Globe Negostar service specifically targets SMEs

CEBU, Philippines - If banks have personal banking service, telecommunication giant Globe Telecom has created its personalized and customized telecom solutions for the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), to help these businesses be competitive and thrive in the difficult business environment.

Globe Telecom recently introduced in Cebu its premium service for SMEs, dubbed “Negostar” that provides communication tools especially created by Globe Business Corporate and SME for entrepreneurs to address their need for cost efficiency.

“We recognized the different needs of SMEs in their technology and telecommunications solutions. We are offering customized packages depending on the need of an SME for instance. If banks has personal banking for premium clients, Globe has created the same concept, because each entrepreneur has different and unique need for technology and telecommunication’s solutions,” said Ailene S. Averion, head of corporate and SME segments marketing at Globe Business.

According to Averion, there is still a huge number of SMEs in the country, that needs to be empowered by technology and telecommunication solutions, but “they need to understand and realize that there is an affordable and easy way to achieve cost efficient operation, without investing so much.”

In Cebu, Averion said that Globe is going to strengthen its partnership with the SME players, saying “we have always been strong in the consumer market. This time, we are going to strengthen our penetration with the SMEs.”

The new business tools for SMEs were featured at the recently concluded Negostar Fair held at Cebu City Marriott Hotel.

“We believe that every SME can be a Negostar with the right support and partner to help them achieve their goals. Globe Business understands the needs of SMEs and we’ve created new business tools that would particularly help them realize cost efficiency,” she emphasized.

Negostar also provides an easy-to-use complete solution for supply chain management with its Inventory Ordering System (IOS). Best for businesses that operate multiple sites, IOS enables inventory and sales monitoring, automated invoicing, and procurement, as well as allows orders and reports via SMS or web, all in a simple web-based and self-service set up.

A Biz Laptop Bundle, the affordable laptop and broadband deal of Globe Business, allows businessmen to avail of a Netbook for only P499 a month, with a broadband subscription. The Biz Loop 99, its lowest priced postpaid plan, offers unlimited calls to all Globe and TM subscribers at just P99 per month.

Negostar, also offers GPS Tracker, an innovative Globe Business solution that will give SMEs specially those in the delivery business the ability to monitor their vehicles in real-time using the Global Positioning System or GPS.

GPS is a satellite navigation system that determines that precise location of a person or delivery of stocks.

Other communication solutions offered during the Negostar Fair included WebEye, TexTConnect (the text broadcast service); Business Plus (a customized postpaid plan that enables SMEs to choose the mobile service that best suits them), among others. (FREEMANSPORTS)