Breaking news! Business Tycoon and
Chairman of PLDT (Philippines Long Distance Telephone Company) Manuel V.
Pangilinan made a big announcement starting Friday, September 26, that it would
be offering a limited time promotion for all its prepaid subscribers.
Starting today, prepaid subscribers of
Smart, Talk ‘N Text and Sun Cellular can now enjoy “FREE” mobile internet
services and anyone can avail of this special promo, as long as you’re a
prepaid subscriber of the said networks, and you have at least one peso on your
account or you’re currently subscribed to any load bucket or promo. All you
have to do is to text FREE and send it to 9999 to avail of the promo.
Pangilinan said that this is an
initiative to make mobile Internet available for all, adding that his company's
wireless group has been spending P150 billion ($3.35 billion*) in capital
expenditure to improve and democratize mobile Internet services in the country.
“We are launching this initiative to
provide a much larger number of Filipinos the opportunity to try out and
experience the Internet, enjoy its benefits and, as we at Smart like to say,
‘live more," Pangilinan said.
Smart, Talk N'Text, and Sun Cellular
has a combine total of 66 million subscribers. Nazareno estimates that about 20
million of these subscribers have smartphones, and 14 to 15 million of them are
already using mobile Internet.
The free internet promo covers Facebook, Twitter
and Instagram, as well as Web Browsing, Music
Streaming exclusively via Spinnr, E-mails and the use of Navigation
apps like Waze.
The speed of the connection is going
to be limited by the device or handset being used by the subscriber. Location,
time of use, and the type of connectivity they can get – 2G, 3G, or 4G – will
also be limiting factors. The minimum speed, however, is set to 12 kilobits per
second (kbps).
The free yet finite data usage starts
today, September 26, and will run until November 30. Subscribers can use data
up to 30MB a day.
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