Sen. Ralph Recto cited the DICT for deploying what he called a "SWAT or Special Wi-Fi Access Team" to earthquake-hit Batanes, which enabled residents to call worried relatives and rescuers to synchronize their work.
High-speed mobile Internet that can withstand a 200-kph typhoon has arrived in Batanes with the rollout by Smart Communication of LTE connectivity in the country?s smallest province on May 3, 2018, in cooperation with telecom firm Ericsson.
