returned with a bang after a two-year hiatus with PLDT Inc.’s wireless arm Smart Communications, Inc.’s (Smart) full support and…
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PLDT, Smart, and Archdiocese of Cebu partner for digital and mental wellness
PLDT Inc. and its wireless arm Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) have launched a partnership under its digital health and wellness banner program Better Today PH…
Smart, Aboitiz Foundation’s “Digiskarte Package” boosts Visayas cooperatives
Nine cooperatives in the Visayas region have started to benefit from the partnership of Smart and Aboitiz Foundation, aimed at enabling small businesses’ digital capacities.
Smart partners with Lamac cooperative, enables Cebu farmers
PLDT’s wireless unit Smart teams up with one of the country’s largest cooperatives, the Lamac Multi-Purpose Cooperative (LMPC). The partnership, which makes Smart the newest…
Faith overcomes pandemic: Iloilo’s Dinagyang Festival revels in digital media era
Faith and devotion in the Santo Niño took center stage as Ilonggos celebrated Dinagyang Festival online from the comfort and safety of their homes amid…
PLDT expands fiber network in first 9 months to 395,000 kilometers
Network capacity to carry 55 terabits per second, to increase by another 37 terabits per second The country’s largest and only integrated telco PLDT announced…
Smart gets global citation for improved 4G availability
PLDT wireless subsidiary Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) has been named among the “global rising stars” in terms of improvement in 4G availability, in the Global…
Eager Cebu seniors are newest ‘Millenniors’
From north to south, Cebu youth are coming together to make sure that Cebu’s seniors are keeping up with the changing times Nanay Miliang of…
PLDT, Smart retailers win big at Ka-Partner Rewards 2019
Five brand-new millionaires, and more than 100 winners of motorcycles, mobile gadgets, load wallets, grocery items, and other premium items—these are the exciting highlights of…
Video, mobile games boost Smart’s data usage and revenues
PLDT Inc.’s resurgent mobile business posted record revenue growth in the first quarter of 2019, riding on the growing appetite of its customers for online…
Adult learning gets boost with Learning Center, Smart School-in-a-Bag
When the Department of Education (DepEd) conceptualized the Alternative Learning System (ALS) over 15 years ago, its primary goal was simple: to assist out-of-school youth…
Better video experience on Smart LTE: Opensignal
Customers of PLDT wireless subsidiary Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) experience faster video loading times and fewer video stalling occurrences while on Smart’s LTE network, according…
Budding teacher in Cebu develops award-winning tutorial app
Cris Militante was still in college when he realized how much he wanted to teach. The computer science and information technology student said 3 of…
Cebu student teams dominate Smart innovation contest
A system that allows students to set up classes online for special lessons on areas they need help with was picked this year’s winner of…
4 teams from Cebu in finals of Smart’s innovation competition
Four student teams from Cebu are in the running for the country’s biggest technology competition, the SWEEP (Smart Wireless Engineering Education Program) Innovation and Excellence…
UBS Phils, PSF turn over School-in-a-Bag for Mindanao learners
Students of remote schools in Talayan, Maguindanao and Patikul, Sulu will soon benefit from digital learning made possible by Smart Communications’ School-in-a-Bag. Containing a laptop,…
Cebu City library gets free wifi in partnership with Smart
Shortly after expanding to 24-hour daily operations, the Cebu City Public Library and Information Center rolled out a carrier-grade wifi service for users in partnership…
Smart, YouTube partnership offers free 1-hour daily access to video site
PLDT wireless arm Smart Communications Inc. (Smart) is giving Smart, TNT, and Sun prepaid customers free access for one hour daily to YouTube and soon…
Smart donates digital learning packages for Basilan learners
Students in Basilan, particularly those under the Alternative Learning System (ALS), now have access to mobile tools and digital content that will help make learning…
Nepal taps eHealth system of Smart as disaster risk reduction tool
SHINE OS+, an electronic medical record and referral system initiated by PLDT wireless unit Smart Communications Inc. (Smart), has been adopted in Nepal as a…