Overseas Filipinos connect 24/7 through Sun Cellular

MANILA, Philippines - As the promise of a better life continues to lure Filipinos abroad, more and more Pinoys leave their homes daily. Some are away for months or even years before they get to see their children, hug their parents, and have fun with their friends again. It is only through long-distance communication that they get to feel that they are back home with their loved ones once more.

Resty Santos, an overseas Filipino, stayed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to help his entire family survive the economic crisis. He worked incessantly as an inspector of electronics-based projects for an Arabian company for five years. But now that he is back in the Philippines, it’s his children’s turn to leave the country and pursue their own careers abroad. His eldest is an ECE manager of an American company while his second is an IT instructor at a college. His third is a nurse, while his youngest is a certified public accountant. His three daughters are in Oman while the youngest is waiting for her chance to join them there.

As he realized that he constantly needs to keep in touch with his children, he decided to turn to a mobile communications partner that will provide him with what he needs: inexpensive talk time, low-cost rates, and dependable network coverage coupled with excellent customer service. Santos is now a proud prepaid subscriber of the Sun Cellular network.              

“I get to call my children twice a week in Oman for super-low rates,” he says. “Mas nakakatipid ako talaga. The signal strength is also very good, my reception is clear when I call all four of them. Nalalaman ko kagad kung anong kalagayan nila, so I don’t get worried that much anymore. I used to feel restrained before I switched to Sun. I couldn’t send them messages that often, much less call them, as other networks cost me an arm and a leg to make a call to Oman. Sa Sun, I only get charged US$0.30 a minute!”

Sun Call and Text International SIM or CTIS allows Sun Subscribers to text their loved ones abroad for only P1 to the following countries: US (Main), Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong, UAE, Malaysia, Japan, Hawaii, Qatar, Brunei, Guam, Macau, Oman, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Turkey, Northern Marianas Islands, Jamaica, Bahamas and Puerto Rico.

Sun Cellular’s affordable international call and text rates apply to any mobile or landline number, regardless of the network operator abroad.

Passing on the family torch

Santos’ second child, Sheryl, agrees. She has a five-year-old girl that she only gets to see two months a year, as this is the only time when students from the Higher College of Technology in Oman spend their yearly vacation.

“I miss my baby girl so much,” she says. “But since Dad switched to Sun, I get to talk with my kid every other day! I get updates from dad so often that I don’t feel so far away. Plus the lines are always clear, wala kahit anong choppiness ang linya. Good thing my family switched to Sun!”

Sun Cellular knows that this is being experienced by lots of OFW families and as such, they have services available to fit each subscriber’s need. For prepaid subscribers, there’s the pioneering Call & Text Unlimited (CTU) load product, Text Unlimited Combo Text variants, and Sun Unlimix load variants, among others. And postpaid subscribers can choose from a variety of plans that fit their needs (like the Regular Postpaid Plans, the Sun Fixed Load Plans, Group Plans, Sun Elite Series Plan, and the Easy Lines.). Meanwhile, for reliable overseas connectivity, subscribers can enjoy Sun’s roaming and services in many countries. For those with family members abroad, Todo IDD Tawag is P2 only per minute.

For more about Sun Cellular products and services, visit www.suncellular.com.ph or call the Sun hotline by dialing 200 on your mobile phone.