On November 8, 2016, Smart Communications unboxed its latest array of innovative services at the new Smart Flagship Store in SM North EDSA.
The third leg of Smart Unbox served as a platform for the telco’s string of announcements just in time for the holiday season. The promos and services introduced, including Giga Plans, Smart MasterCard, ABS-CBN iWant TV partnership, Smart Chat Abroad, #SmartLove, among others, are aimed to empower subscribers and champion the digital way of living.
Better customer experience at new Smart Flagship store
Coinciding the Unbox event was the debut of Smart’s new Flagship Store at SM Annex in North EDSA. The second Flagship Store—the first in SM Megamall—showcases a minimalist and very in the now look. The space is peppered with interactive screens that vary from small, medium, to ginormous. Installed right at the center are multi-touch table screens built with various activities and functions customers can tinker with while waiting for their turn. The hub also features lounges for Infinity subscribers, digital consultation area, and other customer service-centric in-store innovations to fast track transactions and help customers adapt the “Smart Life.”
New Smart Giga Plans and Bro Postpaid Plans
First among Smart’s new offerings is the introduction of the new Giga Plans. This postpaid data plan offers ten-fold more data than its previous plans, free use of chosen apps, unlimited texts to all networks, plus choice of handset. For customers who already own a handset, they can opt for a line-only Giga Plan and get to double their data allocation.
Smart Bro’s new postpaid plans have been upgraded to offer more data for sharing online connectivity across gadgets or with friends, whenever, wherever. Additionally, Smart Infinity will also be rolling out new data plans with up to 60 GB allocation for members.
The telco also announced its partnership with ABS-CBN for iWantTV. This team up will grant subscribers access to their favorite hit ABS-CBN TV series, shows, and programs at home or on-the-go via deduction to their prepaid load or charged to their postpaid bill. Soon, iWantTV will also be part of the offers under Giga Plans.
For Smart’s always-connected customers, the telco also improved the My Smart app to make customers’ monitoring of data consumption, billing information, data promo subscription, and other services easy as pie.
#SmartLove
‘Tis the season to be jolly and Smart is leading the celebration with the launch of its #SmartLove campaign. The campaign kicks off with a Christmas Giveaway promo in which subscribers are given a chance to bag holiday getaways, Uber and Airbnb vouchers, free data, and more exciting prizes to be won by participating in key events soon to be launched across the country.
Cashless is the way to go
Smart introduced exclusive prepaid load and online shopping discounts through PayMaya, a virtual prepaid MasterCard that allows easy and safe online purchases and transactions sans a credit card. By simply downloading the PayMaya app and registering their Smart, TNT, or Sun mobile number, subscribers can instantly get their virtual prepaid Smart MasterCard. Subscribers can load up the PayMaya-powered digital card and easily use to pay for goods and services in millions of online merchants worldwide that accept MasterCard. The digital card requires no maintaining balance.
Additionally, Smart subscribers who download the PayMaya app and use their virtual prepaid Smart MasterCard can also get as much as 10-percent discount on Smart prepaid load when bought in-app, as well as enjoy exciting perks and discounts from Zalora, Jollibee, Lazada, and many other big brands soon.
Hassle-free travels
With the proliferation of social media and upsurge of the economy, many Filipinos are now turning to traveling for recreation. Smart wants to make every journey memorable and hassle-free with its beefed-up lineup of roaming services that caters to the needs of every traveller.
Smart Chat Abroad is a data roaming service that allows subscribers access to six popular chat messaging apps—Facebook Messenger, Viber, Telegram, WeChat, Line, and WhatsApp—available in over 130 countries. The service comes at a fixed rate of only PHP 150 per day.
The telco will also make the Smart World Travel Wi-Fi available soon. This pocket Wi-Fi, available to Smart and non-Smart subscribers, can be rented for travellers to enjoy mobile data with speeds of up to 42 MBPS in 130 countries starting at PHP 399 per day.
Along with the reveal of these perks and services, Smart also shared its plan to implement a massive network transformation that will bring faster network connectivity to customers and also to make LTE available in all parts of the Philippines in two to three years. The telco is also gearing up for the launch of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus in the Philippines on November 11.
To know more about Smarts latest offers follow its official accounts on Facebook (facebook.com/SmartCommunications), Twitter and Instagram (@LiveSmart), or log on to smart.com.ph.