Smart and Summit Media have forged a partnership to revolutionize e-Reading in the Philippines to offer e-Books and e-Magazines via the former’s Buqo app using only the subscribers’ cellphone load.
In photo are (from left) Hand Interactive General Manager Chad Rosario, Summit Media President Lisa Gokongwei-Cheng, Smart Innovation and Product Development (IPD) Group Head Mellissa Limcaoco, and Smart IPD Senior Manager Blue de Venecia.
The tie-up will benefit more than 56 million subscribers of Smart nationwide. Smart subscribers will gain access to books and magazines in digitized format through the mobile application called Buqo. Smart subscribers will be able to make digital downloads using their prepaid credits or have them charged on top of their postpaid accounts.
Rates to be announced later!
Current titles available for subscription includes Yes! Magazine, Candy Magazine, Esquire Philippines, and a host of other Summit Media magazine titles. Titles from other publishers are also available, including the likes of Gadgets Magazine, PC Shopper, Car Finder, Speed Magazine, and Circuit Magazine, among many others.
The Buqo mobile app is currently available for Android device. You can download the app from this link.
