PLDT is planning to partner with regional telcos to offer mobile services to 8M Filipinos living overseas. Currently PLDT has an agreement with CSL of Hong Kong to offer cheap SMS services where Filipinos can text back to home for only HK50 cents per message instead of up to HK$1 through other carriers. More
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: Text a Vacation Program launched in Philippines
: Text based remittance services in Philippines: Smart Communications started a new text-based remittance service in Philippines, tapping a huge market – 8M Filipinos living abroad sent $7.6B back home, mainly through banks and money-transfer companies like Western Union. The average annual income in Philippines is less than $1000 and difficult to find anyone who actually talks on his or her phone. Hence the popularity of text messaging services.
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