Smart Communications expanded direct-to-device satellite service testing to Batangas province with Lynk Global. The Philippine operator is the mobile unit of PLDT, and the Batangas move follows earlier pilot activity in Catanduanes and Ilocos Norte this year.
Test geography now includes Batangas
The latest expansion adds another Philippine province to the test footprint. Batangas is in the Philippines, and the claims do not say whether the testing uses the same conditions or service scope as the earlier pilots.
Lynk Global remains the satellite partner
Smart Communications is partnering with Lynk Global on the direct-to-device tests. That is the only commercial relationship disclosed in the claim list, and it is enough to show this is not a standalone field trial by the mobile unit.
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For operators and satellite vendors watching direct-to-device work in the region, this is another province-level test expansion rather than a commercial launch. The disclosed sequence matters: Smart and Lynk started in Catanduanes and Ilocos Norte, and Batangas is the next named location.