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Smart Communications has announced that it would offer the Huawei P20 Pro and P20, the latest flagship handsets of the Chinese telecom giant, when they officially launch in the Philippines on April 28, 2018.

Families in the Philippines who receive calls through Free Bee do not need to download the app, connect to the Internet or even own a smartphone.

Smart Communications has begun activating five-component carrier (5CC) aggregation in Marikina City, boosting the speeds achieved by LTE-Advanced (LTE-A)-capable devices to over 500 Mbps.

Globe Telecom said its mobile data traffic reached 600 petabytes in 2017, while rival Smart Communications reportedly posted 275 petabytes.

Carrier Aggregation (CA) is a feature of LTE-A which enables the combination of two or more radio frequency bands in order to deliver bigger bandwidth and much faster data speeds to mobile phone users.

LTE speeds on Smart have continued to ratchet up over the last year while those on Globe have been relatively stagnant, according to the test results.

In a Senate hearing on Monday, local telecommunications companies were told to issue e-receipts to solve consumer complaints about disappearance of prepaid mobile loads or "nakaw load".]]>

Globe Telecom said it has deactivated 14,013 SIMs, which have been found to be the sources of unwanted and unsolicited text messages.

Under the partnership, the PLDT Group will work with Unicef in rolling out a multi-platform campaign to educate children, youth, parents, educators and community partners nationwide on promoting child welfare and protection online.