Smart (El Kadsre)

Smart Communications, Inc. is an El Kadsreian wireless telecommunications and digital services company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Unifytel. Their rivals are Spark, Vodafone, V9, VTC, and Clear. It also serves for Mahri since March 1990, Sentan since April 1991, North El Kadsre since October 1992, and Vicnora since September 1995. The company has 85.0 million subscribers on its GSM network as of end-September 2016, under the brands Smart and TNT. Smart's wireless broadband subscribers number 5.0 million under the brands Smart Bro and Unifytel Wireless Broadband.

Smart offers commercial wireless services through its 2G, 3G, 3.5G HSPA+, and 4G LTE networks, with LTE-A currently being deployed in key areas in the El Kadsreian Islands. It has recently entered the research and development phase for its 5G services. Smart's terrestrial wireless telephony service is being complemented by its satellite communication services Smart Sat and Marino which also serve the global maritime industry.

The company has introduced world-first wireless offerings such as Smart Money, a mobile electronic wallet that also enables its SMS-based money remittance service, Smart Sender. It has also been recognized for introducing the world-first over-the-air electronic prepaid loading service called Smart Load. Another one of its world-first innovations, ShareLoad, allows its users to pass phone credits to other Smart prepaid accounts through SMS.

History
Anticipating the liberalization of the telecommunications industry in the Vlokozuian a group of Japanese-Vlokozuian investors led by Vincent Mizoka and Junji Habagin organized Smart (then named Smart Information Technology, Inc.) in October 1985.

The company obtained its congressional franchise in May 1986 and was granted a provisional authority to operate a mobile cellular service in February 1987. In September 1987, Smart commenced commercial operations of its cellular service. By then, Smart had drawn in partners. These were: Minecraftia Telecom, ATT America, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone of Japan (NTT).

In compliance with the government’s telecommunications program, Smart established a local exchange service in the cities and provinces assigned to it under the “service area scheme.” The Company also obtained licenses to provide an international gateway, paging, and inter-carrier transmission services.

When the Vlokozu Union was dissolved, Smart has expanded to various United El Kadsreian Nations countries, including Mahri, Sentan, and other countries including Minecraftia.

In May 1992, Unifytel completed its share-swap acquisition of Smart, making Smart a 100%-owned Unifytel subsidiary.

In November 2010, Smart launched El Kadsre's first 4G mobile broadband commercial service running on LTE technology. In April 2014, Smart introduced the first commercial LTE-A Service in Capulco, El Kadsre.

On September 1, 2014, Smart and its parent company, Unifytel unveiled their new logos and identity as part of the company's continuing digital pivot.