Leading Philippine telecom and digital services provider, PLDT has partnered with NTT Communications to bring to the roughly 240,000 Filipinos residing in Japan an innovative service that bundles mobile internet with free calls and remittance services. The service, dubbed as SMART World, was launched on 15th of last month.
This prepaid subscription service allows subscribers to choose from four monthly base plans of 10GB + monthly freebies, 7GB + monthly freebies, 5GB + monthly freebies, or 3GB + monthly freebies. The service which starts at JPY 4,200 comes bundled with a set of very relevant and useful services for free. These include a free remittance transaction of up to JPY100,000 once a month, plus free calls and text messages to the Philippines, and free calls to other popular international destinations.
Manuel V. Pangilinan, President and CEO, PLDT
The Service also connects Filipinos in Japan to the 70-million-strong wireless subscriber base of PLDT mobile subsidiaries Smart Communications and Sun Cellular.
Eric Alberto, PLDT EVP and Head of Enterprise, International, and Carrier Business
Our new offering -- SMART World – empowers the digital lifestyle of Filipinos in Japan through a mobile data SIM bundled with a pocket WIFI in a monthly prepaid subscription.
