As promised last month, Globe officially announces its prepaid fiber internet offering with GFiber Prepaid. An offering that will be competing against Converge’s Surf2Sawa, Globe’s GFiber Prepaid aims to offer fiber-speed internet to the masses, where affirdability and flexibility is the priority. How to apply for GFiber Prepaid? Globe also addressed that, by digitizing the […]
While Smart has dominated Opensignal’s mobile network awards in the Philippines in the past few years, both Globe and DITO are catching up nicely against Smart. In fact, Globe did break Smart’s winning streak on overall Video Experience, Games Experience, and Voice App Experience based on Opensignal’s April 2023 report, while DITO is catching up […]
Converge is not the only one that wants to make fiber internet accessible with prepaid offerings: Globe also wants “sachet internet” accessible to everyone as it will be launching prepaid fiber offerings by June. This was confirmed by Globe President Ernest Cu in a virtual media briefing, as they are looking for more accessible ways […]
As part of its series of network upgrades, Globe announced that it has successfully conducted technical tests on outbound and inbound Voice over LTE (VoLTE) Roaming with Airtel of India. This is a positive development for the local telco, as some overseas operators are set to retire their 2G and 3G networks to make way […]
Opensignal has released its April 2023 Mobile Network Experience report for the Philippines, and one of its key findings is that Globe has taken over Smart in being the winner for Video, Games, and Voice experience for both 5G-only and overall categories. This marks a big change, as Globe dominates over Smart in receiving awards […]
After the government has approved a 90-day extension for SIM registration, both Smart and Globe welcome the positive development and vow to intensify their SIM registration efforts. “We welcome the 90-day extension of the SIM Registration deadline as discussed by DICT Secretary Uy today. It gives our subscribers more time to comply with the law […]
Despite Globe acknowledging that it used the Emergency Cellular Broadcast with permission from NDRMMC as a reminder people to comply with SIM Registration, not everyone is happy about receiving it. Globe sent another Emergency Cellular Broadcast today (April 24) to all of its subscribers—and people are irritated about it. Some aired their concerns on using […]
Last April 23, the majority of Globe subscribers were caught by surprise when Globe used the Emergency Cell Broadcast feature to remind them about SIM Registration. While it has annoyed a number of people–with some thinking if Globe is allowed to use Emergency Cell Broadcast (ECB) for such a reminder–the telco spoke up about this […]
With only a few days to go before the April 26 deadline, barely 50% of SIM cards (44.15% to be specific, as of April 19) in the Philippines are registered. As of April 18, only 38.2% of Globe’s subscribers have registered. In case you haven’t registered your Globe SIM, here’s a quick tutorial on how […]
With just a few days before April 26, Globe urges all of its subscribers to register their SIM before the DICT-mandated deadline for SIM registration. As of April 20, 33.067 million of its subscribers have registered out of its 86.5 million customer base, which translates to around 38.2% of its subscribers complying with the SIM […]
While the deadline for SIM registration is on April 26, telco companies are appealing to the government to consider an extension for their users who have yet to register their SIM cards. This is despite DICT insisting that they don’t have plans to extend the deadline for SIM registration. Smart and TNT have filed a […]
With the April 26 deadline for SIM Registration coming close, Globe announced that they will be providing assistance to all of their customers that will need to have the SIMs registered through Globe Stores and EasyHubs. For this effort, 147 Globe Stores and 25 EasyHubs nationwide are open to mobile and broadband customers who would […]