SMART Communications, the wireless unit of telecommunications giant Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT), said it will start using this year the portion of the 700 MHz frequency that PLDT acquired from San Miguel Corp. (SMC) to accelerate and improve its broadband service.
Joachim Horn, PLDT and Smart’s chief technology and information advisor, said that the utilization of the 700 MHz frequency, combined with other frequency bands, will allow the company to accelerate the deployment of its LTE, or Long Term Evolution service—resulting in faster, more reliable and affordable internet services nationwide.
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