Just in time for the Panagbenga 2012 festivities in Baguio City, Smart Communications announced that it will be powered by LTE. LTE is the most advanced fourth generation (4G) wireless technology, capable of speeds of 100 Mbps and above will be enjoyed by Baguio Tourists and Residents as well.
“We are very pleased that residents of Baguio City and the tourists that are expected to flock to the city during Panagbenga will be among the first to experience the future of mobile broadband, which is LTE,” said Rolando G. Peña, head for technology of both Smart and parent company Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT).
First deployed by Smart in Boracay and Cebu and now live in most parts of Metro Manila, the LTE deployment in the City of Pines is in line with PLDT and Smart’s recent announcement that they will complete their P67.1 billion network transformation initiative by mid-2012.
Digitalspidey is one of the selected beta tester of Smart LTE, and since we are going up to Baguio this weekend. We will try hunting the LTE signal there and we will make a report accordingly.
Huawei LTE dongle is provided by Smart Communications for the closed beta testing.
