Prepaid subscribers of leading wireless services provider Smart Communications, Inc. (SMART) may now take advantage of affordable, off-peak mobile Internet rate of as low as 17 centavos per minute, with the Off-peak Lite mobile Internet package.
With Off-peak Lite, Smart Buddy subscribers will receive one free additional hour of mobile surfing, when they use their SMART celphones to go online for an hour for the regular price of P20, during the off-peak hours of 2AM to 6AM. The package is equal to 2 hours of mobile Internet for the flat-rate price of only P20.
With the launch of Off-peak Lite, the wireless operator looks to beef up its mobile Internet value offerings, as more and more of its subscribers take up the use of the mobile phone as a tool to conveniently access the web, according to Jerome Almirante, Head of Value-Added and Data Services at SMART.
Off-peak Lite may be conveniently availed of by using a celphone's built-in browser to access the menu in SMART's mobile portal
http://m.smart.com.ph/dataplan and click on the Off-peak Lite link.
Off-peak Lite package must be purchased anytime between 2AM and 4AM. The P20 charge will be deducted from the subscriber's prepaid credit at registration. A 1-peso prepaid balance must be maintained while subscribed to the mobile Internet package.
Any amount of time exceeding the registered 2-hour period will be charged SMART's existing flat rate of P10 for every 30 minutes.
SMART was also the first mobile operator in the Philippines to offer pay-as-you-go data plans at the lowest-ever rate of 14 centavos per minute, when it offered the All Day Surf promo, which provided 12 hours of Internet access for only P100.
The contribution of mobile Internet services to SMART's value-added and data revenues has been significantly increasing. These services have generated steady growths since SMART first introduced 3G technology in the country and time-based mobile Internet in 2006.
SMART has also boosted its nationwide cellular network with High-speed Packet Access (HSPA), which provides mobile broadband connectivity to subscribers.
"These service offerings advance our 'Internet for All' agenda of bringing the benefits of the Internet more quickly to more people in more places," said Almirante.
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