Smart is proud to announce that today marks the beginning of the 5G era in the Philippines as they officially bring and activate their LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) technology for mobile subscribers.
Smart ushers in a new era of Internet connectivity in the Philippines | credit: wonderfulengineering.com
LTE-A or 5G connectivity is reported to deliver data between 100Mbps to 1Gbps which is 10 times faster than 3G and more than double the speed of 4G. With it, a 10MB file downloads for less than a second, buffering is no longer needed for loading YouTube videos, but more importantly it is capable to allocate more network resources to users if ever the situation calls for it.
The company did a test of its services last year which, according to them, resulted to over 100Mbps of speed in areas like Makati City, Davao City, and even in Boracay.
Co-founder and Chief Wireless Advisor of Smart Orlando B. Vea (first from left) during the tests of 5G LTE-A in Smart last year, where speeds reaching 209.66 mbps were recorded.
“Even as our 3G and 4G networks continue to be unrivalled, Smart becomes the first operator to leap into the future and put the Philippines at par with the world’s most advanced countries in terms of mobile communications technology,” said Orlando B Vea, founder and Chief Wireless Advisor of Smart.
As mentioned earlier, the service rolls out today so let us know in the comments section below if you already got the next-gen Internet connectivity.
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Marketing strat. They are fooling people. LTE-A != 5G. Sana yung author ng article kinorrect na lang or nagresearch bago nagpost.
4g o 5g useless din considering na 2g pa lang sa maraming lugar like here in san jacinto, pangasinan. Telcos should roll out 3g in all areas first before they think of bigger things na di naman maiserve efficiently hahaha.
They should have fixed first their 3G & 4G Network before taking their “leap into the future”. Their 4G is shit!
im sure marami rami din ang mahuhulog sa hype na to sa ngayon.
Dapat tawag dyan nde LTE-A kundi L-TAE dahil sa walang kwentang speed na binibigay nila
Lagyan muna nila ng 4g connection ang boong pilipinas. ..
May mga lugar pa nga na walang 3g ehhh…
Aanhin mo ang ferrari kung ang kalsa mo naman ay puro humps hahahhaa….
Good job Smart for bringing in LTE-A in the country and make sure to stock enough bandwidth to sustain the demand of LTE users.
Meanwhile, Globe is still rolling out LTE on MAJOR cities, lol.
Not sure if you’re being sarcastic or are clearly just blinded by false advertising from Smart. Sorry to burst your bubble, but 5G does not exist.
False. A speed of 209 Mbps simply denotes LTE 4G and not 5G. This is misleading!
LTE nga na regular wala pa din samin, LTE-A pa kaya. Kapal ng mukha sabihin na 5G kahit wala pang 5G standard. Nakakainis man ang style ng mga companies na ganito we are but mindless pigs na tatangkilik ng mga stupidity na ganyan. LTE-A is an improved version of LTE (aka 4G+) and not really 5G. Globe may LTE dito samin kaso sa sobrang dami ng nakakonekta gapang na (0.2mbps) paputol putol pa yung connection. Sinasamantala tayo ng mga ISP na ganyan kasi Uto-uto tayong lahat…
saya sana bagong tech, pero naalala ko bigla hawak tayo sa leeg ni Mr. MVP… ayun nganga ulet
And because there is no definition of 5G in Wikipedia, smart will update that and put their own definition.
Its not that simple. Documentation for the change must be provided. In this case smart needs to convince an international organization, the International Telecommunication Union, to change its standards and publish the new standards
otherwise that undocumented content on wikipedia might be edited or taken down
SMART thinks the customers are DUMB. 5g lte…. ROTFLMAO!! Sigi, lipat na lahat sa Smart at bili na ng LTE phone. FCUK
Rejoice porn junkies! ????
is that real? or just branding hype?
I was under the impression that LTE was only 3.9g or pre 4g. the full 4g standard requires speeds of 1 Gbit/s for stationary reception and 100 Mbit/s for mobile and LTE did not meet that so it is considered 3.9g only
as for 5g, the wikipedia page for 5g says there is no fully accepted technical definition of 5g yet and most estimates say its years away from being rolled out
Not true. LTE-A is 4G.
Author: Jeanette Wannstrom, for 3GPP,
In LTE-Advanced focus is on higher capacity:The driving force to further develop LTE towards LTE–Advanced – LTE Release10 was to provide higher bitrates in a cost efficient way and, at the same time, completely fulfil the requirements set by ITU for IMT Advanced, also referred to as 4G.
Increased peak data rate, DL 3 Gbps, UL 1.5 Gbps
Higher spectral efficiency, from a maximum of 16bps/Hz in R8 to 30 bps/Hz in R10
Increased number of simultaneously active subscribers
Improved performance at cell edges, e.g. for DL 2×2 MIMO at least 2.40 bps/Hz/cell.
It will took months to year before it will covered major cities or areas.
Before fan out, check it 100x to reassure good quality service.
Patakbuhin nyo muna ng maayos ang LTE ninyo. Maglatag muna kayo ng maayos na INFRA, para naman mas malawak ang coverage ng service na ‘to.
Totally agree ako sayo.
Naka-LTE connection ka tapos isang pihit mo lang mula dun sa kinatatayuan mo biglang magsi-switch sa 3G connection.
or minsan naman, naka-LTE connection ka na pero walang natatanggap na data.
LIAR. Wala pang official and formal definition ang 5G.
5g connectivity with 100mbps to 1gbps speed and the thing is… with 1gb data cap. lol
lol don’t forget that most of those would be “5G covered” areas will have speeds that actually feel like 3G/Edge
seriously, before jumping into a new technology, can’t they perfect the current one first? improve the infrastructure so that they won’t need to impose a data cap >__>
Hindi pa 5G ang LTE-A. lol
Hehe.. tama.
Yung LTE-A yata ang sinasabing actual na LTE.
Kasi yung current LTE connectivity natin equivalent lang sa 3G (advance).
5G (5th generation mobile networks or 5th generation wireless
systems ) denotes the next major phase of mobile
telecommunications standards beyond the current 4G /IMT-
Advanced standards. 5G is also referred to as beyond 2020
mobile communications technologies. 5G does not describe any
particular specification in any official document published by
any telecommunication standardization body.
Although updated standards that define capabilities beyond
those defined in the current 4G standards are under
consideration, those new capabilities are still being grouped
under the current ITU-T 4G standards.
Sana kasabay sa pag upgrade/improve sa mataas na level ng connectivity, dapat nakafocus din ang smart pag papalakas ng signal dun sa mga lugar halos wala kang masagap.
LTE-A or 5G kung tawagin nila, eh sa mga selected cities lang naman yan magagamit.
yeah. just branding hype
I was under the impression that LTE was only 3.9g or pre 4g. the full 4g standard requires speeds of 1 Gbit/s for stationary reception and 100 Mbit/s for mobile and LTE did not meet that so it is considered 3.9g only
as for 5g, the wikipedia page for 5g says there is no fully accepted technical definition of 5g yet and most estimates say its years away from being rolled out
Required ba na LTE-A compatible ang device para makareceive ng ganitong connectivity.
Say, may LTE device ako. Will it be able to receive the LTE-A connectivity?
Yes. You need an LTE-A compatible device.
hindi makakasagap ng LTE-A.
mkabili ng S5 advance. or d kaya G3 cat6. para mabilis mag facebuk.
Yes if you have LTE device you can.
Salamat sa mga replies,
May nabasa din ako about LTE-Advanced.
“LTE-Advanced is a term used for the version of LTE that addresses IMT-Advanced requirements, as specified in Release 10. The ITU ratified LTE-Advanced as IMT-Advanced in November 2010. LTE-Advanced is both backwards- and forwards-compatible with LTE, meaning LTE devices will operate in newer LTE-Advanced networks, and LTE-Advanced devices will operate in older LTE networks.”
It’s because LTE-A is 4G.
Author: Jeanette Wannstrom, for 3GPP,
In LTE-Advanced focus is on higher capacity:The driving force to further develop LTE towards LTE–Advanced – LTE Release10 was to provide higher bitrates in a cost efficient way and, at the same time, completely fulfil the requirements set by ITU for IMT Advanced, also referred to as 4G.
Increased peak data rate, DL 3 Gbps, UL 1.5 Gbps
Higher spectral efficiency, from a maximum of 16bps/Hz in R8 to 30 bps/Hz in R10
Increased number of simultaneously active subscribers
Improved performance at cell edges, e.g. for DL 2×2 MIMO at least 2.40 bps/Hz/cell.