Smart and Lynk Send Texts by Satellite in Catanduanes Pilot
ESTIMATED71% CONFIDENCEThe test is undated in every source (PNA[5] captions its photo 'in this undated photo'); PNA reports that PLDT[1]-Smart 'on Wednesday (Jan. 14, 2026) announced the success' of the pilot, so the pin is anchored to that announcement.
Smart texted between Catanduanes and Metro Manila and loaded its website through Lynk Global's low-orbit satellites, its first direct-to-device satellite test, from a coastal village in Pandan.
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