According to Smart, Messenger calls now experience 24.6% lower round-trip time (RTT), 55% lower packet loss, and nearly 20% higher video bitrate, leading to clearer audio and more stable video calls.
Smart Communications and US-based satellite firm Lynk Global have conducted another round of field tests for direct-to-device (D2D) satellite connectivity, this time in the northern towns of Burgos, Bangui, and Pagudpud in Ilocos Norte, areas that face the West Philippine Sea and have limited terrestrial mobile coverage.
Latency measures how fast data travels across a network, with lower latency translating to quicker response times — a critical factor for mobile gaming, livestreaming, and other real-time online activities.
Smart Communications has teamed up with membership retail chain Landers Superstore to offer Smart Postpaid subscribers a complimentary one-year Landers Premium membership valued at P700.
Smart and PLDT chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan has extended the designations of Lloyd Dennis R. Manaloto and Marjorie C. Garrovillo as co-officers-in-charge (OICs) of Smart Communications, according to an internal memorandum released on Tuesday, Oct. 7.
Smart Communications has partnered with global technology firm Thales to roll out the Smart Prepaid and TNT Multi SIM, a solution that enables eSIM functionality on non-eSIM capable smartphones.
Smart Communications has expanded its sports coverage by streaming collegiate volleyball and international basketball through PusoP.com, its digital sports platform that offers free livestreaming of local and international events.
Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson has expanded its “Connect to Learn: Teaching with Technology” program in the Philippines, aiming to strengthen the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in classrooms.
