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Global text messages to reach 360-B in 2002

September 23, 2002 - 12:00am

The text craze that has taken the country by storm has now spread worldwide. In line with the unprecedented expansion of the global GSM network – with more than 167 million new GSM users added in the last 12...

Telecoms

PC users worldwide connect to RP mobiles

April 8, 2002 - 12:00am

Millions of PC users worldwide can now be virtual "textmates" with mobile phone subscribers in the Philippines. Chikka Holdings Ltd. announced the official launch of MyGlobe Instant Messenger by Globe...

Telecoms

Patents filed for unique SMS-based menu system

January 7, 2002 - 12:00am

Chikka Holdings Ltd. and its affiliate, Bidshot, the Philippines’ leading mobile messaging and wireless services companies, respectively, have announced that they have perfected patent applications under the...

Telecoms

Exporting Chikkatxt

December 10, 2001 - 12:00am

Emilio, a Chilean hotelier, claims to have spent the best part of his late twenties in Manila, where he had been assigned by an international chain, in the course, tasting all the Philippines had to offer, and when...

Telecoms