SMART offers “ultimate unlimited” calling
Smart Communications will start offering today their unlimited calling promo called SmarTalk. All SMART Buddy (prepaid) and SMART Gold (postpaid) subscribers will be able to enjoy 24 hours of non-stop calling (to those within the smart network only).
This is our way of helping out our subscribers in these difficult times and is our response to the government’s call for more affordable telecommunications services – Orlando B. Vea, Chief Wireless Advisor of SMART
So how do you use this unlimited call promo?
SMART subscribers will be able to avail of the service by purchasing loads for unlimited calls
- The first is Smartalk 100 which offers 5 days of unlimited calls to any subscriber on the SMART network anywhere in the country, at any time of the day – for only P100
- Then there’s Smartalk 500 which offers 30 days of unlimited calls to any subscriber on the SMART network for only P500.
How to subscribe:
- Prepaid users needs to load or have existing load of P101.00 or P501.00 depending on which one you would like to avail. However, postpaid subscribers will be charged on top of their monthly bill (or monthly service fee).
- Or, Postpaid and prepaid users can buy a Smartalk card at local retailers.
Then…
Send Talk100 or Talk500 to 6400.
How to make unlimited calls
When making a call using the Smartalk unlimited package, SMART Buddy subscribers just need to dial *6400 plus the 11-digit subscriber number being called, eg., *640009181234567.
Smart did not specify if the same procedure will be done for postpaid users.
This promo is valid until September 30, 2009.
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This is good news to all mobile phone users using the SMART network. Being able to call anytime you want as long as you want is a great relief to the consumers.
It is also timely that Smart launched this promo now that the telecom companies are under fire at the Philippine Senate for abuse (like over pricing of some sort).
SUN Cellular has been doing this type of service for years now and the problem with this is that the quality of the service suffers. Network congestion is imminent. I hope Smart can ensure that the there will be no delays in sending and receiving messages and no cut calls.
But wait, who will benefit from this promo? I think businesses and individuals who constantly needs to talk to their clients or customers. Normal or regular mobile phone users would mostly subscribe to the Smartalk 100 service for 5 days of unlimited calling but i’m sure that its not like unlimited texting where they will subscribe again and at once after the srvice expires.
What will be the answer of other Telcos with this new unlimited call promo from Smart?
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That’s right Bob. And unlike SUN where they really do have unlimited call plans, globe and smart can only give promos.
Thanks for the info that SUN has improved their service, at least in Davao City. 
I have always been a Smart loyal user and this is really great news! Sun has still to improve their service here in Iloilo. And Sun has still to convert me and my friends. But for now, we’re really happy about this promo! WoooT!
sana may cheaper plans than 100 for 5 days. like in my case, i would only need it for 1 day. kahit premium rate like up to 35, i’d pay pa rin for a 1 day unlimited.
don’t they have the 11pm-6am unlimited promo too ? was that smart nga ba ?
mary Jane! Thanks for dropping by!
Koya Jay! Honga eh… buti sana kung unlimited texting all day yan no? kahit yung 1 month kukunin talaga ng mga tao!
Pero koya you need it din diba? madami kang clients!
yehey,,
ang galing talaga ng smart,
maglilipatan nnman mga tao sa smart,
pinakamalakas pa nmn signal nila,,
yeppeee!!
i love SMART BUDDY na talaga! i love this unli call good for one month! sulit na sulit! hahaha…sana may unti text din na good for one month…kilan kaya yun???ganda cguro nun, unli call na unli text pa for one month!! sana forever na to!!hahahha …
It’s a great improvement actually. But I left Smart 4 years ago and have sticked to Globe. Now I’m using Sun. Calls are not of excellent quality but they’re okay and most of all, affordable for a student like me. But this new offer from Smart anyways is one big good move for the telecom industry in our country. 
smart promo? i try but it gives a bad service. all lines are busy and even you dont avail the promo still you get all lines are busy and network busy. smart promo is full of crap
yeah right! it isn’t a miracle at all. walang himala. when you register it says “we are not able to process your registration as of this time due to overwhelming availment of smart talk service.. please try again later..thank you” ;D
hahayyyyyy………… nakakapagod .. dial ng dial… si network busy naman ang sumasagot… ano ba to?…si network busy nlang kaya ang tawagan…para ang sumagot yung kakausapin mo talaga.. unli call nga pero … unli call naman yung network busy…hahahyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy…….period
well like everyone else here, that’s a great news. sana lang magtagal yung promo and meron 1 day unlicall hindi yung 11pm-6am. basta ako smart pa rin.. wala lang pahirapan sa pagregister. GO!!GO!! SMART!!
It’s really nice that they already have this promo. So immediately, after hearing it. I load up 100 and register on my phone. And sad to say, I wasted up the 24 hours UnliCall. Darn, it’s always NETWORK BUSY! I’m really disappointed. That’s why i called their representative, but still, it’s the same.. I’m from Metro Manila and signal is stable.. I will never register here.. As in.. I might change to Globe 
When i heard of this promo i bought a smart sim and tried to register. It took 24 hours before i got confirmation for Talk100. I tried to call and it says network busy, the smart customer service did nothing. For the biggest network in the country you’d think Smart would do something about their call capacity before they launch a promo like this. Ridiculous…
SMARTALK 100
Advantage
1. Unli Call
2. Sometimes you can talk for 30 mins before getting drop
3. Signal is good
Disadvantage
No Unli Text
SUN
Advantage
(Prepaid)
1. Unli call and Text (1month/1week/5days)
2. From 12:00am – 5:00pm, you can call easily and you can talk for more than 1 hour before getting drop (i got more than 2hours before getting drop)
(Postpaid)
1. Unli call and text
2. From 12:00am – 11:59pm, you can call easily
Disadvantage
(Prepaid)
1. Some areas have weak signal but it’s improving
2. From 5:00pm to 12:00am, you can talk only for 15 mins then you get dropped and you have to wait for 30mins – 1hour before you can call again.
(Postpaid)
1. You have to pay 350 monthly but it’s better than the prepaid 450.
2. Some areas have weak signal but it’s improving
SMARTALK 100
Disadvantage
1. No Unli Text
2. Registration will take you a whole day
3. Sometimes you can’t call because of network busy
nka pasok po ako sa unlimited call kgabe,,pro kaninang umga mga 8 am,,bigla nlng naputol ang pagamit kc,,biglang nwala ang cignal tsaka pagbalik ng cignal hindi na po ako makatawag,,palagi nlng ms bebeep,,anu po va nangyari sa smart ngayon?
pangit ang unli call sa smart,pag register palang hirap na,o.k lang kung first time mong magpa unli pasok agad pero kung pangalawa na,grabeh puro unavailable yong e reply sau,and din pagdating sa call bc pa lagi ang network…hahay…mabuti pa ang sun…
Dont ever avail of the SMART Unlimited call promo.
You will just waste your money.
You will pay 500 pesos for a month of limited use of a supposedly unlimited call.
The network will just fool you around like Sun Cellular.
When you register in their unlimited call … for prepaid, you would input *6400 before the smart number … if you use this feature, it will be very difficult to have a connection. It would say that the network is busy or it would just not connect. You could try for 5 times or more but it would not just connect. If you don’t use the *6400 and just dial directly the smart number, it will connect more easily but you will be charged by the minute again instead of the unlimited smart to smart calls.
It is not smart to use the smart unlimited call. It is such a waste of money.
This should also be investigated by the Senate. A lot of people will be fooled and waste their money if they would discover the poor service once already enrolled and paid for the service.
A lot of people could have availed of the service making their network congested. But why offer the promo when the network could not handle a bulk of consumers?
If they offered the promo to the public, only a limited number of consumers should have been allowed to avail the promo that could not compromise their service.
A one day availment of the promo should have been offered to see if the service is ok so that once they know that the service is not good, they will not continue availing the product. It is a waste of money availing a 5 day promo and paying it only to discover during the first day that the service is not good and could not refund what you have paid for the next few days that was not yet used. Worse for those who availed and registered for the 30 days and paid 500 pesos already.
TAMA NA ANG PANLOLOKO SA TAO!
ALAM NAMAN NILA NA MANGYAYARI ETO. ALAM NILA NA ANG KANILANG NETWORK AY HINDI CAPABLE NG BULK CALLS NGUNIT IBINENTA PA RIN NILA SA MGA TAO!
Dapat sa mga ito ikulong dahilan sa panloloko!
—Jojo Torres
hi,
i recently activated my SMART TALK and loaded 500. I can say is that yeah, the service is not yet perfect yet, i got network busy during peak hours. Before, i even get crossed lines but you can notice that they are improving. I didnt exprience it since then when they completely shut down the service for 30 mins. They see business on this.
TANGINA NYO SMART TEL. SAYANG LNG REGISTRATION KO, NI ISANG TAWAG D WALA, LAGING NETWORK BUSY, PUTANG INA NYO!!
hayyyyooooooooooooppppppppppp, mga TUPA NA NAGBABALAT KAYO.
DAPAT SA INYO ILAGAY SA Large Hadron Collider, NG MKITA NYO SI LORD
smart subscriber aq since nagkacp aq..pero bkit ganun?di aq mkapasok sa UNLICALL 5 days..ilang bese aqng nagtry?
here’s my # 09076578895..
im hating this unli call i am never registered i had to register for so long for 3 days still not registered…this is a lie….i hate this….
taena! nag pa load ako ng 115 tapos nag register ako sa TALK100 amff. di ako mkpag register, ilang araw ako nag try, amf tpos napadalhan pa ako ng spam txt ng smart na tone nkainan ako ng 30 load tpos 2mawag ako sa wlang kwntang customer service representative nla, amf mukhang ako pa yta may kasalanan. bobo yta un eh, di daw ako mpapadlhan ng tone msg kung di daw ako nag subscribe sbi ko sa knya pag spam txt khit di ka nag subscribe bsta under ka ng network mapapadalhan ka pa din.bobo tlga! tpos ill ask bkit mhrap makapag register sa TALK100, dming tanong ng CSR nila ng wla nman kinalaman, kunwari lng na alam nila pero ang problem is sa network nila, sasabhin “ginawana na nmen kau ng report sir at ifforward na nmen sa technical team” amfputer 3 times ako 2mwag puro ganon sinabi tpos di pa cla mkpag bgay ng specific date kung kelan mag tatake effect ung sinasabi nilang “ACTION” , wlang wenta tlga! pag 2mtwag ako kala nila mauubeng nila ko sa mga pasikot sikot nila, haha! I.T. din kc ako, emff nman “WAG AKO IBA NA LNG” and then ive decided to register na lng ng unlitxt para mgamit ko ung load ko! bka kc ma expire eh! putek kau smart !
ngayon globe nman daw nag offer na rin ng free call…
abangan bka may bgong tricks n nman parehas sa smart…hehehe
HAYOP ANG SMART.. WLANGYA MANLOKO NG TAO… D NMN TOTOO YAN,… NILOLOKO LNG KMI NI CRIS AT BABY JAMES.. TANG INA MO SMART… BOBO HAYOP.. MGGLOBE TAU..
GLOBE CONNECTED MY GCASH PA. EH SMART? SAMRT PADALA PANGMAHIRAP…
GLOBE NA TAYO MGA KAPUSO…
HAYOP ANG SMART.. WLANGYA MANLOKO NG TAO… D NMN TOTOO YAN,… NILOLOKO LNG KMI NI CRIS AT BABY JAMES.. TANG INA MO SMART… BOBO HAYOP.. MGGLOBE TAU..
GLOBE CONNECTED MY GCASH PA. EH SMART? SMART PADALA PANGMAHIRAP…
GLOBE NA TAYO MGA KAPUSO…
hoy tangina nio tanggalin nio n yan walang kwenta!! di ako makaregister mga hudas kauuuuuu!! sayang 100 ko!! mga baluga kau mas maganda pren sun khit mhrap signal hehehehehe!!!
ala wenta nmn oH! hirap magregister anu kya un…
wag n kyong mag promo kung ganyan lng din…
pauso kyo n wla nmng silbi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@heavenscent- did you know that the Consumer group Consumer Complaints Center, Inc. has filed a complaint with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) against Smart Communications, Inc.’s promo “Smartalk,” calling it “deceptive” and “confusing.” Consumer Complaints Center President Vicente F. Gambito said his group has been receiving complaints about smartalk on the supposed poor service of the unlimited voice call promo smartalk. Mr. Gambito claimed the service bogged down during the first two weeks of implementation of smartalk, and that the *6400 service was unavailable for reasons such as the “phone was unattended” or “phone is outside of the coverage area”, but a connection could be made to an non Smartalk number using a regular call without the use of the prefix *6400 of smartalk. Also, attempts to subscribe to Smartalk during the period only resulted in receiving delayed messages saying the promo was unavailable at the time the registration was made.
no wonder for smart!laging palpak!
Shit ba’t ganun ? tang ina ninyo gagawa kayo ng unlimited call tapos wala naman kwenta pag nag reg. ka na ang tagal futa ina nyo ulit
Smart is a blood sucking company, they should be penalized for this false advertisement, imagine how many people have been victimized by this SUCKERS!!!pity to those victims!good thing im not a smart subscriber.
um, in my case the line is good. i’m registered in a 3-month long UNLI CALL service because the postpaid subscribers who availed via registration will automatically be renewed every month for 90-days.
POST PAID ADV.
*there’s no need to add *6400 before the 11-digit mobile number
*line is good
(pangmayaman lang kasi toh. ehe. JAWK. peace everyone)
i’ve been registered to smartalk500…but i cant use it! ano ba naman yan ! please naman,ayusin nyo to…eveytime i tried to call,they sent me message telling that my acccunt is not allowed to use the smartalk…ds is my no..+639394078333..thank you.
i definitely agree to Mr. Jojo Torres..
He said..
Dont ever avail of the SMART Unlimited call promo.
You will just waste your money.
You will pay 500 pesos for a month of limited use of a supposedly unlimited call.
The network will just fool you around like Sun Cellular.
When you register in their unlimited call … for prepaid, you would input *6400 before the smart number … if you use this feature, it will be very difficult to have a connection. It would say that the network is busy or it would just not connect. You could try for 5 times or more but it would not just connect. If you don’t use the *6400 and just dial directly the smart number, it will connect more easily but you will be charged by the minute again instead of the unlimited smart to smart calls.
It is not smart to use the smart unlimited call. It is such a waste of money.
This should also be investigated by the Senate. A lot of people will be fooled and waste their money if they would discover the poor service once already enrolled and paid for the service.
A lot of people could have availed of the service making their network congested. But why offer the promo when the network could not handle a bulk of consumers?
If they offered the promo to the public, only a limited number of consumers should have been allowed to avail the promo that could not compromise their service.
A one day availment of the promo should have been offered to see if the service is ok so that once they know that the service is not good, they will not continue availing the product. It is a waste of money availing a 5 day promo and paying it only to discover during the first day that the service is not good and could not refund what you have paid for the next few days that was not yet used. Worse for those who availed and registered for the 30 days and paid 500 pesos already.
TAMA NA ANG PANLOLOKO SA TAO!
ALAM NAMAN NILA NA MANGYAYARI ETO. ALAM NILA NA ANG KANILANG NETWORK AY HINDI CAPABLE NG BULK CALLS NGUNIT IBINENTA PA RIN NILA SA MGA TAO!
Dapat sa mga ito ikulong dahilan sa panloloko!
—Jojo Torres
nakakainis!!!!!!!SANA HINDI NA LANG AKO NAGPAREGISTER SA PROMO NA TO! PALAGI NA LANG “ALL LINES ARE BUSY NOW,PLS TRY YOUR CALL LATER! SAYANG LANG ANG 500 KO! WALANG KWENTA ANG PROMO NA TO…!
smart walang kwenta, di ako makapagregister ng unli call.. kainis.. 4 days na akong nagreregister din pa rin makapasok.. ahoi, baguhin nyo na sistema nyo, ampangit.. di kayo nagkakalayo sa gobyerno..bulok!!
I’ve been with Smart for almost 8 years and 2 years with SUN but all i can say is, don’t try the smart unli call. Thier service is not good. If you want unli call and text go for the SUN. They have a great service than any network.
Best pa rin and SUN sa lahat although i still have my smart.
amfufu naman., nag-paload pa mandin ako ng 130 tapos sobrang hirap mag-register hayz!, lagi nalang sorry request cannot be processed.. waaahh bakit lagi nalang ganun., tapos kapag nakapag-register rin aside from mahirap maka-connect lagi xang na-cucut every 10mins.. hay naku! yoko na…
mas maganda talaga globe sa smart….
hmm.. dpat wla ng additional numbers lyk “+6400″ to mke free col.. pra mas convenient.. and it shud be one week pra maximize.
bakit smart buddy lang pede mag smart talk,,panu nman kaming mag talk n text subscriber,,,unfair namn smart din namn kami…huhh
I’ve been using Sun for about 6 months now. The service is excellent, although I would imagine that when you get outside major metro areas it is probably not as good. But, as far as the quality of the calls on the network, it is just as good as Smart or Globe. It is very rare that I cannot get through because the network is busy. This was a problem a few years ago, but I don’t experience that now.
Nice thing on Sun is that you can call or text for P450/mo. From what you say here, it would seem that you still have to pay extra for texting on Smart?