PBA team Tropang Giga transitions to "TNT Tropang 5G"

Back-to-back Philippine Basketball Association champions Tropang Giga will rebrand to "TNT Tropang 5G".

The team is now called TNT Tropang 5G

To further push the brand's boosted 5G technology

The refreshed team name of Smart's value mobile brand, TNT, will be officially unveiled in the PBA All-Filipino cup tomorrow, April 4, 2025.

The obvious reason behind this change is in line with the brand's ongoing push of its 5G technology.

In case you missed it, the company last year introduced the TNT 5G Max to provide a boosted network experience with faster speeds and more reliable connectivity to its subscribers.

TNT is currently the biggest mobile brand in the country, with close to 35 million subscribers as of the end of 2024. The brand is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year.

To give back to subscribers, the brand said that they will bring more TNT 5G Max areas and more cell sites to be rolled out across the country this year to provide a better coverage and ensure a leveled-up mobile experience for online activities like working, studying, streaming, watching TikTok uploads, playing games, and many more.

They are also more committed to bringing more affordable and value-packed data offers and more exciting experiences and perks to its subscribers.

Today, TNT is a huge part of my pre-game rituals, especially during training and workouts. I use it to listen to music, stream inspiring basketball videos, get updated on the latest game trends, and of course to stay in touch with my family and supporters who always have our backs, shares TNT forward and former PBA MVP, Kelly Williams.

To recap, TNT recently won the PBA Season 49 Commissioner's Cup Finals in a thrilling seven-game overtime series, a team's connection. 

TNT is a winner of 11 PBA titles in two-and-a-half decades.

Sobrang saya na maging part ako ng milestone na ito ng TNT. The fans have been with us through the years, from the ups and downs. Lahat ng naa-achieve namin as a team, as an organization, lahat ng panalo namin - we dedicate talaga to the fans, sa mga KaTropa natin na tinuturing na rin naming second family namin, says two-time Asia's Best Pointguard Jayson Castro, who has played with the franchisesince being drafted in 2008.

I feel blessed na mapabilang sa TNT kasi makulay ang history ng team. From the time nina Kuya Asi (Taulava) and Kuya Jimmy (Alapag) during the Mobiline/Talk 'n Text Phone Pals from the early 2000s, nasubaybayan ko talaga kung paano sinundan ng PBA fans ‘yung team through the years. Salamat talaga nang marami kasi andiyan palagi ang mga KaTropa para sumuporta sa amin, adds TNT power forward Calvin Oftana.

Recently crowned Finals MVP Rey Nambatac echoes, It has been a tough series for us lalo na yung last one na umabot ng seven games tapos overtime pa. Pero gaya ng lahat ng KaTropa na sumusuporta sa amin, lumalaban para sa araw-araw na saya ang buong team.

What do you guys think?