Smart, YouTube team up to connect Filipinos to the world of video

Good news to Smart, TNT and Sun prepaid customers! PLDT wireless arm Smart Communications Inc. (Smart) is giving its Smart, TNT and Sun prepaid patrons free access for ONE hour daily to YouTube and soon to other online video services until July 15, 2018.

These subscribers can watch YouTube for one hour daily for free by simply registering to load packages like GigaSurf99, AllOutSurf99, GigaSurf50, AllOutSurf30, Panalo Data30, Panalo Combo 30, Super Combo 20, and Big Time Data 70.  They can enjoy this special offer for the duration of the packages that they buy.

Aside from YouTube, another video service is also set to be part of the offer.  Access to Smart360 (http://360.smart.com.ph), a web portal where Smart, TNT and Sun subscribers can access various digital content like live TV, movies, series, music and games, will soon be free for a limited time.  Other video content providers are also eligible to be included in the offer, subject to mutually agreed terms with Smart.

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Smart, TNT and Sun subscribers are now better able to enjoy video streaming services like YouTube as a result of Smart’s massive network investments over the past several years which has enabled the mobile phone carrier to provide high-speed mobile data services via its expanded LTE and 3G networks throughout the country.

Internet experience at par with the world

To provide customers with a better video and mobile internet experience, Smart is accelerating the deployment of LTE-advanced (LTE-A) and carrier aggregation technology to more areas this year.  Carrier Aggregation (CA), a feature of LTE-A, enables the combination of two or more radio frequency bands in order to deliver bigger bandwidth and much faster data speeds, which are crucial in providing the best video streaming experience to mobile phone users.

Smart has already rolled-out 3CC CA sites in cities across Metro Manila, as well as in major cities in other regions of the country, including Baguio, Calamba, Iloilo, Bacolod, Tagbilaran, Ormoc, Cagayan de Oro, Dipolog, Zamboanga, among others.  In Metro Manila and areas where there is a concentration of capable devices, Smart is also deploying 4CC, starting with Marikina and Quezon City, where customers with 4CC CA-capable devices like the Samsung Galaxy S8 have reported enjoying data download speeds of over 200 Mbps.

Smart’s accelerated deployment of LTE-Advanced follows the stepped up roll out of its LTE network.  It is also amplifying the ante by deploying another LTE-A based technology called 4x4 Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO), which raises the radio frequency efficiency by using multiple antennas for sending and receiving data.