Archive for the ‘ICT Industry’ Category
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
The past few weeks, I learned so much more about call cards than I had the past year. And this is because of one reason: necessity. :-)
You see, my better half is in the US, and we both had to use call cards to communicate.
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On my ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
I've been receiving ... uhm ... press releases and links to this site via my comments section.
This is what they're about:
3dXploration is a gigantic project of artsdigitalmedia.com, this project aims to show the world the beautiful Philippine sceneries and in the future, the precious places of the entire globe. Enhance ...
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Monday, June 9th, 2008
I wrote about Smart Link back in 2006. It is a service targetted for Filipino Seamen that allows them to make calls through a satellite phone wherever they are in the world, over land or over seas.
I found this poster at SM Baguio and was glad to see that Smart ...
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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
I picked up an old new clipping about while clearing out our home during the holidays. It's about "Vocal (more than just VOIP) - a service by Pacific Internet. The print advertisement says ...
Expand your business and have the power to call anywhere in the world. Plus ... have ...
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Monday, December 17th, 2007
Smart has a coastline and inflight roaming service, so says their print advertisement.
Roaming services have been around for many years now allowing Pinoy subscribers to make calls using their Philippines-based cellphone using telcos of other countries.
What's unique about the latest services are how subscribers will be able to make phone ...
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
In this podcast, I talk about Bayan Wireless Landline, Mango by Digitel and PLDT wireless landline ...
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Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Here is a short podcast.
Vonage call center in the Philippines. I spoke to a friend who works for a call center, she works for Vonage [I keep pronouncing it von-age but it's...whatever]. This is what she tells me, their technical support group has a counterpart in the US. These two ...
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Sunday, June 3rd, 2007
The w@ho (Work At Home) PLDT Advertisement on Inquirer reads:
Off the top of your head... How many call center agents are you going to lose this year?
w@ho (Work At Home) is service of PLDT that equips call center agents with a high-quality internet connection at home. Quality of connection is ...
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2007
I've been calling a couple of US and Canada hotlines. And it's pleasant hearing a familiar voice on the hotline, a familiar accent.
1.) Expedia. I called Expedia for the first time last week and a male (gay-ish) voice answered. Marcus had a thick Pinoy-English accent and I recognized immediately that ...
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Tuesday, September 19th, 2006
PLDT and Smart are aggressively marketing their Internet shop franchise packages at the malls.
The Internet shop franchise packages include:
PLDT myDSL Internetcafe+
Smart Bro computer station
Smart Click Internet & more
Netopia
(For a quick rundown, see Internet Cafe franchises on eOFW)
I like these developments in Internet shop franchising. I like it because there is ...
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