{"id":20707,"date":"2015-11-09T11:48:51","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T03:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=20707"},"modified":"2015-11-07T11:57:38","modified_gmt":"2015-11-07T03:57:38","slug":"smart-launches-innovations-to-boost-popularity-of-online-mobile-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2015\/11\/09\/smart-launches-innovations-to-boost-popularity-of-online-mobile-gaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart launches innovations to boost popularity of online, mobile gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Smart Communications (SMART) introduced innovations expected to boost the popularity of online and mobile gaming in the country. This is part of the company\u2019s strategy to boost mobile data use, particularly among smartphone users.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Smart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8026\" src=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Smart.jpg\" alt=\"Smart\" width=\"620\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Smart.jpg 620w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Smart-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These innovations include direct carrier billing services for iOS users through the first Pay-With-Mobile service for Apple apps, games and other content. This was already made available to Google Play, allowing users to purchase digital content using only their prepaid load, or charged on top of their accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Smart also introduced GameX, an online storefront where PC-based games can purchase e-Pins using their prepaid load or postpaid account. GameX is a\u00a0go-to portal for gamers around the country, thanks to its partnerships with local and international game publishers and developers. It provides gamers with e-PINS for new games, including DOTA2 and League of Legends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDigital games are a big part of our \u2019Smart Life\u2019 campaign, and we aim to further engage with the growing local gaming community to offer products and services that are relevant to their specific needs,\u00a0as demand for digital games grows around the world,\u201d said Ariel P. Fermin, EVP and head of consumer business at Smart.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover,\u00a0the telco similarly designed special mobile data packages targeted for gamers through its Big Bytes 50 offer, which includes 350MB of all-access data\u00a0 that can be used for\u00a0 mobile\u00a0games such as Clash of Clans, plus 600MB of additional data for other entertainment content on iflix, FOX, and SPINNR, valid for three days.<\/p>\n<p>This is expected to help Smart\u2019s mobile data revenues for the year, which already recorded 21% year-on-year growth to reach P4.7 billion during the first six months of 2015.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>For more information on Smart\u2019s DCB options, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/smart.com.ph\/googleplay\" target=\"_blank\">smart.com.ph\/googleplay<\/a> for Android or <a href=\"http:\/\/smart.com.ph\/paywithmobile\" target=\"_blank\">smart.com.ph\/paywithmobile<\/a> for iOS. Users may also check out <a href=\"http:\/\/smart.com.ph\/bigbytes\" target=\"_blank\">smart.com.ph\/bigbytes<\/a> for updates on Smart\u2019s\u00a0 mobile data offers, or\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamex.ph\" target=\"_blank\">www.gamex.ph<\/a>\u00a0for gaming e-Pins.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smart Communications (SMART) introduced innovations expected to boost the popularity of online and mobile gaming. 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