MobileOne in tie-up with PLDT and Smart

Singapore’s third largest cellco MobileOne Asia (M1) confirmed today that it is entering into an agreement with Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) and Smart Communications, PLDT’s wholly-owned mobile unit. On Wednesday, PLDT spokesman Ramon Isberto said the deal is aimed at providing discount mobile services to Filipinos in Singapore through a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) venture with M1. He added that the contract with M1 will be similar to the agreement that PLDT made last year with Hong Kong’s CSL, a subsidiary of Australian telco Telstra, which allowed it to offer services to ex-pat Filipinos in Hong Kong. Further details of the new agreement will follow, M1 said.