SMART Communications, Inc., the mobile arm of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT), has partnered with local phonemaker MyPhone to boost smartphone penetration in the mass market segment.
?Smart has teamed up with MyPhone… to launch an Android prepaid smartphone kit aimed at increasing the smartphone adoption in the country, where only around 4 in 10 Filipinos or 40% owned a smartphone as of end 2015, based on a recent report by Swedish ICT provider Ericsson,? Smart said in a statement over the weekend.
