Smart 5G services continues to reach more customers in PH, globally

PLDT's wireless unit Smart Communications said it continues to provide its services to more customers in the Philippines and around the world.

A 5G location in Makati City

Smart's 5G services in PH, worldwide

In a statement, Smart said its 5G roaming services continue to reach more customers. The telco said it is now in 62 countries through partnerships with 115 partners worldwide.

Smart noted that customers with 5G-capable SIMs and devices can access 5G services in Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brunei, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guam, Hungary, Northern Mariana Islands, Hong Kong, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, the United States of America, and Vietnam.

Tourists from the said countries, as well as Brazil, Jersey, Malaysia, Russia, and Sri Lanka, can also access Smart 5G roaming services when visiting the Philippines.

As travel restrictions ease, more Filipinos and their families are planning to travel overseas especially during the holiday season. Our goal is to enable our customers and those of our roaming partners to access our Smart 5G roaming services, so that they could stay updated with their work or lifestyle wherever they are in the world, said Chet Alviz, Vice President Wireless Core and International Business Group at Smart.

Meanwhile, its parent company PLDT currently operates a fiber network that spans more than 1.09 million kilometers in international and domestic fiber as of the end of September.

This supports Smart's 77,200 base stations, including 7,300 5G base stations and close to 40,000 4G/LTE base stations deployed nationwide.

Smart's network covers 97 percent of the population with 3G, 4G LTE, and 5G.

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