Prepaid Loads For Mobile Will Have 1-Year Expiration Starting 2018

Starting January 5, 2018, prepaid load consumers will enjoy a one-year expiration regardless of the amount.

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The prolong lifespan of prepaid loads for cell phones are the product of joint memorandum being signed by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC).

The government agencies amended NTC's Memorandum Circular No. 03-07-2009, or the Guidelines on Prepaid Loads, which state that validity of prepaid loads shall correspond to the amount of load purchased.

According to Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez through this good news is Presidents Rodrigo Duterte's gift to the public this Christmas hoping that everyone can benefit from in the coming years.

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Statistics show that there is 130 million cellphone subscription in the Philippines as of December 2016. Aside from this, it is found out that 90% of cellphone users in the Philippines are in prepaid. These numbers will benefit the extended expiry date of prepaid load to one year.

Lopez added that this is also aimed to help small and medium-sized businesses and to protect consumers.

Currently, a P10 pesos load or lower can be used only up to three days while prepaid credits more than P300 may last up to four mounts.

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How to Configure Internet Mobile Phone In the Philippines

We at the Thoughtskoto enjoyed chatting. In fact, me and my wife doesn't use the SMS that often. We used VOIP when we make a call. We use messenger or internet chatting when we send SMS. So even my wife is doing grocery at Trinoma in Manila, and I am testing the solids of the soap in my lab here abroad, we are chatting, it is not a text message or SMS, we can chat for hours, depends on the urgency.

There are good applications in the Philippines that your love ones can subscribed to. Smart have UZZAP and Globe have UnliCHat. My wife is subscribed to UZZAP, 10 pesos per day and she is online everyday in her mobile phone, for 24 hours! Well. except if she is not chatting in the laptop.

So here is the configuration settings depending on your mobile phones. All networks are covered here so it's a bit comprehensive. Walang kawala!

INTERNET OVER THE PHONE

How to set your mobile in the Philippines with Smart, Globe and Sun Sim Cards

FOR SMART HERE

Halos lahat ng SMART BUDDY na SIM, may preloaded na Settings

To activate and download 3G/GPRS/MMS settings on your cellphone, text

SET [phonemodel] to 211.

Upon receiving the configuration settings, choose to “Save All” to save the settings on your phone.

To get a list of supported handsets, key in SET LIST to 211

But here is the step by step Guide

What are the standard Smart GPRS and MMS settings?

You may configure your phone's GPRS/MMS Settings using these information:

I. GPRS/WAP Internet Settings

Connection name: SMARTGPRS

Data bearer: Packet data

Access point name: smart1

User name: leave this blank

Prompt password: No

Password: leave this blank

Authentication: Normal

Homepage: http://wap.smart.com.ph

Network type IPv4

Phone IP address: 10.102.61.46

Name servers: Automatic

Proxy server address: 10.102.61.46

Proxy port number: 8080 or 9201

(differs from one handset model to another)

Default access point: SMARTGPRS

Data bearer: Choose GPRS

Access point: internet

User name: (leave it blank)

Prompt p’word: No

Password: (leave it blank)

Authentication: Normal

Homepage: http://wap.smart.com.ph

II. MMS Settings

Connection name : SMARTMMS

Data bearer:Packet data

Access point: mms

User name: leave it blank

Prompt password: No

Password: leave it blank

Authentication: Normal

Homepage : http://10.102.61.238:8002

Network type IPv4

Phone IP address: 10.102.61.46

Name servers: Automatic

Proxy server address: 10.102.61.46

Proxy port number: 8080 or 9201

(differs from one handset model to another)

Default access point: SMARTGPRS

Data bearer: Choose GPRS

Access point: mms

User name: (leave it blank)

Prompt p’word: No

Password: (leave it blank)

Authentication: Normal

Homepage: http://10.102.61.238:8002

FOR GLOBE HERE

Select which brand/model or unit do you use. Click the links below and you will get the Step-by-step guide to set your mobile phone to activate to internet.

NOKIA GLOBE

N- Gage QD 2600 3100 3220 3230 3250 5300 5700 6020 6070 6101 6111 6151 6170 6230 6230i 6233

6260 6270 6280 6288 6300 6500 Slider 6500 classic 6600 6630 6680 7200 7260 7270 7280 7360 7370 7610

7710 8800 9300 9300i 9500 E51 E65 E70 E90 N71 N73 N80 N90 N91 N93i N95

SONY ERICSSON GLOBE

SE K300i SE K310i SE K500i SE K508i SE K600i SE K608 SE K610i SE K700i SE K750i SE K800i SE K810i SE M600i SE P1i SE P800 SE P900

SE P910i SE P990i SE R600 SE S500i SE S700i SE T100 SE T105 SE T200 SE T230 SE T300 SE T310 SE T600 SE T610 SE T630 SE T68i

SE W200i SE W300i SE W580i SE W660i SE W800i SE W810i SE W850i SE W880i SE W900i SE Z200 SE Z520i SE Z600 SE Z710i SE Z800i SE J210i

SAMSUNG GLOBE

SA A800 SGH C100 SGH C450 SGH D100 SGH D140 SGH D500 SGH D600 SGH D900 SGH E100 SGH E250 SGH E330 SGH E600 SGH E610 SGH E620 SGH E700

SGH E800 SGH F500 SGH I600 SGH N620E SGH P150 SGH P400 SGH S100 SGH S200 SGH S300 SGH S500 SGH T200 SGH T400 SGH T500 SGH U700 SGH V200

SGH V200C SGH X100 SGH X120 SGH X200 SGH X400 SGH X430 SGH X460 SGH X480 SGH X600 SGH X610 SGH X660 SGH X720 SGH X820 SGH Z560

MOTOROLA GLOBE

A668	C650	V878
A780	E360 **	V3
C155	E365	V290
C300	E380 **	V690
C330	E398	V300 **
C350	L7	V60i
C350i	MPX200	V70
C375	MPX220	V303
C380	T720 **	V80
C550	T720i	V600
L6	V3X	E770
E1070	KRAZR K1	V6 MAXX
E608 **	V3XX	A1200
V8	Moto Q

other phones here

FOR SUN HERE

Sun Cellular have all the configuration you need here

Simply fill in the two blanks, your phone unit and model type and you will get an Excel file of Step-by step configuration of your mobile phone.

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