Smart, Sun mobile service back up in some 'Ruby'-hit areas

THE network services of Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) and Sun Cellular (Sun) continue to operate normally in most of the areas currently being affected by Tropical Storm Ruby even as cellular services in the worst-hit areas of Samar and Biliran have started to normalize, the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) said on Monday.

It said mobile phone coverage in the Northern Samar towns of Allen, San Isidro, Rosario, Bobon, Catarman, Yakal, Mondragon, San Roque, Laoan and Pambujan were restored Sunday evening shortly after the storm passed the area.