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Globe gains momentum in value-added services

August 19, 2010 - 12:00am

Globe Telecom is gaining momentum in engaging new customer services with the increase in the take-up of its ringback tones, music and social networking services in the first half of the year.

Business

Vanishing load mystery deepens

By Dennis Carcamo | July 21, 2009 - 12:00am

Members of the mobile value-added service (VAS) industry yesterday denied being responsible for the diminishing load of prepaid...

News Commentary

Content providers wash hands off vanishing cellphone loads

By Dennis Carcamo | July 20, 2009 - 3:18pm

MANILA, Philippines -- Members of the mobile value-added service (VAS) industry claimed they are not responsible for diminishing credits experienced by some prepaid phone subscribers.

NTC prepares rules on value-added services

April 14, 2007 - 12:00am

The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has prepared a draft set of rules governing value-added services (VAS), identifying which services should be considered VAS and which should be classified...

Business

Telcos lose bid to bar ISPs from offering VoIP

August 26, 2005 - 12:00am

Telecommunications operators lost their bid to prevent Internet service providers (ISPs) from offering voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services for compensation after the National Telecommunications Commission...

Business

Telecom firms oppose NTC plan to allow VoIP

April 7, 2005 - 12:00am

Telecommunications companies are opposing a plan of government to allow Internet service providers (ISPs) to offer Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), a service as well as a technology that allows the transmission...

Business