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Enjoy ultimate connectivity and great savings with My Ultimate Super Plan. Call, text, and surf—exactly the way you want it. Share Wi-Fi connection with up to 5 devices at max speeds of 7.2 Mbps*. Now, you can get the most out of your mobile phone and on-the-go broadband experience. Just choose your My Ultimate Super Plan for non-stop connectivity in one monthly bill you can easily afford! PLAN 999 LG Optimus ME Tattoo SuperStick Bundle My Super Plan All-Consumable 499 with calls, texts, and mobile internet Tattoo Consumable Plan 499 with 292 broadband surfing hours using SuperSurf promos 2 mobile freebies and options for Unli boosters Savings of up to P3,600 NOTE: LG Optimus ME is FREE with 30-month lock-up on My Super Plan All-Consumable 499. PLAN 1799 BlackBerry Curve 9300 Tattoo SuperStick Bundle My Super Plan All-Consumable 999 with calls, texts, and mobile internet Tattoo Personalized Plan 999 with unlimited broadband surfing 3 mobile freebies and options for Unli boosters Savings of up to P8,000 NOTE: My Super Plan All-Consumable 999 and Tattoo Personalized Plan 999 amount to P1,998 per month. Discount of P199 will take effect 2 to 3 billing cycles after Plan activation. *With a minimum GPRS speed of 12-48 Kbps where wireless broadband is not available. Experienced speed will also depend on type of device used, network signal detected, and current subscriber traffic.

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PLDT offers fiber optic broadband service in posh villages

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. is now offering to residential subscribers the latest technological breakthrough in broadband service using fiber optic cables to deliver the fastest internet speed of up to 100Mbps at home.

Initially available in areas such as Ayala Alabang Village and Forbes Park, PLDT Fibr is the first in the country to use fiber optic cables to deliver broadband service to the home.

PLDT Fibr is also available in East, West, North, and Northeast Greenhills, Acropolis, Greenmeadows, La Vista, and Valle Verde in Quezon City; Alabang Hills, Alabang 400, and Hillsborough in Alabang, Muntinlupa; and Dasmariñas Village, San Lorenzo Village, and Urdaneta Village in Makati.

“Its rapid-fire, ultrafast speed enables users to have a faster, far-richer multi-screen, multi-media experience. Unlike cable internet which shares broadband connection among neighbors, PLDT Fibr’s broadband service provides for a dedicated broadband connection in the access network utilizing fiber optics which facilitates simultaneous high-speed browsing and downloading,” Fermin explained,” said Ariel P. Fermin, PLDT executive vice president and head of Home Business.

PLDT Fibr may be connected to a desktop, laptop, or game console, or an internet-enabled “smart” TV and may be used with a wireless router or access point.

According to Fermin, all PLDT Fibr plans are equipped with an optical network unit (ONU) modem, which has a fiber optic cable connection that delivers its enviable ultra-high speed feature.

Subscribers may connect their laptop or desktop directly to the ONU Modem through an RJ-45 cable, or they can opt to go wireless by connecting the ONU Modem to a wireless router.

PLDT Fibr is accessible in any of the following plans: PLDT Fibr Plan 3500, up to 8Mbps; Plan 5500, up to 15 Mbps; and Plan 20000, up to 100Mbps. These plans include free installation, free Fibr modem, and free PLDT WiFi Zone access with PLDT Telpad subscription.

More details on PLDT Fibr at www.fibr.pldthome.com.

Sun Cellular Revenues Climb 17%

Mobile phone operator Sun Cellular raised its net service revenues by a robust 17% the first half of 2012, earning Php 10.2 billion versus Php 8.7 billion for the same period last year, the highest growth rate for any local telco this year.

Sun Cellular President and Chief Executive Officer Orlando Vea attributed the company’s strong first half results to further increasing sales of postpaid subscriptions and positive consumer take up on their new prepaid load variants, increase demand in broadband products and the marked improvement of Sun’s network coverage powered by its synergy with  parent company, PLDT.

Revenue growth for the company’s Postpaid, Prepaid, and Broadband segments all posted double-digit growth rates which combined led to Sun Cellular’s continuing to blaze the path for the local telecom industry.

 “We have built on our growth momentum in the first quarter of the year.  We are now reaping the rewards of the synergies between companies in the PLDT wireless group, as it adds more value to our existing services such as postpaid offerings and prepaid load variants, among others,” Vea said.

Vea added that the network improvements will continue and they will lend more focus this time to enhancing network quality. Since the start of the year, Sun Cellular has enhanced its coverage, with the highest marked improvement in Mindanao and Northern Luzon. Vea says, Sun will continue deploying high-gain antennae as well as upgraded network elements to meet the growing demands for its postpaid and prepaid products and services.

Elaborating on Sun Cellular’s first half performance, Chief Operating Officer Charles Lim pointed to the increase in demand for affordable smartphones that come with best-value plans.

“Sun Cellular is committed to providing powerful yet affordable Android-based smartphones to its customers.

 With the right Sun Postpaid Plan, consumers will now be able to expand their horizons in mobility and go beyond simply calling and texting.” Lim explained.

 In Prepaid,  Sun Cellular introduced new load variants in its Text Unlimited and Combo Loads that has seen good acceptance by the market.

“Sun continues to be a practical choice for Prepaid customers because of its improving network and great value products, hence they are starting to use their lines more often. As a result, people are starting to load in higher denominations.” Lim explained. “Of course our Call and Text Unlimited load variants are still there and are now complemented with more added features, making it the best-value unlimited variant in the market. As you know we continue to strive in providing best value services that cater to all market segments, including  small and medium businesses,” he added.

Sun’s Wireless Broadband base also grew significantly during the period. “ We are expecting these numbers to rise steadily as we expand the reach of our 3G network nationwide” Lim said.

He added that Sun Broadband started offering Group plans, Multi-SIM plans, and SIM-only plans to cater to subscribers who want to use Sun Cellular’s broadband service in their various gadgets, in anticipation of the continuing growing demand for broadband access.

“We would like to make sure that our existing and potential subscribers are able to take advantage of the synergies available within the PLDT group, and we are glad that these are starting to pay off,” Lim concluded.

Globe asserts broadband leadership

LEADING telecommunications company Globe Telecom continues to assert its leadership in the Philippine broadband industry with sustained double-digit revenue expansion driven by rising internet usage stemming from the popularity of social networking sites and the growing affordability of access devices such as tablets, PCs, and laptops.

Broadband revenues were up 13 percent year-on-year to P4.1 billion with the continued strong demand for Tattoo-On-The-Go offerings that comprise the bulk of the company's quarterly acquisitions. This led to the overall growth in Globe broadband subscriber base to nearly 1.6 million by June 30, higher by 22 percent from almost 1.3 million subscribers in the same period last year.

From 2007 to 2011, Globe broadband service has grown by an average of 99 percent per year in number of subscribers, and 84% per year in service revenues.

At present, Globe offers Tattoo@Home and Tattoo On-The-Go services across various technologies and connectivity speeds for its residential and business customers.

Tattoo@Home consists of wired or DSL broadband packages bundled with voice, or broadband data-only services which are available at download speeds ranging from 1 mbps up to 15 mbps.

In selected areas where DSL is not yet available, Globe offers Tattoo WiMAX, a fixed wireless broadband service using its WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) network.

Meanwhile, for consumers who require a fully mobile, internet-on-the-go broadband connection, Tattoo On-the-Go allows subscribers to access the internet using 4G, 3G, or Wi-Fi at various hotspots nationwide using a plug-and-play USB modem.

In addition, consumers in selected urban areas who want blazing speed connection have the option to subscribe to Tattoo Torque broadband plans using leading edge GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network) technology with speeds of up to 100 mbps. This is the same technology that Globe provided in the recently concluded ADB's 45th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors held in Manila last May.

"While we expect competitive and market pressures to persist and even intensify, we are confident that we can build further on our momentum as we head into the second half of the year. Over the years, Tattoo has proven itself as the broadband with superior performance in terms of speed, reliability, and value-for-money plans. And with the ongoing network transformation, we expect to deliver on our promise of creating the happiest customers by providing them with the best internet experience," said Ernest L. Cu, Globe president and CEO.

Part of the massive $700-million network modernization program of Globe is a wider coverage of 3G and 4G services, a ten-fold increase in data capacity, and the rollout of an additional 12,000 kilometers of fiber optic cables to enhance internet speeds and service reliability.

Aside from performance, Globe also continuously reinvents itself by coming up with various innovative marketing and promotional strategies to create the most personalized and tailor-fit services for its internet-loving subscribers to further solidify its position as the number one broadband provider in the Philippines.

For instance, Globe broadband combines the services from mobile Globe Postpaid and Tattoo Postpaid broadband to come up with My Ultimate Super Plan, a bundled offer that provides subscribers calls, texts, mobile browsing, and broadband surfing under one plan for as low as P999 a month.

Each plan comes with a free handset and a free Tattoo SuperStick that enables Wi-Fi sharing up to five other devices at the same time. With just a single account, subscribers get the most value for their money compared to subscribing separately to mobile Globe postpaid and broadband Tattoo postpaid plans.

Empowering students to get the most of their campus life, Globe introduced the Tattoo University Sticks (U-Stick) in time for the start of the school year.

Available in either Tattoo 3G Stick or Tattoo 4G SuperStick, each device comes with one-year free unlimited access to the subscriber's school website, Yahoo!Mail, Google Mail as well as free 10-day unlimited access to Facebook and Twitter.

In addition, the Tattoo U-Stick offers a special surfing rate of P25 for three hours valid for one day and a 2 GB micro-SD card that will enable the dual functionality of the Tattoo U-Stick as a mobile broadband stick and a USB device.