Technology Milestones

Smart Communications has launched, the mobile email, new application to serve the needs of increasingly tech-savvy Filipinos, lt is the country’s first daily flat-rate, unlimited push email solution.

Smart said this new offering is meant to serve the consumer market, and to work on all handset models, old or advanced. “In the same way that Smart’s innovative but affordable offerings made the use of voice and SMS ubiquitous, we would like to turn email into another universally available service from which the everyday Filipino may benefit,” Smart wireless consumer division head Danilo Mojica said.

Smart mobile email provides all Smart subscribers, postpaid or prepaid, regardless of what handset they use, easy and inexpensive access to email through their mobile phone. For a flat, affordable rate and in a manner as easy as text messaging, Smart subscribers can read and send emails while on the go.

“Putting email in the hands of every Filipino in the most affordable and convenient way is an important part of our vision of “Internet for All”, or to bring the benefits of the Internet to more people,” Mojica added.

For only P20 per day, individuals can register and have access to up to two email accounts, allowing them to have their emails automatically sent to their Smart handset from their personal accounts with the most popular email providers such as Gmail, WindowsLive!, and Hotmail, Facebook via RSS feeds, among others. Yahoo! is expected to be available by the first quarter of 2010.

For longer but more affordable access, Smart’s mobile email offers 30 days or one month of seamless access, for only P199. Individuals who need to keep tabs on their small to medium enterprises may also take advantage of the service, as Smart’s mobile email also provides access to email accounts provided by local ISPs with their own POP/IMAP-compliant email servers.

Using Smart’s mobile email, Smart subscribers may set up their mobile email anytime, anywhere, through a quick and easy procedure done in a few clicks on their handset.

For Smart Buddy subscribers, payment for Smart’s mobile email subscription will be immediately deducted from their prepaid load. Subscriber just needs to maintain aP1 load balance while subscribed to the service.

 

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