Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) and Digitel Mobile Philippines, Inc. (DMPI) have opened their facilities in Cagayan Valley to the public for free mobile phone battery charging.

Commercial power in most parts of the province is still being restored amid damages to brought by Typhoon Vinta.

Affected residents can go to the telcos' cell sites in Gonzaga, Sta Ana, Sta Teresita, Buguey, Camalaniugan, Lallo, Allacapan, Sanchez Mira, Abulug, Pamplona-Bidduang.

Smart and DMPI are continuously monitoring closely the situation in those areas.