Listed below are the prices of unlimited text promos offered by Globe, Smart, Sun Celluar, Touch Mobile, Talk ‘N Text, and Red Mobile. For as low as Php 4.00, you can subscribe to an unlimited text promo good for 1 day. ?While the lowest priced combo of unlimited call and text is priced at Php 20.00 for 1 day.

For more information on how to subscribe to these promos, read more prepaid unlimited text offers?listed after the table. You can also check out the company’s website for other promos.

Red Mobile

Php 4 – Unlimited text to Red for 1 day.

TU4 to 9949

Php 28 – Unlimited text to Red for 7 days.

TU28 to 9949

Php 120 – Unlimited text to Red for 30 days.

TU120 to 9949

Php 8 – Unlimited call and text to Red for 1 day.

CTU8 to 9949

Php 56 – Unlimited call and text to Red for 7 days.

CTU56 to 9949

Php 240 – Unlimited call and text to Red for 30 days.

CTU240 to 9949

Talk ‘N Text

Php 20 -?UNLITXT 2ALL 20. Unlimited text to all networks for 1 day.

UA20 to 4545

Php 20 -?UNLITXT20PLUS. Unlimited texts to TNT/Smart and?10-minutes call to TNT/Smart for 1 day. To call dial *4546 +11 digit TNT/Smart number.

GU20 to 4545

Php 30 – UNLITXT30PLUS. Unlimited texts to TNT/Smart and?20-minutes call to TNT/Smart for 1 day. To call dial *4546 +11 digit TNT/Smart number.

GU30 to 4545

Php 150 – UNLITXT150. Unlimited text to TNT/Smart for 30 days.

U150 to 4545

Php 100 – UNLITalk Plus. Unlimited call (from 10pm to 5pm) and unlimited text to TNT/Smart for 5 days. To call, dial *4547 + 11-digit Talk N’ Text or Smart number.

T100 to 4547

Touch Mobile

Php 10 – ASTIGTXT10. Unlimited text to TM/Globe for 1 day.

ASTIGTXT10 to 8888

Php 15 – ASTIGTXT15. Unlimited text to TM/Globe for 2 days.

ASTIGTXT15 to 8888

Php 20 – UNLI Call & Text 20. Unlimited call (from 10pm to 5pm) and text to TM/Globe for 1 day.

UNLICOMBO to 2824

Php 100 – UNLI Call & Text 100.?Unlimited call (from 10pm to 5pm)?and text to TM/Globe for 7 days.

UNLICOMBO100 to 2824

Sun Cellular

Php 10 – Winner Txt 10. Unlimited text to Sun for 1 day.

WIN10 to 247

Php 50 -?Text Unlimited 50. Unlimited text to Sun for 7 days.

TU50 to 247

Php 150 -?Text Unlimited 150. Unlimited text to Sun for 30 days.

TU150 to 247

Php 20 -?TEXTALL20. Unlimited text to all networks for 1 day. (Added September 14, 2011)

UTEXTALL20 to 247

Php 25 -?Super Loaded 25. Unlimited call and text to Sun for 1 day.

CTU25 to 247

Php 150 – Super Loaded 150. Unlimited call and text to Sun for 7 days.

CTU150 to 247

Php 450 -?Super Loaded 450. Unlimited call and text to Sun for 30 days.

CTU450 to 247

Smart Communications

Php 25 – LAHATxt Unli 25. Unlimited text to all networks for 1 day. Promo runs from July 29, 2011 to November 30, 2011

LTU25 to 2266

Php 25 – Smartalk Unli Call & Text 25. Unlimited call and text to?Smart/TNT/Red for 1 day.?To call, dial *6406 + 11-digit Smart/TNT/red #.

UNLI25 to 6406

Php 150 – Smartalk?Unli Call & Text 150. Unlimited call and text to?Smart/TNT/Red for 7 days.?To call, dial *6406 + 11-digit Smart/TNT/red #.

UNLI150 to 6406

Php 299 -?Smartalk?Unli Call & Text 100. Unlimited call and text to?Smart/TNT/Red for 15 days.?To call, dial *6406 + 11-digit Smart/TNT/red #.

UNLI299 to 6406

Globe Telecom

Php 25 -?SUPERUNLI ALLTXT 25.?Unlimited text to all networks for 1 day. Promo runs from July 16 to September 30, 2011

UALLPLUS25 to 8888

Php 25 – SUPERUNLI CALL & TEXT 25. Unlimited call and text to Globe/TM for 1 day. Promo is extended until September 30, 2011

SUPERUNLI25 to 8888

Php 150 -?SUPERUNLI CALL & TEXT 150.?Unlimited call and text to Globe/TM?for 7 days.?Promo is extended until September 30, 2011

SUPERUNLI150 to 8888

Do you want to know which mobile phone number belongs to which network? Below is a list of mobile number prefixes used by Globe, Smart, Sun Cellular, Red Mobile, Talk ‘N Text, and Touch Mobile. This list is useful for those who often subscribe to unlimited text or call services.

Mobile phone area codes in the Philippines are composed of three digits and always start with the number 9. Originally, there were only three prefixes or area codes used for mobile phones: 917 for Globe Telecom, 918 for Smart Communications and 973 for Express Telecom, the three existing mobile companies at the time. As service grew rapidly throughout the 1990s and even until today, existing codes have been exhausted and new codes have been added to fulfill demand. [Source: Wikipedia]

Sun Cellular, a subsidiary of Gokongwei-owned?Digital Telecommunications Inc (Digitel), was the first telecom to hit 1 million in postpaid subscriptions.

As of June 2010, Ayala-owned Globe Telecom had 909,000 postpaid subscribers. Meanwhile, PLDT group’s wireless unit, Smart Communications had a total of 439,844 postpaid?subscribers?for the first half of 2010.

“We achieved this never-before-attained milestone only seven years from start up and with our rivals enjoying a ten-year headstart. We are getting seven out of every ten new postpaid subscribers,” said Charles Lim, Sun Cellular business unit CEO.

Sun Cellular, which started commercial operations in 2003, has already covered the whole country with almost 7,000 cell sites.?Sun Cellular has been offering unlimited postpaid plans for as low as Php 350/month since 2005. The plan includes unlimited call and text?privileges.

Sun Cellular pioneered the unlimited service in the country. Its rivals had followed suit but offered them only as promos. Sun Cellular’s unlimited service is a product in itself, which means it is a permanent offering. [Source]

Pinoy Bingo Night, which originated from America’s National Bingo Night, is the newest game show of ABS-CBN hosted by Ms. Kris Aquino.

Everyday, 200 studio audiences, called as Bingoers, will play and compete against the Solo Studio contestatant. The Bingoers can win 50,000 pesos for every game, while the Solo Studio contestant can win up to 1 million pesos. Home viewers will also have a chance to play either as Home Player or Text Player and can win 200,000 pesos.

To join as texter, text

PBN <last name>,<first name>/<age>/<gender>/<address> to 2366

P2.50/txt for Globe, TM,  Smart, Talk and Text
P2/txt for Sun Cellular

Sun Cellular’s Call and Text International SIM allows anyone to text their loved ones abroad for only P1 per text message.

This SMS rate applies to 20 countries namely: USA, Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Macau, Japan, Qatar, Brunei, Guam, Hawaii, Oman, Cayman Island, Cyprus, Turkey, Northern Marianas Island, Jamaica, Bahamas & Puerto Rico.

Image souce: Promdi Tarlac

Cebu Pacific (CEB), the low fare leader in the local aviation industry is the first local airline to introduce E-ticketing and TxtCEB (booking through SMS) in the country.

TxtCEB allows anyone to get updates on Cebu Pacific‘s special flights and promos or book a Cebu Pacific flight through their cellphones (domestic bookings only). To start, here’s how:

For Globe, Touch Mobile subscribers, text

CEB FLIGHT or CEB HELP and send to 2982.

For Smart, Talk N’ Text and Addict Mobile subscribers, text

CEB to 2952

For Sun Cellular subscribers, text

CEB or CEB HELP and send to 2982

Then follow the SMS prompts. It only takes a minimum of 5 SMS messages to book a Cebu Pacific flight. You will be charged a minimal amount per text message received; P2.50 for Globe, Touch Mobile, Smart, Talk ‘N Text and Addict Mobile and P2.00 for Sun Cellular subscribers. Confirmed bookings cannot be paid via SMS. You still have to pay over the counter at any Cebu Pacific ticket office. You will be charged the fare confirmed by txtCEB at the date of ticket purchase.

The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has picked Globe Telecom Inc. as the most reliable and efficient mobile phone service provider in Metro Manila, based on their benchmarking study.

Tests were conducted last year (Sept. 17 to Oct. 6, 2008) by NTC engineers on three cellular service operators, namely Smart Communications, Globe Telecom, and Sun Cellular to measure the quality of services rendered. They made 2,475 network-to-network calls per operator in 13 Metro Manila cities, as part of the tests.

Three areas were reviewed namely network accessibility (circuit switch), service accessibility (telephony), and call completion rate circuit switch (telephony), to measure the quality of service indicators.

Network accessibility (Circuit Switch). All three got perfect scores.
Globe 100%
Smart 100%
Sun 100%

Service Accessibility (Telephony). Globe got the highest mark.
Globe 97.98%
Smart 96.24%
Sun 83.02%

Call Completion Rate Circuit Switch (Telephony). Globe and Smart tied at 98.55%.
Globe 98.55%
Smart 98.55%
Sun 97.65%

Signal Strength
Smart 91.81%
Globe 86.58%
Sun 84.48%

Signal Quality
Globe 93.79%
Smart 93%
Sun 84.47%

Hand Over Success Rate
Smart 99.03%
Globe 98.27%
Sun 96.72%

Call Set-up Time (based on the 2,475 sample calls)
Globe 97.29%
Smart 95.76%
Sun 80.12%

In terms of blocked and dropped calls, a lower percentage is desirable to ensure higher quality of service and therefore, the operator with a lower percentage was given a higher ranking.

Blocked Calls (based on the 2,475 sample calls). Blocked calls are failed connection to the network due to unavailability of signal.
Globe 49 (1.99%)
Smart 93 (3.79%)
Sun 779 (17.05%)

Dropped Calls (based on the 2,475 sample calls). A call is considered dropped when the signal has been cut just a few seconds upon connection.
Globe 35 (1.42%)
Smart 35 (1.42%)
Sun 48 (1.95%)

Under the NTC’s circular on service performance standards for CMTS, the allowable drop call rate is 5 percent. NTC also noted that blocked and dropped calls are caused by network congestion and system failure.

Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to post an update message just as you would in an instant messaging client. These updates (otherwise known as tweets), are text-based posts that can only be 140 characters in length.

Plurk is similar to Twitter only that your updates (called plurks) and your friends’ are arranged in a timeline so your friends can easily view and comment on them. Plurks can be posted with qualifiers, which are one-word verbs used to represent a thought (ex. “feels”, “thinks”, “loves”, etc.). Its like an instant messenger / social networking / forum / micro-blogging service rolled into one.

An easier way to update your Plurk and Twitter is to use SMS or text messaging.

To start plurking via SMS, sign up first at phplurk.com. Then, register your PLURK account to their gateway by sending:

PREG <plurk username> <password>

To update your timeline, send either

PLURK <your update>

or

PLURK <qualifier> <your update>

Valid qualifiers:

loves, likes, shares, gives, hates, wants, wishes, has, will, asks, was, feels, thinks, says, is

mahal, ipinamamahagi, nagbibigay, kinasusuklam, gusto, naghahangad, nagtatanong, nararamdaman, iniisip, sinasabi, ay

To start twitting via SMS, sign up first at phtwitters.com. Then, register your TWITTER account to phtwitters.com, by sending:

REG <twitter username> <password>

To update your timeline, send

TWIT <your update>

To send a direct message, text

TWITD <username> <your message>

The gateway numbers to send to:

GLOBE – +63-916-4967171
SMART – +63-929-3632359
Update: SUN CELLULAR – +63-923-8852052

Sun Cellular

Call & Text Combo 10
10mins. of Sun-to-Sun calls
40 Sun-to-Sun texts
10 texts to other networks
valid for 1 day

CTC 10 and send to 223

Call & Text Combo 20
25mins. of Sun-to-Sun calls
80 Sun-to-Sun texts
25 texts to other networks
valid for 1 day

CTC 20 and send to 223

Text Unlimited 20
Unlimited Sun-to-Sun texting
valid for 2 days

TU 20 to 247

Text Unlimited 50
Unlimited Sun-to-Sun texting
1 hour voice calls
valid for 7 days

TU 50 to 247

Text Unlimited 150
Unlimited Sun-to-Sun texting
4 hours voice calls
valid for 30 days

TU 150 to 247

Globe Telecom

Unlimited Globe-to-Globe and Globe-to-Touch Mobile texting

Unlimited All Day Texting
Php 20 – unlimited texting for 1 day (until Oct 21, 2008)

Text UNLITXT20 to 2870

Php 40 – unlimited texting for 2 days (until Oct 21, 2008)

Text UNLITXT40 to 2870

Php 80 – unlimited texting for 5 days (until Oct 21, 2008)

Text UNLITXT80 to 2870

Unlimited Daytime Texting (8am to 4:59pm)
Php 15 – unlimited texting for 1 day (until Oct 21, 2008)

Text UNLITXTD15 to 2870

Php 30 – unlimited texting for 2 days (until Oct 21, 2008)

Text UNLITXTD30 to 2870

Unlimited Nighttime Texting (10pm to 7:59pm)
Php 10 – unlimited texting for 1 day (until Oct 21, 2008)

Text UNLITXTN10 to 2870

Php 20 – unlimited texting for 2 days (until Oct 21, 2008)

Text UNLITXTN20 to 2870

DTI# 2374 series of 2008

Smart Communications

ALLTEXT UNLI25
P25 = Unlimited texts SMART to SMART/Talk ‘N Text
& 10 texts to other networks
Promo runs until October 31, 2008.
Per DTI- NCR Permit No. 1920, Series of 2008

UNLI25 to 258

ALLTEXT 20
P20 = 100 texts SMART to SMART/Talk ‘N Text
& 10 texts to other networks
Promo runs until October 31, 2008.
Per DTI-NCR Permit No. 1918, Series of 2008.

Text AT20 to 2827

ALLTEXT 40
P40 = 200 texts SMART to SMART/Talk ‘N Text
& 20 texts to other networks
Promo runs until October 31, 2008.
Per DTI-NCR Permit No. 2046, Series of 2008.

Text AT40 to 2827

ALLTEXT50
P50 = 300 texts SMART to SMART/Talk ‘N Text
& 30 texts to other networks
Promo runs until October 31, 2008.
Per DTI-NCR Permit No. 2046, Series of 2008.

Text AT50 to 2827

I have compiled a list of local TV game shows in the Philippines that allow local viewers’ participation via text. I noticed that most of them are from ABS-CBN’s.

1 vs 100. To register to become a studio contestant, text

MOB <name/age/gender/address/landline number> to 2366 (Globe, TM, Sun Cellular, Php 2.50/text) or 231 (Smart, Talk n Text, Addict Mobile, Php 2.00/text)

Go Bingo. Requires a ‘Go Bingo scratch card’ to join as homepartner.

GOBINGO <unique textart 1-50> <code> / <name age gender address> to 2344 (Globe, TM, Sun Cellular, Php 2.50/text) or 367 (Smart, Talk n Text, Addict Mobile, Php 2.00/text)

Kapamilya, Deal or No Deal

To register to become a studio contestant, text

DEAL <name/age/gender/address/landline number> to 2331 (Globe, TM, Sun Cellular, Php 2.50/text) or 231 (Smart, Talk n Text, Addict Mobile, Php 2.00/text)

To join Deal or No Deal as homepartner, text

ABS DEAL to 2366, if you think the banker’s final offer is higher than the amount in the chosen briefcase. (For Globe subscribers only, Php 15/download)

If you think otherwise, text

ABS NODEAL to 2366 (For Globe subscribers only, Php 15/download)

When joining as home partner, texters will be asked to register to earn an entry and qualify for the text promo.

DEAL REG <name/age/gender/address> to 2366 (For Globe subscribers only)

Pilipinas, Game KNB? To register to become a studio contestant, text

GKNB STUDIO <name/age/address> to 2331 (Globe, TM, Sun Cellular, Php 2.50/text) or 231 (Smart, Talk n Text, Addict Mobile, Php 2.00/text)

Taktak Mo o Tatakbo (Eat Bulaga segment). To join as homepartner, text

EB <letter of answer> / <name age gender address> to 2344 (For Globe subscribers only, Php 2.50/text)

The Singing Bee. To join as homepartner, text

BEE <letter of answer> to 2366 (For Globe subscribers only, Php 15/download)

Whammy! Push Your Luck. To join as homepartner, text

PLAY to 4627 (Globe, TM, Sun Cellular, Php 2.50/text) or 367 (Smart, Talk n Text, Addict Mobile, Php 2.00/text)

Wheel of Fortune

To register to become a studio contestant, text

STUDIO WOF <name/age/gender/address> to 2366 (Globe, TM, Sun Cellular, Php 2.50/text) or 231 (Smart, Talk n Text, Addict Mobile, Php 2.00/text)

To join as homepartner, text

WOF <answer> to 2366 (Php 15/download)

Wowowee. To register to become a studio contestant, text

WSTUDIO <name/age/gender/address> to 2331 (Globe, TM, Sun Cellular, Php 2.50/text) or 231 (Smart, Talk n Text, Addict Mobile, Php 2.00/text)