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Articles tagged with: Smart Communications
Smart Offers to Buy Out Minority Shareholders in Subsidiary
Philippine operator, Smart Communications has proposed to buy out the minority shareholders in Pilipino Telephone Corp. (Piltel), offering a 15% premium over the shareprice before the deal was announced. Smart already owns 92.8% of Piltel and is likely to be paying around US$147 million to buy out the remaining shareholders. more
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Philippines Operator Upgrades MMS Platform
The Philippines based mobile network operator, Smart Communications has selected Aicent's mBridge to enhance multimedia message service (MMS) delivery for their subscribers. SMART is using both Aicent's MMS Gateway service along with the enhanced mBridge Virtual Delivery. more
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Low-Cost 3G Network Launched in Philippines
The Philippines gained a new 3G network as Connectivity Unlimited Resource Enterprise (CURE) relaunched itself as a low-cost operator under the "Red Mobile" brand. The company was aquired by Smart Communications earlier this year. more
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Western Union Inks Mobile Money Transfer Deal with Orascom Telecom
Money transfer firm, Western Union has created an alliance with Orascom Telecom to introduce mobile remittance services in select markets. The services aim to make low-principal, high-frequency remittances more convenient to the millions of consumers who send money every day. more
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PLDT, Hutchison Whampoa Units Sign MVNO Deal in Italy
MANILA -(Dow Jones)- Philippine Long Distance Telephone Friday said a subsidiary has signed deals with two units of Hutchison Whampoa for a mobile virtual network operator, or MVNO, venture in Italy. more
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Asia-Pac Braces for Mobile TV Fever
The Asia-Pacific mobile video services market is expected to see huge growth potential as mobile operators continue to spend millions on developing innovative services and content to arrest the declining average revenue per user (ARPU). Mobile TV, essentially an extension of mobile video services, in particular is seen as a new killer application that could potentially bring alternative source of revenues for carriers. more
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Philippine Operator to Launch i-mode Services Next Month
Philippine operator, Smart Communications has announced that it will launch i-mode services for its contract customers from the middle of next month. more
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Asian Operators Offer Unlimited Data Tariffs While Roaming
The Conexus Mobile Alliance, one of the largest mobile alliances in Asia with a combined customer base of around 160 million mobile subscribers, has announced the launch of Asia's first-ever "pay-per-day" data roaming flat-rate tariff plan and a host of member privileges. more
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Philippines Operator Acquires Stake in Blue Ocean Wireless
Blue Ocean Wireless (BOW), an Irish company delivering GSM communication capability for the merchant maritime sector, has announced that the Philippines based, SMART Communications has agreed to acquire a 30% equity interest in BOW for US$15.9 million. The investment now values Blue Ocean Wireless in excess of US$55 million. more
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Philippines PLDT Cellular Subscribers Top 27 Million End-June - Chairman
MANILA -(Dow Jones)- Philippine Long Distance Telephone ended the first half of the year with over 27 million subscribers, adding around 1.5 million subscribers in the second quarter, PLDT Chairman Manuel Pangilinan said Tuesday. more
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