Smart Communications

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Smart Communications, Inc.

Type	Subsidiary of PLDT
Founded	Manila, Philippines (1991)
Headquarters	Makati City, Philippines
Key people	Manuel V. Pangilinan, Chairman Napoleon L. Nazareno, President and CEO
Industry	Communications Services
Products	Broadband Services Cellular Telephony
Revenue	P93.4 billion PHP (▲11%) (2007)
Net income	P30.7 billion PHP (▲1%) (2007) [1]
Website	www.smart.com.ph

Smart Communications is the wholly-owned mobile phone subsidiary of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT). With over 30 million subscribers on its GSM network as of end-December 2007, equivalent to approximately half of the Philippine cellular market share. It operates a nationwide cellular network and a satellite phone service. It also has the most extensive and modern digital communications GSM network and infrastructure in the country, covering over 99 percent of the population. As of end-June 2007, Smart’s GSM network consists of 100 switches and 100,000 base stations, over 2 of which are equipped with wireless broadband capability. Smart also has over 23 3G base stations nationwide. PLDT reported at the end of April 2008, that its mobile phone subscriber base reached more than 32 million, combining Smart and Talk N' Text subscribers, and its wireless service revenues grew 8% to P 22.5 billion.^[1]

On April 20, 2008, Smart Communications recently updated its logo, changing with the new, shortened letter 'S', new letter 'A', and a new line below the logo.

1 Products
2 Services
3 Philippine area code assignment
4 Relevant Links
5 References

[edit] Products

Smart offers different levels of service, dependent on both the population and the financial capability of the subscriber. A list is provided below.

Logo	Service	Description
	Smart Gold	Postpaid Plan
	Smart Infinity	Premium High-End postpaid service
	Smart Buddy	Prepaid Service
	Smart Kid	Kids' mobile service in prepaid and postpaid
	Talk N' Text	Low rate Prepaid Sim Card
	Smart Link	Calling through Satellite receivers
	Smart ACeS	The Same with smart Link
	SmarTalk	Payphone with Texts features from smart
	Addict Mobile	Special Mobile for older teens

[edit] Services

Logo	Services	Description
	SMART 3G	Smart 3G UMTS network Video Calls Video Streaming with a combination of access and per minute charges High-speed Internet Browsing
	SMART Zed	Multi-platform infotainment products and services, offers people on the move,access entertainment, communication and information services. include games, messaging services and stock prices.
	SMART Money	It's a cashless base transaction in a reloadable cash card linked to the MasterCard network.
	SMART Padala	It's a cash remittance service via text, from a sender outside the Philippines to the cellphone of a beneficiary in Philippines
	SMART Bro	Direct-To-Home Wireless Internet from Smart base stations. Smart is currently offering 1 residential plan, "Plan 999", which advertises a maximum speed of 384 kbit/s. Smart also released an Enterprise package which will give a maximum speed of 4 Mbit/s. The service integrates Motorola's Canopy Technology. On March 1, 2008, Smart Communications released Smart Bro Prepaid which has a on-time payment that costs P4,500. It includes the modem, but with a sim, a P30 pre-loaded into the sim, and more.