Globe Telecom will offer all-net call promos for as low as
P1/minute as a result of lowered voice interconnect access charges across
telcos. This will be available to Globe Postpaid, Globe Prepaid and TM
customers.
Prior to the availability of the new offers, there
were no pure all-net voice call promo existing in the market. Globe Telecom’s
call charges to other networks, whether mobile or landline, stand at
P7.50/minute while Globe to Globe/TM regular call rate is at P6.50/minute.
Regular calls from TM to Globe/TM is at P5.50/minute and calls to other
networks (including landline) is at P6.50/min.
“The decision to offer all-net calls for as low as
P1/minute is intended to further strengthen the company’s position as the
leading mobile brand in the country. Globe, currently, is the network of choice
among smartphone users and the availability of such promos could further
attract customers into our network. The all-net call promos are our response to
customers’ clamor for lower costs of call services,” Globe General Counsel
Atty. Froilan Castelo said, noting that 90% of the company’s prepaid customers
avail of promos in accessing mobile services.
Under the company’s latest all-net promos, postpaid
customers with Plan 2499 and up may choose to avail of a P299 tack-on that will
give them 300-minute calls to all networks.
On the other hand, Globe Prepaid
subscribers may avail of GoCall50 which gives 50 minutes of calls to all
networks, good for 3 days; TM customers may add P5 to any existing call and
text promo for 5 minutes of calls to any network, good for 1 day. With these
new promos, Globe expects call traffic to further increase in 2017, after
reaching 69.1 billion minutes in 2016 - an 18% rise from 2015.
The intense competitive environment in the local telco
industry has significantly driven down prices of mobile services over the
years. In fact, mobile data rates, currently at P50 per GB, has gone down 88%
over the last 3 years. As a result, the Philippines has one of the lowest data
prices compared to top telco providers in Asia, second only to India’s Airtel.
Text messaging which used to be at P1/text in the late 90s is now effectively
priced at around P0.10/text with the proliferation of unlimited text services.
Efforts to reduce prices for call, text, and data will benefit consumers as
telco products and services become more accessible to the Filipino masses.#
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