Last year, Globe introduced three unlimited texting add-ons as part of MY SUPER PLAN, a fully-customizable plan which allow subscribers to personalize their plan by choosing and paying only for the services that they need. These three unlimited texting add-ons are the following: My Super ONE (Php 175/month), unlimited [...]
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. [...]
Globe GCASH and Smart Money are the two mobile payment services available in the Philippines today. Here are the comparison between Globe GCASH and Smart Money in terms of registration, transaction method, deposit, sending money, withdrawal, security and other features. Transaction Method Most [...]
Globe GCASH now offers GCASH ATM card, a convenient way of withdrawing money from any ATM across the country. Unlike before, where users had to find a Globe business center to do a "cash-out" transaction, GCASH ATM card enables users to withdraw money at any Bancnet, Megalink, ExpressNet and Encash [...]
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 909,466 postpaid subscribers. Meanwhile, PLDT group's wireless unit, Smart Communications had a total [...]
Globe GCASH has teamed up with Boku to revolutionize the world of virtual payments. Through this partnership both companies will be able to reach their global targets in the world of mobile commerce. Boku's mobile payment platform, Paymo, allows purchasing of virtual goods from any merchant in the Boku [...]
Have you been receiving cheesy love text messages like, "Bangin ka ba, kasi nahuhulog na ako sayo"? You might probably be hearing more of these anytime soon from a new song entitled "Mahal Kita Kasi" by Nicole Hyala, which is made up mostly of pick up lines that originated from text messages. You can find [...]
Metro Manila was recently hit by Typhoon Ondoy leaving people's homes submerged in flood. The easiest way to help is by donating through SMS. Send your donations via SMS to help Typhoon Ondoy victims by texting the following: Philippine National Red Cross (SMS or G-CASH) RED <amount> to 2899 [...]
Following persistent public protest, the House of Representatives is now retreating from its plan to impose a five-centavo tax on text messages two weeks after approving it for plenary voting on Sept. 8. The panel agreed to conduct more hearings and approved the motion of Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez [...]
The Ways and Means committee of the House of Representatives approved last Tuesday a bill proposing to collect a five-centavo excise tax for every text message sent. Antique Rep. Exequiel Javier said the committee agreed to a proposed tax on text without the "no pass-on provision" being insisted by Ilocos Sur Rep. [...]
Red Mobile, which was initially introduced to operate only on 3G mobile phones, has now been made available to 2G handsets. "By expanding the scope of our services to 2G handsets, more consumers among the estimated 14 to 16 million Filipino mobile phone users will enjoy the competitive rates offered by our [...]
Sun Cellular offers a new SIM called, Call and Text International SIM, that 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, [...]
The Catholic Church are urging believers to give up text messaging for Lent as well as abstain from other forms of virtual entertainment such as TV, Facebook, and iPods. The Bishop of Modena, Benito Cocchi, said that 'No SMS for Lent' was an ideal way for 'young people to detox from the virtual world and get back in [...]
Cebu Pacific (CEB), the low-fare leader in the local aviation industry is the first local airline to introduce E-ticketing and flight booking by SMS in the country. Cebu Pacific's SMS flight booking service is called TxtCEB. It allows anyone to get updates on Cebu Pacific's special flights and promos or book a Cebu Pacific [...]
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 [...]