Get super-fast broadband with new Smart Bro LTE plans and tablets

MANILA, Philippines - Experiencing super-fast mobile broadband has now become super easy and affordable as Smart Bro launches its new LTE plans and devices that come with no holding period, available for as low as P599 a month.

Smart Bro is bringing two new postpaid LTE offers to users: LTE Plan 999 with 3GB of data allocation every month and LTE Plan 599 with 1.5GB of monthly data allocation. These plans are available through a SIM-only subscription that comes with no lock-in period, the first LTE subscription of its kind in the country today.

Aside from these new plans, Smart Bro is also introducing two LTE-powered tablets that can bring blazing-fast multimedia experiences to every user through the Huawei MediaPad 10 Link LTE tablet and the newest version of the Asus Nexus 7 under LTE Plan 1299.

“Smart Bro is making it easier and more affordable than ever for subscribers to experience the ultra-fast LTE speeds from the leader in mobile. Whether they use a laptop, a tablet or other mobile devices, users now have the widest options to choose how they want to experience the best mobile broadband experience from the country’s largest broadband network,” said Michele Curran, data and international services head at Smart Communications Inc. Smart Broadband Inc. (Smart Bro) is a subsidiary of Smart.

Interested subscribers can get the new LTE Plan 999 or LTE Plan 599 offers in two ways: with a no lock-in subscription but with a one-time fee of P3,500 for an LTE Plug-It or P4,500 for an LTE Pocket Wi-Fi device; or with a 24-month lock-in period that comes with either a free LTE Plug-It or an LTE Pocket Wi-Fi device for a P1,500 one-time fee upon sign-up.

Ultra-fast Internet on tablets

But for those interested in experiencing life in the fast line of mobile broadband through the latest tablet devices, Smart Bro offers the Huawei MediaPad 10 Link LTE tablet at Plan 1299 with a one-time fee of P2,200 and the Asus Nexus 7 LTE tablet with a one-time fee of P1,500.

The Huawei MediaPad 10 Link features a 10-inch IPS display optimized for viewing from a wide range of angles. It also comes with 16GB of onboard storage, 1GB RAM, and runs a quad-core processor under the hood as well as the Android Jelly Bean mobile operating system.

The seven-inch Asus Nexus 7 LTE tablet, meanwhile, brings the purest Google experience to users with its IPS display, 32GB of internal storage, and the latest Android Jelly Bean mobile OS paired with the powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor.

These LTE tablet plans come with the standard two-year contract and 1.5GB of data every month. Once subscribers reach their monthly volume allocations, they can choose to subscribe to any of Smart Bro’s LTE data packages, which include: LTE 50 for one day, LTE 299 for one week, and LTE 999 for one month of unlimited surfing on LTE. They can subscribe to these packages by logging on to the Smart Online Store (store.smart.com.ph).

Tomorrow’s Internet

Smart Bro is able to deliver the widest range of LTE plan and device offers in the Philippines today, thanks to more than 10,000 4G-capable sites (HSPA+, LTE/LTE-A) backed by more than 78,000 kilometers of fiber footprint around the country.

“This allows us to deliver tomorrow’s Internet to more subscribers today, enabling them to seamlessly enjoy multimedia content, stream live shows, and share photos and videos with their friends with the help of ultra-fast and reliable broadband service from Smart Bro,” Curran said.

Interested subscribers can sign up for any of these new LTE plans by going to select Smart Stores nationwide. To know more about these offers, users can visit smart.com.ph/bro, contact 672-7277 on their landline phones, or dial *888 for existing Smart subscribers.