Smart LTE platform expands to major cities of the growing demand

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MANILA, Philippines – Smart Communications, Inc. has announced it is expanding its 4G (fourth generation network coverage, running on a platform of LTE, to more places in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, where tests are underway in the city of Davao.

Presented last April in Boracay and public demonstration took place in Buenos Aires last May, intelligent LTE coverage now reaches Manila and Cebu City.

Actual speed tests indicate that the LTE, which represents the long-term, can achieve download speeds of up to 50 to 70 megabits per second, earning the label of the faster 4G technology in the country today.

Intelligence Technology Group Chief Rolando G. Peña said that "We are upgrading our network right now, and soon, our subscribers will enjoy the fast speeds that LTE promises."

Smart – which recorded 46.6 million subscribers on its GSM network in late March – and parent company Philippine Long Distance Co. (PLDT been set aside P67 million to upgrade its network.

Recently, PLDT chairman Manuel V. PLDT Pangilinan will report a "better" performance in the second quarter compared with the same period last year. The report of the company's financial performance is expected to August 2.

LTE absorption is projected in a recent study by market research and analysis firm In-Stat to 3,400 per cent growth over the next four years amid increased public demand for smart devices and high-speed services.

That outlook is driven by data from the General Services Administration (GSA, which recorded a 40 percent increase in the number of LTE devices in the United States from March to June 2011.

This comes as Smart said it is improving the coverage of its Access Evolved High Speed ​​Packet (HSPA + service, an upgrade of its standard High Speed ​​Packet Access (HSPA technology for 3G download speeds faster.

Such technology HSPA +, Smart said officials, is available in major urban centers, including the city of Iloilo, Zamboanga City in the Visayas and Mindanao. Intelligent bring HSPA + devices this July.

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