Smart to offer Rocket WiFi Plus at 20Mbps soon!

This is going to be hard to beat — Smart is coming up with a Rocket WiFi Plus that will replace their old Pocket WiFi and promises speeds of up to 20Mbps!

Here’s the only hint we are getting at the moment:

smart rocket wifi plus

Just like the Pocket WiFi, this probably be offered as a postpaid plan first with WiFi sharing of up to 5 devices. No details or pricing and release date.

Stay tuned as we get more details.

Update: I’m not sure if this is going to ride on their HSPA+ network of via their new LTE network.

If it’s an LTE device, the the most likely candidate would be the Huawei WiFi E589 which supports LTE.

The rendering above from Smart just looks like the E589.

Smart usually uses Huawei as their OEM for telco devices like these (the Smart Bro Rocket is a Huawei E353 and the Smart Evolution dongle is a Huawei E398). Also, I’ve seen Huawei’s HSPA+ WiFi device, the E365, which looks like this.

The next question is — will it be nationwide or it will only be on areas covered by their LTE network and how extensive is that network (probably Metro Manila first).

Hat tip to Christopher Ammerlaan.

Abe Olandres

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26 Comments

MyMaria says:

14 years ago

question is… will they be capping bandwidth or limiting downloads?
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Hideki says:

14 years ago

globe lang ang alam kong mahilig sa ganun. :D sayang ang bilis kong may cap din.hahah :D

thanks sa info master yuga..
Soul Annihilator says:

14 years ago

Again, for the benefit of the doubt, bandwidth capping is only implemented to prepaid subscribers. Postpaid subscribers of Globe will never experience bandwidth capping.
boom says:

14 years ago

Bandwidth capping? smart and globe both cap their prepaids.. postpaid is not capped at all.. tried both. happier with globe. HSPA in Taguig is sweet :-)

Mike Lopez says:

14 years ago

Hopefully this won’t be another flop.
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Maximo says:

14 years ago

Putang ina ninyong Smart, ayusin ninyo signal sa Angeles City. Hindi makalagpas ng EDGE ang data dito. Utak mga gago, utak.
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Eingild says:

14 years ago

Cursing implies that you did not undergo any kind of education. Walang modo. Ganyan ba tinuro sayo ng magulang mo? Magmura? Palibhasa anonymous ang identity mo sa web kaya ang lakas ng loob mo magmura. Shame on you.
Ian says:

14 years ago

Check your settings. either umts only or wcdma para 3G or H ang signal na lumabas.

Soul Annihilator says:

14 years ago

Sana naman mura ang offering nila.
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Bon says:

14 years ago

…and of course the fine print says “20mbps in select areas only” … useless!
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Grinhaze says:

14 years ago

nice one! marketing lang naman nila yan
David Z says:

14 years ago

Would you rather they even be “remotely honest” saying that, or they don’t say that at all yet not tell people how exactly this can potentially “benefit” them?

william cunanan says:

14 years ago

masmabilis pa 3g network ng globe kaysa sa 4g network ng smart. kasing bilis nga lang ng 2g network ng globe ang 3g network ng smart eh. ang nakakainis lang sa globe is yung capping nila. asar talaga un. sobrang liit ng bandwidth
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nyepri says:

14 years ago

Yung lumang service nga di totoo eh pano pa kaya yung bago.
Sana naman mag-tulungan yung mga telcos for the benefit of us.
Grabe sila manghuthot samin tapos bulok yung serbisyo nila.
Commong guys! :|
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arbee says:

14 years ago

i started using cellphones with Smart. I have tried switched to Sun and Globe now since, Smart may seem to have the widest coverage but Globe and Sun seems to beat them in most aspects of the customer satisfaction area.

But this would be great news if this pushes thru.
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Val says:

14 years ago

Wow, meron na palang LTE sa Manila? Hmmm
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The Truth says:

14 years ago

To all consumers, before buying this item please read that it is up to 20MBPS speed. It does not mean you will get a consistent speed of 20MBPS. To SMART, before releasing this old item from China, try to fix your connection first. Make it consistent and reliable.
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