Red Mobile officially launched its website last Saturday which unveiled the new cellular service from CURE, a 3G licensee bought by PLDT in April this year. Red Mobile effectively replaced the old uMobile brand of CURE and now aims for the same target market as Sun Cellular. The TVCs that’s been...

Globe Telecom is pushing for the commercial launch of their WiMax service before the end of the 4th quarter of 2008. Globe CEO Gerry Ablaza, Jr. relayed the plans on their latest investor relations report: We intend to undertake a major push in broadband, enabled by a suite of stronger wired and...

It didn’t take that long for Smart to finally offer unlimited 3G to it subscribers. A new Smart Bro plan is now being offered for a flat rate of Php1,500 per month. Smart Bro Plan 1500 Unlimited 3G Usage Php1,500 initial fee (includes USB modem dongle) Php1,500 monthly service fee Smart Bro Plan...

Sun Cellular has come out and announced its entry into the mobile 3G market with its Wireless Broadband offering. An unlimited flat-rate account starts at Php999 a month for speeds up to 400kbps and Php1,999/month for the 1.4Mbps connection. There’s also a 60-allocation for only Php799 but it’s...

At midnight tonight, August 22, Globe Telecom will start handing out thousands of iPhone 3G to subscribers who made reservations earlier. During a press briefing earlier this afternoon, Globe assured that they are ready for any possible issues on the launch date. Subscribers may claim their iPhone...

Barely a day after Google Knol was launched to the public, several pages of knol.google.com are already ranking quite high on Google’s own search results. It’s a little weird to see the Google domain showing up on Google search results. This could be the start when Google becomes the content...

This afternoon, Globe Telecom launched Globe Labs which is primarily tasked to bring in the latest information and communication technologies at the earliest market-relevant time to customers. As a new department inside Globe, this group is designed to build future technology development test beds. “As...

This afternoon, Globe Telecom launched Globe Labs which is primarily tasked to bring in the latest information and communication technologies at the earliest market-relevant time to customers. As a new department inside Globe, this group is designed to build future technology development test beds. “As...

In late 2006, 4 telcos were able to grab a 3G license from the 5 slots the NTC was bidding out. CURE was the 4th entity that was given the license to operate at the 10 to 2100 MHz band despite the fact that the telco doesn’t even have any network infrastructure in place. The other [...]

There was a time when Filipinos get to send text/sms messages for free — but that was almost 10 years ago. The decade has past and SMS now costs Php1.00 a pop, a fairly cheap rate compared to telcos in other countries (in the U.S., Verizon and Sprint Nextel charges $0.15 an SMS or Php6.50)*. This...