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Smart Communications Inc., commonly referred to as Smart, is a wholly owned wireless communications and digital services subsidiary of PLDT Inc., [1] a telecommunications and digital services provider based in the Philippines. [2]
The company was launched in December 2000 as Smart Money powered by Smart e-Money, Inc., in cooperation with 1st e-Bank (formerly PDCP Bank; now BDO Unibank) and Mastercard. It was claimed that it was the world’s first card linked to a wireless phone and was marketed by Smart Communications as one of the biggest innovations in finance. [4]
Broadband services Value Added Services: Owner: JG Summit Holdings (2003–2011) PLDT (2011–2022) Parent: Digital Telecommunications Philippines Smart Communications: Website: suncellular.com.ph (now redirects to Smart Communications corporate website) web.archive.org /web /20120731020838 /http: //suncellular.com.ph / (archived website from ...
Smart Communications. Smart Broadband Inc. Primeworld Digital Systems, Inc. [1] Wolfpac Mobile, Inc. [1] Wireless Card Inc. [1] Smart Money Holdings Corporation (SMHC) [1] Smart Money, Inc. (owned through SMHC) [1] Far East Capital Limited [2] Philippines Communications Holdings Corporation [1] Francom Holdings, Inc. [1]
Some of the first area codes to be assigned for mobile phones were 912 for Mobiline/Piltel, 915 for Islacom, 917 for Globe Telecom, 918 for Smart Communications, and 973 for Express Telecom. As service began growing rapidly since the 1990s, new codes have been added to meet demand as existing codes have since been exhausted.
Red Mobile (also red mobile), formerly ümobile and legally as Connectivity Unlimited Resource Enterprise, Inc. (CURE), was a wholly owned subsidiary of Smart Communications, the Philippines' largest mobile telecommunications company. When it was initially launched as ümobile, it used the CURE Universal Mobile Telecommunications System network ...
Mynt is a joint venture between Ant Group, an affiliate company of the Alibaba Group who operates Alipay, the world's leading mobile and online payments platform; Ayala Corporation, one of the Philippines' largest and oldest business conglomerates; and telco giant Globe Telecom, through its corporate venture builder, 917Ventures.
This partnership resulted to a rapid construction of Smart's network and more importantly, the subsidization of handsets. Smart was also authorised to offer both international gateway and cellular telephone services. At the end of 2005, Smart became the largest cellular operator in the Philippines with over 15.4 million subscribers.