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The new service will be initially available to selected subscribers by October after Samsung releases its latest firmware over-the-air update.

Marawi is among the many areas across Mindanao that are having LTE for the first time. To date, 48% of Mindanao sites have now been upgraded to LTE.

The app will come preinstalled in the tablets included in every Smart School-in-a-Bag package and will be given to students and teachers from 32 schools.

Smart Communications and Ericsson have signed an MoU to deploy the country's first 5G pilot network by the first half of 2019.

Using Smart?s high-speed LTE connectivity and the portable Nokia Ultra Compact Network, the system can also create a secure communication between drones, other equipment, and rescue team members.

Smart has fired up LTE sites in Allacapan, Aparri, Calayan, and Gattaran for the first time; and is tripling the number in the capital Tuguegarao.

Previously, since January 6, the operators have implemented a one-year validity period for prepaid loads P300 and above.

Smart said its initial internal tests in areas covering the Puerto Princesa airport and Honda Bay showed LTE download speeds of between 12 to 60 Mbps.

The app will also feature animated shows featuring the kalesa, windmills, churches, light towers, and the region?s scenic locations.

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.