SMART Brings You Closer to Your K-Life with KCON:TACT 3 on March 20 to 28

One of the world’s largest K-Culture events is coming back to Filipino K-Culture fans as mobile services provider Smart Communications, Inc. is bringing the KCON:TACT 3 virtual festival from March 20 to 28, 2021 via GigaFest.Smart.

KCON:TACT 3 is a K-Culture and pop music celebration featuring nine days of Korean content with live concerts and meet and greets with dozens of K-Pop artists.

Live Giga with KCON:TACT 3

Smart continues to let you live big with your passion for all things hallyu, your Smart K-Life, as you stan your favorite K-Pop idols, catch their performances, and get up close with their meet and greet sessions by simply visiting GigaFest.Smarton your mobile browser.

During the festival, you can go all out by turning on your light sticks, dancing to the hits of your idols, and connecting with fellow fans not just from around the country but also from all over the world.

Feel the excitement from concerts and meet and greets with the hottest K-Pop acts such as AB6IX, A.C.E, ATEEZ, BTOB, Dreamcatcher, ENHYPEN, HyunA, iKON, ITZY, JESSI, JO1, KANGDANIEL, LEE JIN HYUK, LOONA, MAMAMOO, OH MY GIRL, P1Harmony, SF9, Stray Kids, SUNMI, THE BOYZ, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, TOO and WOODZ (CHO SEUNG YOUN).

Simply turn on your mobile device and go to GigaFest.Smart, click on KCON:TACT 3 to watch them live starting March 20 to 28, 2021 at 8PM Philippine Time.

Share your one-of-a-kind K-Pop Fan Experience

Experience KCON, the world’s biggest K-Culture festival, online! KCON:TACT is the first-ever online K-Culture festival that connects the world. First launched in June 2020, KCON:TACT will celebrate its third season! Concerts and Meet & Greets which will get you to the KCON world tour in advance, whole new virtual stadium contents V DIUM, KCON STUDIO which is a collaboration of artists and influencers introduce K-Culture.

Be sure to register to Free Stories For All on the GigaLife app so you have more than enough data to post and share your favorite moments from the virtual festival. Free Stories For All gives subscribers an extra 1 GB for Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, and Twitter with every registration to any GIGA Stories offer, just dial *123# or access the GigaLife app and choose Free Stories.

Most extensive 5G coverage

The next evolution of wireless communications, 5G offers significantly faster speeds and ultra-low latency, making it possible to stream ultra-HD videos without buffering, download and upload heavy files in seconds, and play high-bandwidth games without lag. It also provides a new platform that will unlock possibilities for groundbreaking digital experiences and services.

As part of its ongoing nationwide rollout, Smart has fired up more than 2,000 5G sites across the country – the most extensive coverage in the Philippines. Smart is also planning to grow its 5G base stations by over 3,800 this year.

Smart 5G recently went live in Benguet, Misamis Oriental, and Zamboanga Sibugay.

Leader in 5G

Smart is at the forefront of the 5G revolution in the country as the first Philippine telco to launch 5G services nationwide last July in Metro Manila, and strategic areas in Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao.

Smart is also the first local telco to launch Signature 5G Plans, which are specially designed with generous data allocations so customers can make the most of the ultrafast Smart 5G.

Country's fastest mobile data network

Smart 5G complements Smart’s continuous expansion of its 4G/LTE network. Smart’s mobile network is already the fastest in the country, as reported by third-party mobile internet analytics firm Ookla® and Opensignal.

Ookla, the global leader in internet testing and analysis, named Smart as the country’s fastest mobile data network in the second half of 2020 after it achieved a Speed Score™ of 24.99, with average speeds of 20.08 Mbps for download, and 7.42 Mbps for upload, based on 3,915,679 user-initiated tests taken with Speedtest®. Ookla has also cited Smart as the country's fastest mobile data network for three years in a row now*.

On the other hand, Opensignal, an independent mobile analytics firm, noted in its November 2020 Mobile Network Experience Report for the Philippines** that Smart remained ahead of the competition in terms of Video Experience, Upload and Download Speed Experience, 4G Availability, and 4G Coverage Experience.

To know more about Smart 5G, visit 5g.smart and follow Smart’s official accounts on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.