Tag: Smart Communications

  • Do you want to build Android apps? Learn how through TESDA-Smart online course

    Aspiring developers can now learn how to build Android mobile applications at no cost, via an online course available on the website of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). The course, developed by mobile leader Smart Communications, can be found on e-tesda.gov.ph. Enrolling is fast and simple. Users only need to create an…

  • Smart nominated as CSR company of the year

    PLDT mobile unit Smart Communications is shortlisted by the prestigious Asia CEO Awards for the Corporate Social Responsibility Company of the Year. The Asia CEO Awards recognizes outstanding leadership achievements by individuals and organizations in the Philippines. The CSR award is for the company with the best projects on environmental protection and awareness, livelihood, and…

  • PLDT Home, Smart sign partnership with ABS-CBN for iWant TV

    In a groundbreaking partnership, the country’s leading digital services providers PLDT Home and Smart Communications have teamed up with multimedia conglomerate ABS-CBN for iWant TV, the network’s streaming service for TV shows, movies and other exclusive digital content. Under the partnership, PLDT Home and Smart subscribers will soon be able to use their prepaid load…

  • Smart calls for partners to bring digital learning to schools without electricity

    Eleven-year-old Sheran Bueramo walks through hills and forests to go to school in Tanay Rizal in pursuit of his dream to be an engineer someday. Bueramo, however, hopes to succeed in a technology-driven world studying in a school without electricity. Rawang Elementary School is just one of over 3,000 schools in the Philippines – which…

  • Teachers attend Smart-run technopreneurship training program in Cebu

    Tagbilaran City in Bohol is gateway to such top tourism attractions as the Chocolate Hills and the white sand beaches of Panglao, but it is difficult and expensive to get around using the tricycles that are the most common means of transport. Three faculty members of Holy Name University in Tagbilaran proposed an innovative solution…

  • Smart makes Fortune magazine’s ‘Change the World’ list

    Top international business magazine Fortune included Philippine mobile leader Smart Communications in its list of 50 companies around the world that are creating “important social impact.” Smart placed 36th in Fortune’s second “Change the World” list, joining the ranks of global business giants like GlaxoSmithKline, Nike, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, and Unilever. Smart is the only Philippine…

  • YouTube, Facebook stars showcase talents in Cebu concert

    Leroy Sanchez and some of the popular local YouTube performers showcased their talents in “Smart presents Own It Concert” in LIV Superclub in Cebu last July 10. Already with more than 2 million subscribers on his YouTube channel superleroyvv, Sanchez rose to prominence by uploading cover songs, especially of Adele’s Hello. He wowed the crowd at…

  • PLDT, Smart boost data connectivity in Davao airport

    PLDT and Smart Communications have strengthened access to the internet with the installation of Smart Wifi in Davao City’s Francisco Bangoy International Airport. The upgrade of the wireless connectivity in the airport would enable travelers using the passenger terminal to maximize their digital experience while connecting to their loved ones and friends via social media,…

  • PLDT, Smart unveil new logos to mark ‘digital pivot’

    PLDT and mobile subsidiary Smart Communications unveiled its new logos tonight to highlight a fresh brand identity anchored on its “digital pivot,” a massive shift of the company to data services. PLDT and Smart chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) Manuel V. Pangilinan led company officials in unveiling the logo in the Makati Shangri-la. The…

  • Smart brings P888 pocket WiFi tour to Cebu

    Smart’s nationwide tour to promote its Smart Bro 888 BRO-Kada made its Cebu stop this weekend with a press conference, mall visits, and a bar tour. The company said its P888 offering for the 4G pocket WiFI is timely, because students are set to go back to school in a few days. For that amount,…

  • Smart records fastest growth in mobile postpaid

    PLDT wireless subsidiary gains 6x more subscribers, 5x more revenue than competition PLDT wireless unit Smart Communications scored twin victories in the hotly-contested postpaid segment in the first quarter, posting the fastest growth both in terms of revenue and subscriber base. Smart’s postpaid revenues rose 16% year-on-year, more than five times faster than competition’s 3%…

  • 7 ways to level up your Sinulog experience with the Smart Life

    Headed to Cebu for the Sinulog Festival? You are in for the most awesome experiences with your barkada as Smart, the country’s mobile services leader, gives you many ways to enjoy the Philippines’ grandest and most colorful celebration!

  • Smart, MyPhone launch P888 Android unit to boost smartphone use among Filipinos

    For a one-time payment of just P888, people can now get a smartphone prepaid kit with a Smart Prepaid Sim packed with Free 100MB in connectivity valid for 30 days for 12 months as well as a load rebate of P30 for an accumulated top-up of P100 every month for 12 months.

  • PLDT HOME, Smart allow sharing of DSL monthly data allocation with mobile phones

    PLDT and Smart Communications, the country’s leading telecommunications and digital services providers, have come together to offer the Philippines’ first data plan that enables subscribers to a home DSL service to share their data allocation with mobile phones of family members.

  • DepEd integrates Smart video materials into disaster preparedness education

    “Maging Laging Handa,” a series of disaster-readiness videos developed by Smart Communications (Smart), has been distributed to public elementary schools nationwide in support of the Department of Education’s (DepEd) initiative to integrate Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in the education curriculum.

  • Smart Communications showcased its innovative solutions to improve the delivery of healthcare services at the recent Global Forum on Research and Innovation for Health at the Philippine International Convention Center.

  • Cebu Guide tourism app new version released in time for APEC meetings

    Delegates attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings in Cebu now have access to a handy guide on where the top attractions and latest activities in the province are with the release of the updated travel app Cebu Guide.

  • Internet vital to businesses, groups told in ‘Panalo Ang May Alam’ Communities launch

    Online promotions and word of mouth referrals through social networks helped a community in Aloguinsan build its eco-tourism project into what it is now: a sustainable project that has become a benchmark for other places embarking on a similar program.

  • SMART, InnoPub hold Sinulog 2015 social media photo contest

    Get a chance to win one of five Smart LTE pocket Wi-Fi devices by downloading the Sinulog Guide app to your Android, iOS, and Windows phone devices and tagging your Sinulog 2015-related photos with #smartsinulog. InnoPub Media, in coordination with wireless services leader Smart Communications, Inc., is holding an online photo contest covering Sinulog 2015-related…

  • Free Sinulog guide app from InnoPub, Smart now out

    Sinulog Guide can be downloaded to Android phones and tablets from the Google Play Store and to Windows Phone devices from the Windows Phone Store for free. Those using other devices can access the mobile web version of the guide at http://sinulog.myguide.ph. Standard mobile data browsing charges apply when using the app. The Sinulog Guide…