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Globe said it beat Smart across 10 out of 17 regions in the Philippines in terms of mobile download speed. Smart, on the other hand, said it captured the title as the country’s fastest mobile network for the third year running.

The Telecom Tower Watch initiative aims to accelerate the development of the country’s digital infrastructure by establishing a regular venue for close monitoring and troubleshooting of delays in the building of cell towers and related projects.

Through this feature, Smart 5G pins will show up on the Waze app so subscribers may know if they are on a Smart 5G-covered area, or close to a Smart 5G site.

Local telcos have committed to start the interoperability test in June this year and will carry out the full commercial launch by September.

After five grueling rounds, F9 Esports defeated Team Secret to emerge as the winner of biggest non-professional "Call of Duty Mobile–Garena" tournament, "Smart Play: Squad Up".

Smart will be utilizing Cignal’s VSAT technology as a broadband backhaul in areas that are difficult to reach through land-based networks.

Ookla said the mobile Internet speed in the country also improved, but at a much slower pace, showing an 99.1% increase in download speed over the last four years.

Local telcos Globe Telecom and Smart Communications have released an update on their infrastructure rollout, a few months after the government reduced the number of days and requirements for building cellular sites.

At a virtual hearing conducted by the House ICT committee on Friday, Nov. 27, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) sought the help of Congress to require gated subdivisions to provide utility areas for telco infrastructure such as cell towers.

PLDT-Smart said it is now number one in wireless data traffic and in data users.