GCash, a mobile money transfer service developed by Globe Telecom, has become the fastest-growing payment mode for online shopping, gaming, and payment sites both in the Philippines and abroad, the company said.
Beginning with person-to-person transfers to airtime load purchases and bills payments, GCash has expanded to Internet payments and has now become a major payment option for Internet shoppers who prefer quick and hassle-free transactions.
With the emergence of GCash as the preferred mode of payment among individual Filipino online sellers, particularly in Multiply, other established shopping, gaming, and payment sites have also realized the value that GCash would bring to their businesses. Such websites are now offering GCash as payment option together with other traditional methods.
Globe and TM subscribers can avail of the service through a one-time registration process via the GCash Menu in their SIMs. The GCash Menu provides the user with a guided experience without having to memorize key words.
Once registered, loading GCash into their mobile wallets is simply done by dropping by any of the 18,000 GCash outlets nationwide. When paying online, GCash users only need to select GCash from the payment selection window and they will be asked to key in their GCash registered mobile number and GCash PIN for transaction verification.
There are thousands of online entrepreneurs all accepting GCash payments. They are usually in popular shopping sites like Ebay, Multiply, and Sulit.com. However, aside from being the “venue†where these buy and sell transactions are being conducted, Multiply (www.multiply.com) and Sulit.com (www.sulit.com.ph) have taken GCash into the next level by accepting GCash payments for their various services.
Online networking site Multiply makes upgrading accounts much easier for Filipino users with the integrated “Pay with GCash†button while Sulit.com now accepts GCash for payment of Sulit Gold (SG) credits which can be used to purchase additional exposure time on the website’s premium advertising space.
Current additions to the list of sites accepting GCash payments include Buy Online (http://ping.fm/dHRXv), PhilShopping (www.philshopping.com), and Bum-Buys (www.bum-buys.com).
The online stores carry a wide range of products from a reliable list of local and international suppliers. The products include apparel, accessories, books, electronic and computer gadgets, movies, music, toys, baby needs, cosmetics, pets, home improvement, furniture and fixtures, among other things.
Pinoy Wellness (www.pinoywellness.ph), a soon-to-be launched health and wellness portal is also working on a partnership with GCash for online payment of mass vaccines that will be delivered and administered to customers in their place of work.
Online gaming sites such as Run Up Philippines (www.runup.com.ph) accept GCash payments to buy points and virtual credits. Hong Kong-based Run Up Games Distribution Limited was established in 2002 and is a major distributor and operator of online games and related products not only in the Philippines but also in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Singapore. Popular Run up games include Luna Online, X-Machine Online, and Khan Wars.
GCash call also be used for Facebook (www.facebook.com) games thru Paymo, the mobile payment brand of global leader BOKU, Inc. It allows Facebook gamers in the Philippines to purchase virtual credits for their favorite Zynga, PlayFish and Enigma games such as Farmville, Café World, Mafia Wars, Poker, Fishville, Petville, Vampire Wars, Yoville, Challenge Sudoku, Restaurant City, Poker Rivals, Pet Society, Hotel City, Gangster City, Crazy Planets and Country Story.
Facebook is currently the most visited website in the country with approximately 10 million Filipino subscribers, most of them engaging in at least one of its highly-addictive games.
Likewise, GCash was tapped by Asia Pay (www.asiapay.com.ph), an electronic payment gateway provider, for its PesoPay online payment service.
The PesoPay via GCash facility enables real-time Internet payment to reach millions of GCash mobile commerce customers in the Philippines and around the world. Businesses will be able to enjoy GCash payment acceptance in any e-commerce Web page using PesoPay payment system.
GCash is also currently working with Payfree (www.payfree.com.ph) for online payment of Payfree credits which in turn can be used to purchase airtime load.
Payfree is an electronic wallet and payment solution that incorporates SMS-based applications to pay or get paid online or through POS (point-of-sale) transactions. It features several value-added services such as discounted VoIP calls and electronic loading of prepaid cell phone credits for all of its members.
The use of GCash in online shopping, gaming and payment sites is expected to further expand in the coming years as more gamers and online shoppers take advantage of the ease, convenience, safety, and security offered by the GCash system.
As with any payment facility, mobile or traditional, GCash said shoppers to make sure that online sellers are trustworthy before doing any transaction. It is always ideal for buyers to send money to sellers they are familiar with.
As an added customer service, prospective buyers who want to use GCash may call the 24/7 GCash Hotline 2882 toll-free from their Globe or TM cellphone or 7392882 from any landline to verify the GCash number given them.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Talk N Text intros cheap mobile Web with Koneknet
Smart Communications subsidiary Talk ‘N Text has unveiled an “affordable mobile Internet†service via Koneknet, which provides five hours of unlimited mobile Internet browsing for only P30.
Koneknet allows Talk ‘N Text subscribers to use their cellphones to go and stay online to update their blogs, chat or send emails, and browse through social networking sites at a fixed and low cost.
“Our subscribers have traditionally benefited from the ‘nationwidest’ network coverage of Talk ‘N Text, its affordable offers, and the convenience of finding prepaid load wherever they are. Koneknet expands this host of benefits, and is a natural progression of our strategy of providing basic yet advanced services to our subscribers, at least cost,†said Perry Bayani, head of marketing at Talk ‘N Text.
“Koneknet also helps advance Smart’s ‘Internet for All’ agenda — or to bring the benefits of the Internet more quickly to more people in more places,†added Bayani.
To experience mobile Internet, Talk ‘N Text subscribers must first set the 3G/MMS/GPRS features of their cellphone, and they may do this by texting SET to 211.
After the settings have been received and saved, the Koneknet package may be conveniently availed of by sending NET30 to 4450.
Talk ‘N Text subscribers may also subscribe by clicking on the Koneknet button in Smart’s mobile portal — http://ping.fm/IeLKf
The 30-peso charge will be deducted from the subscriber’s prepaid credit at registration. A 1-peso prepaid balance must be maintained while subscribed to the Koneknet package.
Any amount of time exceeding the registered 5-hour period will be charged the existing flat rate of P10 for every 30 minutes.
Koneknet is exclusively available to Talk ‘N Text subscribers. Talk ‘N Text Tipid-Sulit SIM packs are available from all Smart resellers everywhere, and prepaid load for it is available from over a million load retailers nationwide.
As of end-June 2010, the subscriber base of Talk ‘N Text has reached 18 million, and the growth has been attributed to the value-for-money offers of the brand, with some bucket promos that offer as low as P.10 for every SMS.
Koneknet allows Talk ‘N Text subscribers to use their cellphones to go and stay online to update their blogs, chat or send emails, and browse through social networking sites at a fixed and low cost.
“Our subscribers have traditionally benefited from the ‘nationwidest’ network coverage of Talk ‘N Text, its affordable offers, and the convenience of finding prepaid load wherever they are. Koneknet expands this host of benefits, and is a natural progression of our strategy of providing basic yet advanced services to our subscribers, at least cost,†said Perry Bayani, head of marketing at Talk ‘N Text.
“Koneknet also helps advance Smart’s ‘Internet for All’ agenda — or to bring the benefits of the Internet more quickly to more people in more places,†added Bayani.
To experience mobile Internet, Talk ‘N Text subscribers must first set the 3G/MMS/GPRS features of their cellphone, and they may do this by texting SET to 211.
After the settings have been received and saved, the Koneknet package may be conveniently availed of by sending NET30 to 4450.
Talk ‘N Text subscribers may also subscribe by clicking on the Koneknet button in Smart’s mobile portal — http://ping.fm/IeLKf
The 30-peso charge will be deducted from the subscriber’s prepaid credit at registration. A 1-peso prepaid balance must be maintained while subscribed to the Koneknet package.
Any amount of time exceeding the registered 5-hour period will be charged the existing flat rate of P10 for every 30 minutes.
Koneknet is exclusively available to Talk ‘N Text subscribers. Talk ‘N Text Tipid-Sulit SIM packs are available from all Smart resellers everywhere, and prepaid load for it is available from over a million load retailers nationwide.
As of end-June 2010, the subscriber base of Talk ‘N Text has reached 18 million, and the growth has been attributed to the value-for-money offers of the brand, with some bucket promos that offer as low as P.10 for every SMS.
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Globe MyFi Price Drop
So this was the surprise promo that Globe reps told me the day they talked to us about the MyFi and they really did good with their promise. A reader tipped us that Globe has dropped their MyFi devices by almost 50% off!
For Globe MyFi PostPaid accounts, it’s down from Php250/month to:
* Php149/month on Plan 499
* Php99/month on Plan 999
For Prepaid accounts, it is now down to Php4,000 one-time from Php7,000 previously.
Looks like Globe has finally decided to subsidize the units to push sales of these units.
For Globe MyFi PostPaid accounts, it’s down from Php250/month to:
* Php149/month on Plan 499
* Php99/month on Plan 999
For Prepaid accounts, it is now down to Php4,000 one-time from Php7,000 previously.
Looks like Globe has finally decided to subsidize the units to push sales of these units.
Friday, September 17, 2010
GLOBE POWERSURF
Globe's newest promo for all internet addicts..
GLOBE POWERSURF30 for P30 you will get 3 hours of consumable internet hours valid for 1 day
GLOBE POWERSURF50 for P50 you will get 5 hours of consumable internet hours valid for 3 days.
To register: type POWERSURF50 (1day) or POWERSURF50 (3days) to 8888
Must maintain P5 to continue using the service.
GLOBE POWERSURF30 for P30 you will get 3 hours of consumable internet hours valid for 1 day
GLOBE POWERSURF50 for P50 you will get 5 hours of consumable internet hours valid for 3 days.
To register: type POWERSURF50 (1day) or POWERSURF50 (3days) to 8888
Must maintain P5 to continue using the service.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
MyRewards MyGlobe PLUS
Globe Telecom on Tuesday via its Facebook page announced a new promo, the "MyRewards MyGlobe PLUS". It will allow subscribers to get bonus points for the Globe 4438 My Globe My Rewards promo, which was launched in early April this year. Here are the full mechanics.
MyRewards MyGlobe PLUS
Want to get BONUS MyRewards MyGlobe points? Now you can! With MyRewards MyGlobe PLUS! Register and start receiving mobile ads from 2239 that will give you BONUS MyRewards MyGlobe points.
* FREE REGISTRATION: Text PLUS to 2239 to register for free!
* FREE ADS: Start receiving free ads once you have successfully registered.
* FREE POINTS: Get BONUS MyRewards MyGlobe points when you receive ads. Your BONUS points will help you redeem the rewards that you've been dreaming of.
MyRewards MyGlobe PLUS
Want to get BONUS MyRewards MyGlobe points? Now you can! With MyRewards MyGlobe PLUS! Register and start receiving mobile ads from 2239 that will give you BONUS MyRewards MyGlobe points.
* FREE REGISTRATION: Text PLUS to 2239 to register for free!
* FREE ADS: Start receiving free ads once you have successfully registered.
* FREE POINTS: Get BONUS MyRewards MyGlobe points when you receive ads. Your BONUS points will help you redeem the rewards that you've been dreaming of.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Globe launches SMS Reply-All service with SMS GupShup
Globe Telecom and SMS GupShup launched the SMS Reply-All Chat service, enabling subscribers to simultaneously communicate with multiple people using SMS.
SMS GupShup, based in Mumbai, India, is the world’s largest social SMS network where users are allowed to create mobile communities and broadcast messages to them.
The SMS Reply-All Chat service extends the capabilities of SMS from basic person-to-person (P2P) messaging to many-to-many (M-to-M) messaging.
Similar to the commonly used “CC†and “Reply-All†features on e-mail, Globe’s SMS Reply-All Chat service works on every handset, is easy to use, and requires no training, no software downloads, no data connectivity or change in handset.
Globe subscribers will find it easier to be more social - whether they are organizing parties, meetings or any other activity that requires co-ordination among multiple individuals.
Instead of relaying and forwarding messages from one person in the group to the other, everyone in a group can update everyone else at the same time with the SMS Reply-All Chat service from Globe.
“Our vision at Globe has been to simplify communications and make it more relevant to our customers’ needs. We are excited to launch a simple and useful service like Reply-All in partnership with a global technology leader like SMS Gupshup,†said Rina Azcuna-Siongco, head of value-added services at Globe Telecom.
Beerud Sheth, CEO of SMS GupShup, is optimistic that the SMS Reply-All Chat service will gain a strong following in the Philippine market, with the Philippines widely described as the “texting capital of the world.â€
In fact, a recent study by UK-based Portio Research showed that each Filipino mobile phone user sends as many as 788 text messages per month, or over 40 percent more than their counterparts in the United States.
“SMS Reply-All is the next big innovation in mobile messaging since person-to-person (P2P) SMS, making social communications via SMS quick and easy,†Sheth said. “We’re excited to launch this service in partnership with a market leader like Globe Telecom that is quick to bring newer and more innovative services to their subscribers.â€
How it works
• SMS Reply-All is simple and easy to use, similar to the CC and reply-all features on e-mail.
• Any Globe subscriber can start a conversation by sending the following message to 2993: “CHAT 917xxxxxxx 905xxxxxxx 926xxxxxxx†(where 917xxxxxxx etc. are the numbers of friends).
• The system will create a group and prompt the group creator to send the first message, which goes to all participants in the group. Participants can simply reply to the message - which will also be sent to all participants in the group.
• The group can have at most 10 participants, including the initiator. A message sent to the group will cost the sender P0.75 per recipient, and P1 for other keywords or commands. Globe plans to launch soon various daily and monthly UNLI plans as well.
SMS GupShup, based in Mumbai, India, is the world’s largest social SMS network where users are allowed to create mobile communities and broadcast messages to them.
The SMS Reply-All Chat service extends the capabilities of SMS from basic person-to-person (P2P) messaging to many-to-many (M-to-M) messaging.
Similar to the commonly used “CC†and “Reply-All†features on e-mail, Globe’s SMS Reply-All Chat service works on every handset, is easy to use, and requires no training, no software downloads, no data connectivity or change in handset.
Globe subscribers will find it easier to be more social - whether they are organizing parties, meetings or any other activity that requires co-ordination among multiple individuals.
Instead of relaying and forwarding messages from one person in the group to the other, everyone in a group can update everyone else at the same time with the SMS Reply-All Chat service from Globe.
“Our vision at Globe has been to simplify communications and make it more relevant to our customers’ needs. We are excited to launch a simple and useful service like Reply-All in partnership with a global technology leader like SMS Gupshup,†said Rina Azcuna-Siongco, head of value-added services at Globe Telecom.
Beerud Sheth, CEO of SMS GupShup, is optimistic that the SMS Reply-All Chat service will gain a strong following in the Philippine market, with the Philippines widely described as the “texting capital of the world.â€
In fact, a recent study by UK-based Portio Research showed that each Filipino mobile phone user sends as many as 788 text messages per month, or over 40 percent more than their counterparts in the United States.
“SMS Reply-All is the next big innovation in mobile messaging since person-to-person (P2P) SMS, making social communications via SMS quick and easy,†Sheth said. “We’re excited to launch this service in partnership with a market leader like Globe Telecom that is quick to bring newer and more innovative services to their subscribers.â€
How it works
• SMS Reply-All is simple and easy to use, similar to the CC and reply-all features on e-mail.
• Any Globe subscriber can start a conversation by sending the following message to 2993: “CHAT 917xxxxxxx 905xxxxxxx 926xxxxxxx†(where 917xxxxxxx etc. are the numbers of friends).
• The system will create a group and prompt the group creator to send the first message, which goes to all participants in the group. Participants can simply reply to the message - which will also be sent to all participants in the group.
• The group can have at most 10 participants, including the initiator. A message sent to the group will cost the sender P0.75 per recipient, and P1 for other keywords or commands. Globe plans to launch soon various daily and monthly UNLI plans as well.
Friday, September 3, 2010
Samsung unveils iPad competitor Galaxy
Samsung Electronics Co. unveiled a new tablet PC named Galaxy Tab as the latest device meant to rival Apple Inc.'s popular iPad.
The device offers users "a new galaxy of possibilities" with features such as mobile video conferencing and a video chat function, Samsung Europe telecom executive Thomas Richter said at Berlin's IFA consumer electronics fair.
The thin tablet device weighs 13.4 ounces (380 grams) and has a 7-inch (18-centimeter) touch screen, making it about three times that of an Apple iPhone, but roughly a third smaller than an iPad.
Richter said it comes with Google Inc.'s Android 2.2 operating system, which can run HTML5 and Adobe's Flash Player — unlike the iPad.
The Galaxy will allow users to browse the web and check e-mail just as on a regular PC, Richter said.
"The Samsung Galaxy Tab has been designed to enable consumers to maximize their online experience wherever that may be," the head of Samsung's mobile communications business, J.K. Shin, said.
The price of the device will depend on telecommunications operators through which it will be available starting next month in Europe and later in fall in the U.S. and Asia, Samsung said.
The device supports Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and 3G cell phone networks, making it a combination of smart phone and laptop. It "turns out to be a perfect speakerphone on the desk, or a mobile phone on the move via Bluetooth headset," Samsung said.
The tablet PC also comes with two cameras, one 3-megabyte digital camera with a flash on the back of the device, and a second camera on the front for video conferences — a feature the iPad lacks, but other competitors such as Dell's Streak tablet PC also offers.
The company said that the device's battery would support more than eight hours of continuous multimedia usage, or seven hours of video play.
The tablet also comes with Swype, a third-party application already found on Samsung's Galaxy 5 series phone and available for some other Android-based handsets, which allows users to type on virtual keyboards by simply swiping fingers around from one letter to the next, lifting only between words.
The application then uses an algorithm to determine the word that is intended, which the company says allows for typing speeds of more than 40 words per minute.
Commercial success of the device will be crucial for the world's largest maker of computer memory chips, flat screen TVs and liquid crystal displays.
Samsung's quarterly profit surged by 83 percent to a record high of 4.28 trillion South Korean won ($3.6 billion) in the second quarter ended June 30, but the company warned that intensifying competition in areas like mobile phones could dent earnings in coming quarters.
Samsung is currently the world's second largest cell phone manufacturer after Nokia.
users to type on virtual keyboards by simply swiping fingers around from one letter to the next, lifting only between words.
The application then uses an algorithm to determine the word that is intended, which the company says allows for typing speeds of more than 40 words per minute.
Commercial success of the device will be crucial for the world's largest maker of computer memory chips, flat screen TVs and liquid crystal displays.
Samsung's quarterly profit surged by 83 percent to a record high of 4.28 trillion South Korean won ($3.6 billion) in the second quarter ended June 30, but the company warned that intensifying competition in areas like mobile phones could dent earnings in coming quarters.
Samsung is currently the world's second largest cell phone manufacturer after Nokia.
The device offers users "a new galaxy of possibilities" with features such as mobile video conferencing and a video chat function, Samsung Europe telecom executive Thomas Richter said at Berlin's IFA consumer electronics fair.
The thin tablet device weighs 13.4 ounces (380 grams) and has a 7-inch (18-centimeter) touch screen, making it about three times that of an Apple iPhone, but roughly a third smaller than an iPad.
Richter said it comes with Google Inc.'s Android 2.2 operating system, which can run HTML5 and Adobe's Flash Player — unlike the iPad.
The Galaxy will allow users to browse the web and check e-mail just as on a regular PC, Richter said.
"The Samsung Galaxy Tab has been designed to enable consumers to maximize their online experience wherever that may be," the head of Samsung's mobile communications business, J.K. Shin, said.
The price of the device will depend on telecommunications operators through which it will be available starting next month in Europe and later in fall in the U.S. and Asia, Samsung said.
The device supports Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and 3G cell phone networks, making it a combination of smart phone and laptop. It "turns out to be a perfect speakerphone on the desk, or a mobile phone on the move via Bluetooth headset," Samsung said.
The tablet PC also comes with two cameras, one 3-megabyte digital camera with a flash on the back of the device, and a second camera on the front for video conferences — a feature the iPad lacks, but other competitors such as Dell's Streak tablet PC also offers.
The company said that the device's battery would support more than eight hours of continuous multimedia usage, or seven hours of video play.
The tablet also comes with Swype, a third-party application already found on Samsung's Galaxy 5 series phone and available for some other Android-based handsets, which allows users to type on virtual keyboards by simply swiping fingers around from one letter to the next, lifting only between words.
The application then uses an algorithm to determine the word that is intended, which the company says allows for typing speeds of more than 40 words per minute.
Commercial success of the device will be crucial for the world's largest maker of computer memory chips, flat screen TVs and liquid crystal displays.
Samsung's quarterly profit surged by 83 percent to a record high of 4.28 trillion South Korean won ($3.6 billion) in the second quarter ended June 30, but the company warned that intensifying competition in areas like mobile phones could dent earnings in coming quarters.
Samsung is currently the world's second largest cell phone manufacturer after Nokia.
users to type on virtual keyboards by simply swiping fingers around from one letter to the next, lifting only between words.
The application then uses an algorithm to determine the word that is intended, which the company says allows for typing speeds of more than 40 words per minute.
Commercial success of the device will be crucial for the world's largest maker of computer memory chips, flat screen TVs and liquid crystal displays.
Samsung's quarterly profit surged by 83 percent to a record high of 4.28 trillion South Korean won ($3.6 billion) in the second quarter ended June 30, but the company warned that intensifying competition in areas like mobile phones could dent earnings in coming quarters.
Samsung is currently the world's second largest cell phone manufacturer after Nokia.
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