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Written by Cherry
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Monday, 15 March 2010 |
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Smart Communications' advocacy about the benefits of Internet has started a couple of years ago. According to Ranila Hufalar, a 23 year old housewife from Cataning, Balanga City, Bataan, a television set at home is the first step to have an Internet access. Smart Bro's SurfTV is now introduced as the world-first service offering from Smart Broadband Inc. (SBI). SurfTV is a plug and play device that you can connect to any colored TV set to be able to have an Internet access. When you plug it into the RCA port of a colored TV set, SurfTV will provide an entry-level Internet access. The users can surf, chat, and email through their TV at home. SurfTV package includes keyboard, mouse, remote control, and a Smart Bro USB stick-type modem with a prepaid SIM, pre-loaded with P100 worth of load. The cost of the entire kit is y P4,500. The Internet access costs is only P10 for every 30 minutes.I find it to be very useful and convenient to me. With this service, I go online and surf and chat with my friends and family, right from the comforts of our living room, shared Ranila. According to the statistics, only 1 out of every 5 Filipinos has a computer at home. But 9 out of 10 have a television set. According to Annie Naval, Smart Head of Marketing, they completed market tests in numerous places in the country which includes Metro Manila, Bataan, Kalibo, and Cagayan de Oro. They already gauged high public awareness in a service that allows families to use their TV to access the Net. Thru SBI, SurfTV expanded the Internet service portfolio of Smart with a million broadband subscribers in 2009. [via philstar.com] |
