Quick Facts:

• Industry : Communication
• Company Size : Large

Smart Communications, Inc. (SMART) is the Philippines’ leading wireless services provider with 25 million subscribers on its GSM network as of end-June 2006, equivalent to approximately 58 percent market share.

A wholly owned subsidiary of the country’s dominant telecommunications carrier, the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), Smart operates a nationwide cellular network and a satellite phone service. It has the most extensive and modern digital communications GSM network and infrastructure in the country, covering over 99 percent of the population.

QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES, February 26, 2009. IT Group, Inc., an enabler and partner of businesses for service innovation, is proud to announce the completion and launch of a new website for SSI Group, Inc.

SSI Group, Inc. or SSI, is the leading retailer of luxury/upmarket fashion and lifestyle brands in the Philippines. It has the largest and choicest brand portfolio and the largest network of retail outlets all over the country—numbering over 50 brands, over 250 free standing and shop-in boutiques, totaling over 250,000 square feet of prime retail space. Early last year, the company decided to set up and develop its own presence on the Internet. It turned to IT Group for help.