Smart sees mobile gamers benefiting from 5G
ATHLETES from the country’s first and only franchisebased eSports league The Nationals joined the country’s first 5G-powered eSports exhibition match at the PLDT Headquarters in Makati City recently.
Armed with the latest 5G handsets, athletes from PLDT-Smart Omega and Cignal Ultra Warriors battled it out on Mobile Legends using Smart’s 5G network. Showcased during the event were the Huawei Mate 5G, Oppo Reno 5G and ZTE Axion 5G handsets.
Smart is also set to deploy indoor 5G coverage to support the training grounds of various eSports teams under The Nationals.
This comes at the heels of the country’s successful eSports debut at the 30th Southeast Asian Games where the country bagged several gold medals in various eSports events in Dota 2, Mobile Legends and StarCraft 2.
“We have always been a staunch supporter of this growing industry, and part of this commitment is making the best of our technologies available for the advancement of eSports in the country,” PLDT Chief
Revenue Officer, and Smart President and CEO Alfredo Panlilio said.
In the SEA Games, Smart partnered with the national eSports team Sibol and offered incentives for gold medalists. PLDT and Smart also mounted a special 5G showcase at New Clark City to demonstrate to Filipino fans the exciting new applications by 5G.
“5G is very promising and I am very excited to know that it will be promising for The Nationals. The athletes would surely love the lower latency which would allow them to maximize their response times and teams will benefit from other use cases like instant download of replays and access of VODs for their reviews and strategy phases,”The Nationals Commissioner Darren Vitug said.