Isberto did not disclose the exact rates but revealed that there would be additional value in terms of new services such as special content and downloads.

'Smart is launching both on prepaid and postpaid,' he said. 'The bulk of our subscribers are on prepaid, so we want to make this available to our prepaid subscribers as well.'

In a recent press conference, Smart announced a list of its 3G services that allows users to do video streaming (conferencing) and watch TV programs on their existing 3G network.

Smart's 3G content service allows the video viewing of vehicular traffic along major roads in Metro Manila. Last March, Smart deployed five video cameras among its facilities in the metro'monitoring traffic along EDSA, Ayala Avenue, and others.