Oks! News from the Philippines

Globe Telecom is introducing their new WiMax Broadband Internet in several provinces in South Luzon. Details are below:

Globe Broadband WiMAX

Monthly Service Fee (MSF): Php795
Download Speed: up to 512kbps
Installation Fee: Free
Internet Usage: Unlimited
Lock-in Period: 12 months
Termination Fee: Php2,500
Equipment: Modem with External Antenna

Globe WiMax will service areas where there are no existing DSL or cable lines as a sort of a last mile offering in their broadband network.

Globe Telecom, through its wholly-owned subsidiary G-Xchange, Inc. (GXI), has partnered with leading Internet social networking site Friendster for online money transfer.

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Globe Telecom recently launched a new web service called PixLink. The web 2.0 site aims to provide free unlimited photo and video uploads to all Globe subscribers.

PixLink will focus on integrating media uploads to other popular services like Flickr, Picasa, Friendster, Dacebook and YouTube.

Pixlink can be downloaded into most Java-capable mobile phone and use to upload any photo and video to the site. The upload charges will be free until March 5, 2009.

Troops from the 72nd Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army led by Colonel Vic Tan successfully repelled 20 suspected NPA insurgents who attempted to attack a Globe Telecom cell site in Bgy. Tabon-tabon, Pacian, Monkayo, Compostela Valley.

The attackers, believed to be from Guerilla Front 20 led by Lito Masaring also known as “Commander DARYL,” were attempting to infiltrate the Globe relay station, but were forced to retreat as the military contingent and a DASIA security guard protecting the installation drove them back after a 20 minute firefight.

There were no casualties reported in this incident, and no damage to Globe equipment.

The same Globe facility was already attacked by suspected NPA insurgents in May 2008. Then, as now, the combined defense from AFP troopers and DASIA security stationed at the site triumphed. In the previous encounter, one insurgent was captured and several firearms were recovered.

Globe Telecom, a leading telecommunications service provider in the Philippines, and Western Union, the world’s leader in global money-transfer services, announced today that consumers in Hawaii can now send Western Union mobile money transfers to Globe GCASH subscribers in the Philippines.
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