Smart Communications Inc. said Friday it maintained its leadership in 5G roaming, serving customers across 62 countries through partnerships with 115 partners around the world.
“As travel restrictions ease, more Filipinos and their families are planning to travel overseas especially during the holiday season. Our goal is to enable our customers and those of our roaming partners to access our Smart 5G roaming services, so that they could stay updated with their work or lifestyle wherever they are in the world,” said Smart vice president for wireless core and international business group Chet Alviz.
The company said customers with 5G-capable SIMs and devices could enjoy live 5G roaming services in Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brunei, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guam, Hungary, Northern Mariana Islands, Hong Kong, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan and Korea.
It said 5G roaming services are also available in Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, the United States and Vietnam.
Meanwhile, tourists from the said countries as well as those from Brazil, Malaysia, Russia and Sri Lanka can also enjoy Smart 5G roaming services when they visit the Philippines, it said.
Smart said it is also the 5G leader in the Philippines. Parent company PLDT Inc. operates the country’s most extensive fiber network, which spanned more than 1.09 million kilometers in international and domestic fiber as of end-September.
The fiber infrastructure supports Smart’s 77,200 base stations, including 7,300 5G base stations and close to 40,000 4G/LTE base stations deployed nationwide. Smart’s network covers 97 percent of the population with 3G, LTE and 5G.