BLOGGED PHILIPPINES

After five long years after SMART and Globe launched the country's first LTE networks, PLDT-owned Sun Cellar was able to finally catch up. Yes, starting this month of October, Sun prepaid subscribers may now be able to access PLDTs LTE network promising up to 42Mbps of mobile internet speed. Sun LTE now available for prepaid subscribers. Long Term Evolution or LTE is a 4G wireless connection technology capable of transfering data at a very fast rate, as fast as ~300 Mbps. Here in the Philippines, PLDT promises speeds up to 42Mbps. Upgrade SIM Cards Sun Cellular prepaid and postpaid subscribers who wants to access the LTE network can go to the nearest Sun shop. Sun will upgrade your sim cards for FREE without changing your number. Just go to the nearest Sun Shop, get a priority number and wait for your turn in the customer service section. You will need to surrender your old SIM Card and fill up a document. Along with this, LTE capable SIM cards can avail of Sun's n...

Just received a message from my friend saying Globe is giving out free 10GB data to selected subscribers. All you need to do is send this keyword FREE10GB to 8080. You'll immediately receive a response.

I'm not sure but this may have been in existence way earlier than this year. But yes, I just discovered it today and it's awesome. But first, let me say that probably, this article will be most useful for those in the prepaid "realm" of mobile users in the country , I mean, here in the Philippines. Post paid "richies" can read on of course. An old phone with physical keypad. Photo by amagnawa. Today, after being under the rock for centuries, I discovered that I can load my cellular phone online through the incredible Lazada Mobile Charge . I say it's incredible because it solved my problem today. It may solve your problem as well today or in the future so I encourage you to read on and learn. I'm one of those oldies who loads his or her prepaid phone by going to a retailer, typing my number on an old phone with physical keypad, giving the phone back to the seller and answering the question of how much to load and then paying with extra c...

UPDATED! Thanks to the recent comments in this article that the changes on paying sun cellular bills was brought to my attention. The change is very simple. From payee name Digitel Mobile , sun cellular bills can now be paid in the name SMART/SUN (SMART) . I don't exactly know the reason for this change but it appears that this is part of the integration process when PLDT (owner of SMART) acquired majority ownership of Digitel Mobile, Sun Cellular's parent company. Now this is important!  All those who enrolled with Digitel Mobile as their payee name will have to re-enroll again using the steps outline below. This time using  SMART/SUN (SMART) as the payee name. BPI Express Online Bills Enrollment Express Online is BPI's online banking facility that will enable you to do transactions using your internet connected device. To learn how to enroll your bank account to BPI Express Online, check the article below: [Read:  How to Enroll An Account to BPI Express Onl...

This is an informal review of my Sun Cellular postpaid experience. To give you a brief background, two years ago, I got a Plan 999 Galaxy Grand postpaid. Stipulated with the free phone were unlimited mobile internet, unlimited Sun-to-Sun text, and four hours of Sun-to-Sun calls. To sum things up here's the criteria I used to judge Sun Cellular postpaid. The Phone Handset- Poor The Mobile Internet - Poor The Call/Text Service - Superior The Support and Billing - Superior Value for Money - Superior

For most people this would be really obvious. But for the sake of those people without the talent of "smelling" scams and are still susceptible to "too good to be true" offers, here's the detail of the Sun Postpaid Scam. Sun Cellular (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Your Number is Selected For 35% Discount The scam begins with a random message from an unregistered number saying: Suncellular:You're the one selected postpaid plan that given 35% discount on your bill.To get your 35% discount just forward the 17-digit secret code to 2292.You will receive the 17-digit secret code on the next message. It may or may not include the so called "17-digit secret code". In my case, I received it after a few minutes. 50 09225533524 4222

I just want to share my experience with Sun Cellular Postpaid. My main purpose is to inform others who are considering to apply for it. The Application Process In short, the application process falls below my expectation, but not worse, in my opinion. Here's why. Slow Process. I applied online at their official website. Based on the list of requirements, I just have to fill out the online form, submit the competitor's latest statement, and a scan of a valid ID. I did all of that. Later that day, I tweeted Sun Cellular asking how long it will take before I receive a feedback. They told me 3 days. The 3 days turned out to be 6 days. Well, the application didn't end there. The email I received asked me to submit photocopies of Certificate of Employment, latest 1 month payslip and valid proof of billing. even though their website  said I just have to submit a competitor's billing statement and an ID. Next day, I applied again, this time through a nearby Sun Shop...

Globe Telecom blames its rival Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co, (PLDT) for the massive outage of telecom services in several parts of Northern Luzon. This is in contrast with the earlier report wherein PLDT blames Globe for the outage. [Read: PLDT claims Globe facilities causing interconnection problems ] Globe claims that the local interconnection with PLDT in Bulacan was monitored to be out-of-service as early as Monday (Feb 25) night. Then, on Tuesday noon (Feb 26), other North Luzon interconnections broke down affecting provinces of La Union, Baguio, Tarlac, Bulacan and Nueva Ecija. Globe also said that since Monday's outage, they have been communicating with PLDT to resolve the problem. But as of the morning of yesterday (Feb 27), the services have not yet been restored. Globe Telecom's Response to PLDT Here's the full copy of Globe's Press Release On February 25, 2013 at around 8:00PM, the local interconnection with PLDT in Bulacan was monitore...