Globe Telecom has announced its latest product offering called SuperDuo, which is an upgrade to its Duo service.  In a text message from 8888, Globe said: "You can upgrade your Duo to SuperDuo to enjoy unlimited calls to any Globe or Touch Mobile nationwide, on top of your Duo subscription for only P499 for 30 days."

It said: "Just text DUO OFF to 8888 to deactivate your Duo and text SUPERDUO<area>ON to 8888 to register to SuperDuo. 

Globe Telecom and Research In Motion (RIM) launched in the Philippines the BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone in the Philippines. The BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone will be available from Globe starting October 1, 2009.

The new BlackBerry Curve 8520 introduces an innovative touch-sensitive trackpad, which makes scrolling and selection smooth and easy for a great navigation experience. It is also the first BlackBerry® smartphone to feature dedicated media keys, smoothly integrated along the top of the handset, giving customers an easy, convenient way to control their music and videos.

BlackBerry Curve 8520 is an incredibly approachable smartphone designed to be efficient and convenient. For people who like to be connected, it provides the industry’s leading mobile email and messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) solution, as well as easy access to popular social networking sites (including Facebook and MySpace). The new smartphone features a highly tactile full-QWERTY keyboard for comfortable, accurate typing, rich multimedia capabilities and easy access to music, games and other mobile apps for entertainment on the go. The BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone is Wifi-enabled to give customers faster Web browsing and extended data coverage.

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Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. or PLDT has introduced a new technology that makes watching TV over the internet easier and more satisfying. Through PLDT Watchpad, myDSL subscribers can watch TV shows, films, and more over the internet. Available channels now include National Geographic, Cartoon Network, Pinoy Box Office, CNN, Animax Mobile, CNBC, and GMA 7, with more coming soon.

Best experienced starting with myDSL Plan 1299, Watchpad is available for free to all myDSL subscribers nationwide. Subscribers have to register at www.pldtwatchpad.com to get their username and password.

PLDT Customer Sales and Marketing Group Head Eric Alberto said PLDT Watchpad is a fitting demonstration of synergy in the PLDT Group made possible by a partnership with Mediascape, the media partner.

“Through the years, we have continuously reached more households more than all competitors with high impact, direct-hitting acquisition programs, which not only raised awareness and relevance of Internet, but also changed the overall complexion of the business,” said Alberto.

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Feelings are many but words are few, clouds are dark but sky is blue; Love is a paper, life is glue, every thing is false, only My Love is TRUE. My dearest Valentine.

1000 words 1 cud say. 1000 wishes 1 cud pray. 1000 miles legs cud walk.1000 sounds a mouth cud talk.1000 times ill b true. 1000 ways 2 say i luv u! Happy Valentines Day.

love is feeling, can you feel it? love is truth, can you face it? love is mystery, can you solve it? love is gorgeous, have you seen it? love is believing, believe me, because I love you.

When time comes for u to give ur heart to someone, make sure u select someone who will never break ur heart, cuz broken hearts don't have spare parts.

Love can be expressed in many ways. One way I know is to send it across the distance to the person who is reading this. Happy Valentine's Day.

Despite the protests from several groups, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) and its private sector partner Stradcom Corp. will proceed with the implementation of the radio frequency identification (RFID) project for vehicles this year.  "We are going to get the approval of the National Telecommunication Commission for the project," Mr. Vince Dizon, Stradcom vice president for public relations, said during a consultation with various transport groups at the main office of the LTO in Quezon City last week.

Before this, the NTC had threatened to confiscate the RFID units that the LTO plans to install on all vehicles in the country, saying these gadgets need to be approved by the government regulator.  The project involves the use of RFID tags or microchips that pick up and send signals as well as proximity readers that transmit signals to the tags.  LTO chief Arturo Lomibao said the project allows electronic verification of vehicle identity and data, which would enable the LTO to detect colorum and out of line  public utility vehicles.

The National Telecommunication Commission (NTC) has assured that it will begin implementing the new billing system for mobile voice calls by the first week of December, ahead of the Christmas season when the volume of communication usually doubles.  "This is expected to benefit the 75 million mobile phone subscribers during the Christmas season," NTC deputy commissioner Douglas Mallillin said.

Mallillin said that while the mobile phone operators were asking for another delay in the implementation of Memorandum Circular No. 05-07-2009 until January 31, 2010, he said the telecom providers have been given enough time to prepare for the switch in the billing system.  The circular set at six seconds per pulse the maximum unit of billing for the cellular phone calls of both postpaid or prepaid subscribers.  Currenctly, subscribers are charged P6.50 per minute of call.

It was supposed to take effect in June 2009, but the telecom companies asked for a four-month extension of the preparation period.  Now, the companies wanted to delay it again until January, claiming that they may not be able to handle the large volume of calls when the switch is implemented in December, when the number of voice calls normally peaks. With the current billing system, even calls lasting for less than one minute are charged P6.50.  The new system will bill the first 12 seconds or two pulses as the flag down rate, plus additional charge on every succeeding pulse or six seconds.

Smart Communications has partnered with banks to offer various mobile banking services.  Recently, Smart launched with the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) a new service that will allow bank clients who are also Smart subscribers to do a wide range of bank transactions through their mobile phones.  The product called BPI-Smart Full-Mobile Banking is a huge upgrade for BPI clients who are Smart subscribers since balance inquiry transaction was previously the only function that can be used through the key-based mobile banking facilities. Now, they cannot only balance inquiry but also do fund transfers, bill payments, Smart prepaid airtime reloading and Smart Money reloading.

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) and Smart president and CEO Napoleon Nazareno said they see bright prospects for mobile commerce in the Philippines.  “As the country’s leading telco, we have adopted the fundamental strategy of providing relevant communication solutions and mobile security infrastructure to our partner banks. We are confident that this partnership with BPI, the country’s pioneer in electronic banking, will result in an expanded, more secure, and more convenient mobile banking experience for millions of Smart and BPI customers,” Nazareno said.

Thousands of mobile phone subscribers sent text messages asking for help at the height of flashfloods that submerged their homes on September 26, 2009, when telephone and power lines were cut off in many parts of Luzon.  Although help came a day or two days later, and for many, did not come at all, flashflood victims were able to send SOS through SMS to radio and television stations and the hotlines of government agencies during the time they needed help the most.

"Despite damages on our equipment, we were getting anecdotal evidence that we had signals in calamity areas," said Mr. Ramon Isberto, spokesman of Smart Communications and Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. or PLDT.

"Even in areas that were flooded, we were able to provide coverage. That's why people were able to send text," said Isberto. "I personally handled three cases and attended to their problems through my cell phone."

Radio station DZMM, which also broadcasts its programs on television, was swamped by "thousands" of text messages from people asking for help from their roofs.  Isberto said the density and design of the Smart network enabled the telecom firm to provide a means of communication to people when it is needed the most.

Thousands of people fled from their homes in low lying areas in Metro Manila, which suffered the heaviest rainfall in four decades on 26th September, as a result of typhoon Ondoy (international code name Ketsana) that crossed Luzon from the Pacific Ocean.  Metro Manila and 23 provinces in Luzon were declared under state of calamity.

The typhoon also left more than 140 casualties and dozens more missing, because of the flash floods and landslines triggered by the heavy rains, measuring 341 millimeters in a six-hour period, which authorities said was nearly equivalent to a one-month of rain that the country received in the past month.  This surpassed the previous record for Metro Manila in 1967, according to the weather bureau.

“We were able to break that record in a span of six hours. Today, we really experienced an extreme weather event," said Mr. Nathaniel Cruz, weather services bureau head of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).  He said this was a proof that the country was affected by climate change.

Flash floods occurred in Metro Manila, Bulacan, Pampanga, Rizal, Quezon, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas as a result of typhoon Ondoy. Water levels at La Mesa Dam and Ipo Dam climbed to critical levels.  Angat Dam reached spilling level.  Rivers swelled in Metro Manila and Bulacan.  Tullahan River, Tumana River, Pasig River, Marikina River and San Juan River rose to street levels, swamping homes and establishments.  Many flights were cancelled in Metro Manila.

Here is a collection of anniversary SMS, text messages, quotes and greetings for everyone. 

Let us celebrate the love we share, and the days that we will keep loving each other till the end.  Happy anniversary!

Love brought you together as husband and wife, and gave each of you a best friend for life. Happy Anniversary!

Have a happy anniversary. A day that's filled with fun. And remember the day that you two became one!

May love continuously rule your relationship, as you rule each other with patience and care.  Wishing you a lifetime of wonderful years together.

To the couple who found love and live with it. Happy wedding anniversary!