Smart Communications’ first ever prepaid LTE service in the country has gone live yesterday, just around a year after they officially unveiled their commercial LTE mobile data service to postpaid subscribers in our country. Check out all the details that you need to know after the jump.
Smart has been generous in providing affordable mobile internet lately as they announced the availability of Opera Unlisurf15 which lets internet junkies to surf all day for as low as Php15 provided that they will only use the Opera Mini app as the browser. Now, they have something for the big boys as well.
For starters, LTE (Long Term Evolution) is the next step ahead of 3G as it enables mobile internet download speeds of up to 100MBps. However, Smart’s LTE service is limited to 42MBps for the meantime. With that kind of speed, Smart said that you’ll be able to “download movies in minutes, full album in seconds, and real-time gaming no lag”.
4G LTE connectivity has been the latest trend in the mobile internet devices as well as the smartphone and tablet scene. With the ridiculous speed, there’s no more reason not to enjoy the world wide web as it’ll not let you wait anymore with those lazy loading times and endless buffering. You’ll enjoy watching YouTube videos or streaming your favorite show without the need to worry about a sluggish connection.
Related: How to Register to SMART Promos: All Net Text, Call & Text Combo, Tri-Net, and Unli Call & Text
Fast internet connectivity has always been a pain in some areas and I hope that this development would also include the wide expansion of high-speed internet in provinces. It’s a good thing that the important cities are getting a better connection, but they should still increase the speed of those in other regions. Smart’s expansion has been improving ever since, now covering 46 cities and 69 municipalities nationwide. You can check out the full list of the coverage here.
[two_fifth]SMART’s LTE network runs on 2100MHz, 1800MHz, and 850MHz[/two_fifth]
But before jumping to the LTE bandwagon, please note that it will only work on LTE capable devices. Meaning, giving your android phone the Smart SIM won’t give it LTE powers and outrageous internet speed. However, if you want to feel the might of LTE, SMART is also offering a Pocket Wi-Fi device and Plug-it contract free and you can avail them for Php6,995 and Php5,995, respectively. Since that includes a new LTE sim, that means you’ll also get the same 7 days free internet along with the chosen device. And oh, Smart also said that the first batch of LTE sims doesn’t have a voice call feature so you might want to keep your old sim card handy to take care of your voice calls. The sim comes with SMS features though so you can register to their LTE promos.
For as low as Php350, people will now be able to experience 4G LTE by buying an LTE-enabled Smart SIM (Nano and dual-cut sizes) which comes preloaded with 7 days unlimited mobile internet for free. Once the included plan expires, you can avail of the following promos. They are really good enough considering the lowest Smart LTE plan is at 1299 with a bandwidth cap of 5GB.
How to Register/Subscribe on SMART LTE Prepaid
SMART’s unlimited LTE will be applicable until June 30, 2013 and after that Smart will announce the new prices and/or bandwidth cap if there are any. For more information on SMART’s LTE plans, check out their official website here.
Have you tried SMART’s LTE service? What can you say about it? Share it in the comments section below!
is it really running 1800mHz and 850mHz ??? If that so then why is it, i can’t even get the LTE speed? It doesn’t appear the LTE/4G symbol signal ..Please explain thanks
same prob. with my LG Optimus G F180k version.
my
LTE freqs are 800 and 1800mhz. nasa SM North Cyberzone ako yesterday,
wala signal yung smart LTE ko. pag nagsesearch ako, nadedetect ng phone
ko yung sa Globe LTE (which is 1800)
went to SMART Service Center, tried a huawei device using my LTE sim. gumana naman.
Kahit isa sa Smart walang makasagot kung “up and running na yung 1800mhz nila”. maybe 2100mhz lang gumagana till now.
panu maActivate ung LTE??
This is so useless. For browsing, you wont need such high speeds, but for downloading bluray movies for example, or other huge files. But then the bandwidth cap kicks in and renders it useless. With bd movies in full hd and dts sound, a movie could go at 8GB and more easily, so… how you download such huge files with that bandwidth cap? Waiting a month to download the rest of the file?
torrent
Lol PJ. You certainly didn’t get softtouch’s point. Smartass you.
i registered on LTE 50 1 day internet.. i downloaded 3 psp games 1GB ea + whole day browsing chatting..
i think theres no cap with smart..
paano po i-activate ang internet connection using smartbro microsim prepaid sa aking bagong iphone5? no connection pa rin kasi kahit na cellular on ko na siya sa settings..
Hi po. Bakit ganun, nung pag reload ko ng 995 for 30 days, naka 3G na. Ayaw na mag 4G. Ni-restart ko na, wala parin. Help please.. Thanks
baka hindi kasali sa coverage ng lte ung area mo..so look in the area na may 4g sa smart..
May iPad 3 with 4G ako from SG unlocked naman to. Sabe sa box 2100 at 700 ung frequency ng LTE na compatible sa kanya. Diba 2100 ung sa smart lte? Pag bumili ba ako ng lte prepaid sim tapos nagregister sa lte package magkaka LTE signal? Wala kasi yung enable LTE na toggle since naka broadband sim ako ng sun (naka cut lang). Maynaka try na ba? Help please
Just a quick inquiry:
Id meron na sa inyong naka gamit ng Smart LTE microsim how was it? Did it worked well on your device? My phone is galaxy s4 lte.
I am also planning to buy one (Smart LTE Microsim) soon. I saw its available on smart online store at P40.00 lang. I wonder if merong LTE microsim dito sa smart outlet dumaguete city? I’m not so sure to purchase online. *sigh
Anyway if you have any updates then it’ll be great! Thanks!
~glad I found this site
same lng yan.. depende lng yan sa area ng coverage ng lte.. hindi pa kasi whole phils. ang coverage ng lte.
I’m a noob so here’s a dumb question. How do I load my new smart prepaid micro sim with lte? I bought the Prepaid Broadband load card and texted the 14 digit pin along with the card number to 1510 as instructed but all I get is a “Sorry, the pin you entered is incorrect, please enter a valid pin”. Is there any other way to load aside from texting because it doesn’t seem to be working for me. I’m so confused. Help?
Kahit regular smart load lang sa kahit saang loading station.
Hello, I am having trouble with loading my prepaid card. What card should I use as the normal card for Call&Text does not work. I have been told that the way to load the card is this: Text RELOAD but when I tried this it only said “Sorry, the pin you entered is incorrect, please enter a valid pin.” I see that you bought a Prepaid Broadband card and had the same problem. How did you fix yours as I do not want to waste another 1000 bucks.
Did you figure it out?
bakit hindi nakakapag register sa unli texts and calls tong sim na to? bumili pa ko sayang din pala.. pang broadband stick lang ata to eh nakakabwisit naman..