When rumors were going around that umobile is rebranding and will now be named Red Mobile, I asked around from sources and confirmed the closure of what have the first ad-supported mobile service in Asia. Smart also disclosed it will be investing an additional Php210 Million which it says will operate independently, resulting to the new service called umobile. In essence, Smart got the 3G license and additional bandwidth while umobile will ride on Smart's network. According to a source close to someone inside umobile: umobile will cease to exist. Operations of umobile have been merged with Smart and several people were let go due to the resulting redundancies. umobile didn't get much traction and might have missed their milestone of 10,000 subscribers by year-end. Over the course of 4 months since umobile announced their free, ad-supported service, there hasn't been much news/development going on. Question is -- are people actively using their umobile numbers? Read more in our articles including "Red Mobile website officially launched" and "Why Red Mobile is the new umobile?".
When rumors were going around that umobile is rebranding and will now be named Red Mobile, I asked around from sources and confirmed the closure of what have the first ad-supported mobile service in Asia. Smart also disclosed it will be investing an additional Php210 Million which it says will operate independently, resulting to the new service called umobile.
In essence, Smart got the 3G license and additional bandwidth while umobile will ride on Smart's network. According to a source close to someone inside umobile: umobile will cease to exist. Operations of umobile have been merged with Smart and several people were let go due to the resulting redundancies.
Our coverage of umobile includes: "Red Mobile website officially launched"; "Why Red Mobile is the new umobile?"; "How's your umobile service?". Each article provides unique insights and information.