Sun Cellular
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| Fate | Absorbed into Smart Communications |
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| Headquarters | Quezon City, Philippines |
Area served | Philippines |
Key people | Manuel V. Pangilinan, Chairman Orlando B Vea, President and CEO |
| Products | Voice SMS MMS Broadband services Value Added Services |
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| Owner | JG Summit Holdings (2003–2011) PLDT (2011–2022) |
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| Parent | Digital Telecommunications Philippines Smart Communications |
| Website | suncellular web |
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Digitel Mobile Philippines, Inc., doing business as Sun Cellular (or simply known as Sun), was a wholly owned subsidiary of Digital Telecommunications Philippines (Digitel), which in turn was owned by PLDT and is one of the Philippines' largest mobile telecommunications companies. It was established by Digitel in September 2001 to provide wireless public and private telecommunications services. Sun Cellular was known for introducing unlimited call and text services in the Philippines.
History
Early history
On August 7, 2000, Digitel was granted a permit by the NTC to establish and operate a Nationwide Cellular Mobile Telephone System (CMTS) using Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) and/or Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology. The following month, the company founded the Digitel Mobile Philippines, Inc. (DMPI) to assist in its wireless service.[citation needed]
On December 11, 2002, the government granted DMPI, through Republic Act No. 9180, the right to establish a permanent franchise to create and manage a wireless telecommunications service. DMPI launched its wireless service, known as Sun Cellular, on March 3, 2003. From mobile telephony, Sun Cellular expanded its services to voice, messaging and international roaming services, to wireless broadband and value-added services for consumers and businesses.[citation needed]
Acquisition by PLDT
In 2011, PLDT acquired Digitel, including Sun Cellular, from JG Summit Holdings. Although PLDT also owns Sun's former competitor Smart Communications, the two networks initially remained separate entities with completely independent mobile network infrastructure and corporate management structures.[citation needed]
On October 21, 2020, PLDT announced that Sun's prepaid service was integrated into Smart Prepaid, leaving its postpaid service under "Sun" branding.[2]
On April 25, 2022, Sun's postpaid service was merged with Smart Postpaid, resulting to the cessation of all Sun Postpaid plan and add-on offerings. Smart encouraged those planning to subscribe to Sun to instead take advantage of Smart Signature plans, while existing subscribers can either still use their current subscription plans or upgrade to Smart Signature.[3][4]
Awards
- Most Promising Telecom Service Provider in Asia Pacific award in the 2009 Frost & Sullivan ICT Award in Singapore.[5]
- The 2005 Silver Prize for Most Effective New Service Introduction and Top 25 Philippine Companies recognized by Business Mirror and Stern Steward & Co.[6]
- In 2011, Sun Cellular won the Philippines Mobile Service Provider of the Year from the Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Best Practices Awards in Singapore.[7]
References
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- ^ Sun Smart Company Profile retrieved May 5, 2020
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Smart completes rebranding of Sun Prepaid to Smart Prepaid". ABS-CBN News. October 21, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Smart - Better Means Smarter". smart.com.ph. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sun Postpaid to become Smart Postpaid starting April 25: Smart". ABS-CBN News. April 15, 2022. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sun - About Us". suncellular.com.ph. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sun - About Us". suncellular.com.ph. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
- ^ Sun Cellular - About Us retrieved October 31, 2013
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