Smart Communications Inc. said it will used 5G technology to broadcast the start of the Philippine  Basketball Association (PBA) All-Filipino Cup this Sunday, October 11, in Clark Freeport in Pampanga.

With its fiber-like speeds on mobile devices, Smart 5G will make it so much simpler and more efficient to capture and broadcast all the hardcourt action. As a result, fans can expect to watch more angles and content on their favorite teams and players.

Smart 5G will also power ball-tracking cameras and even enable heat-sensing cameras to constantly monitor the health and safety of all the members of the 12-team league and the working teams behind the PBA.  Media and bloggers covering the games inside the bubble can reach more audience powered by Smart 5G.

“Both technology and basketball are in the DNA of Smart. In this unprecedented PBA league, we are bringing these two together with the country’s first ever 5G-powered sports broadcast, paving the way for new exciting experiences for organizers, players, and fans of the sport,” said PLDT-Smart Chairman Manny V. Pangilinan.

Smart recently became the first mobile services provider in the country to roll out Smart 5G sites in key locations nationwide as it gears 

up to turn the Philippines into a ‘Smart 5G country.’

All Smart Prepaid and Postpaid subscribers can now experience fiber-like speeds on their 5G-certified devices at Smart 5G sites in Makati Central Business District (CBD), Bonifacio Global City CBD, Araneta City, Mall of Asia Bay Area, North Avenue in Quezon City, Taft Avenue in Manila, Ortigas CBD, EDSA, New Clark City in Pampanga.

Smart 5G sites are also live in strategic locations in the cities of Manila, Quezon City, Makati, Taguig, Pasig, Mandaluyong, Marikina, Parañaque, Valenzuela, Caloocan, Navotas, San Juan, and Pasay and in the provinces of Boracay, Cavite, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo Laguna, and Rizal.