#FashionPulisSmartiPhone5 Giveaway

Smart iPhone 5 Plans

Merry Christmas Fashion PULIS readers! If you like to get a chance to win a Smart iPhone 5, here is what you have to do:

1. Follow FashionPulis on Twitter.
2. Tweet why you love Fashion PULIS and use the hashtag #FashionPulisSmartiPhone5.

Example:

I love Fashion PULIS bec it completes my day. #FashionPulisSmartiPhone5

3. Screen grab your tweet and email to mikesylim@gmail.com (make sure the email address is correct) with  #FashionPulisSmartiPhone5 as the subject. Please include your full name and mobile numbers.
Note: Only 1 entry per email address is allowed.
4. Deadline of entries is on December 21, 2012, 11:59pm Manila Time.
5. You need to be in the Philippines to qualify for this promo.

6. The winner (or maybe winners???) will be announced before Christmas.

Have a SMART Christmas and a SMARTER New Year!!!

Smart Scores ‘5-0’ over Competition in NTC test

The latest network quality tests conducted by the National Telecommunications Commission has confirmed the network superiority of Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) over its competition, according to the company spokesperson.

“This time the score is ‘5-0’,” said Smart public affairs head Ramon R. Isberto. “Smart outperformed the competition in all five parameters of the 3rd Quarter Quality of Service QoS) Benchmarking tests.”

Representatives from the NTC made over 2,189 test calls while inside a moving vehicle to measure the performance of the two telcos, which had both recently modernized their respective networks in Metro Manila.

Smart had a clear edge in the Blocked Calls or Grade of Service (GoS) parameter, with only 2.54 percent of calls made on the Smart network not connecting successfully. Globe had more blocked calls, registering 2.75 percent in the said parameter.

Globe also had more dropped calls, with 2.75 percent of incoming calls made on the Globe network terminated involuntarily. In contrast, Smart had a Drop Call Rate (DCR) of only 2.15 percent – against the minimum 2 percent DCR standard.

Smart still dominated in terms of Average Receive Signal Level, registering -61.14 dBm against Globe’s -69.21 dBm. This means Smart had stronger signal strength while the voice calls were ongoing.

Smart was also ahead in the Average Signal Quality category. Smart scored 0.65 while Globe scored 1.03, against the minimum acceptable range of from 0 to 4, or the closer to 0, the better. This shows that Smart had better voice quality transmission than Globe.

Smart also outshone the competition in terms of Call Set Up Time, or the time it takes for a network to activate the called party. Smart met quality standards with a score of 11.23 seconds, versus Globe’s 11.56 seconds. The acceptable industry standard is below 14 seconds.

“What these numbers mean is that Smart subscribers enjoy better-quality service,” Isberto said. “We are able to deliver superior voice, text, and data services even though we have the largest subscriber base.”

Source: Smart Website

Smart offers exclusive deals at 2-day ‘Smart Switch Madness’

For people who are tired of dropped calls, missed messages, and slow Internet connection, now is the perfect time to ‘live more’ with the country’s leading network with the ‘nationwidest’ coverage.

Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) is holding the much-awaited, two-day only ‘Smart Switch Madness’ on September 28 and 29 at the Shangri-La Plaza Mall in Mandaluyong City, and everyone is welcome to avail of rebates, big discounts, and freebies from Smart Prepaid, Postpaid, Broadband and Infinity.

“People should stop feeling frustrated with their current service provider and to have to wait for their network to catch up,” said Noel Lorenzana, Executive Vice President and Head of Smart’s Wireless Consumer Division.

“This two-day event promises an easy and convenient switch to the biggest and most reliable network -- quickly and in a much more enjoyable manner,” Lorenzana added.

At the ‘Smart Switch Madness’, rebates, big discounts, and freebies will be available to everyone, including both new and existing Smart subscribers. These product offerings and service discounts will not be available anywhere else, but will be available exclusively on those days, at the event.

Don’t miss the exclusive offers at the ‘Smart Switch Madness’ and go to Shangri-La Plaza Mall this Friday and Saturday!

Visit smart.com.ph for more details.

NTC: Smart is Better Than Globe

Yesterday, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) confirmed the network superiority of Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) following the release of the results of its network quality tests for the second quarter of this year which showed Smart posting significantly better test results than Globe Telecom.

Globe, however, issued a statement that attempted to turn the results of the NTC'S Quality of Service Benchmarking Test upside down.

According to that test, Smart’s network rated higher in four of the five parameters that had been defined by the NTC in consultation with all three mobile phone operators. These four important parameters where Smart posted better scores are: 1) Drop Call Rate; 2) Call Set Up Time; 3) Average Signal Quality; and 4) Average Receive Signal Level.

In its statement, however, Globe conveniently downplayed or disregarded these parameters and focused on the “blocked call” parameter, which was the only test that showed better results for Globe. On that basis, Globe said that its “legacy network” was better than that of Smart.

This is the same legacy network that Globe officials have admitted, in several recent occasions, to be congested.

This selective reading of the test results defies arithmetic, and, more importantly, flies in the face of consumer experience.

Globe’s press statement also contains a substantive misinterpretation of the test results in one of the key parameters – the Average Receive Signal Level. Globe said in its statement that: “The final metric is the Average Receive Signal Level with a minimum acceptable range of -85 dBm. Both telcos did not make it to the standard.”

Source: Smart.com.ph

Get Smart over Gaga

 

Are you excited to watch Lady Gaga perform in Manila? How about rubbing elbows with your favorite celebrities in the mosh pit?

Smart Communications invites you to its exclusive Mosh Pit of Lady Gaga: The Born This Way Ball on May 21, 2012.

Dance and sing with your favorite Smart and TNT endorsers, like Anne and Jasmine Curtis, Maxene and Elmo Magalona, Marian Rivera, Jericho Rosales, among others. You might even get to see and chika with FP in the exclusive area.

The exclusive access to the mosh pit is only possible for Smart or TNT subscribers. (Sorry, V, even if you are a famous performer and BFFs with Anne, but you’re not with Smart or TNT, you can’t have fun in the mosh pit.)

Tickets to the Smart and TNT Mosh Pit advantage are available at SM.

Let's #LiveMore with Smart and TNT for the exclusive entrance to the Mosh Pit of Lady Gaga!