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Arroyo announces lower charges on SMS

Rates now P.50 from P1

By Lira Dalangin-Fernandez
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 16:23:00 07/28/2008


MANILA, Philippines -- In an announcement that is expected to delight millions of texters all over the country, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has announced that telecommunication networks have lowered their charge for short message service (SMS) to P.50 from P1.

In her State of the Nation Address Monday, the President said telecommunications firms have responded to her call to lower their SMS charges.

"Texting is a way of life. I asked the telecoms to cut the cost messages between networks. They have responded. It's now down to 50 centavos," Arroyo said.

The Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) has asked the telecommunication firms to make their SMS free, but they did not agree.

The Philippines is said to be the text capital of the world. Filipinos send and receive about a billion messages daily.

This figure is more than the total daily text messages sent in the US and Europe combined.

ok din ah tpos may unlimited pa

mao jud! if only pwede i txt nalang ang per .0001 litre sa gasolina..

haha

dili nana uso kiams.
unlimited na uso karon. hehehe.

unli call napod

adto rako text.sakit dunggan ang call

init ang phone...hehe

hehehehe

Decieving tactics man ni. In times of Fuel hike, price hike, rice hike, mao pa gyud ni ang gi una ug atiman sa gobyerno, and with too much publicity infact it is only P0.50.

It is just purely wasting her time. This only means that the telecommunication department is not fuctioning, no authority and not doing thier jobs. The president should not be involved in such things, she has huge tasks to tackle like our economy, Sabah claim, illegal inhabitants at Spratly's islands, corruption, billions of foreign loans, etc.

There are more important things to do, rather than polishing her image.

If Bill Gates happen to drop a thousand bucks, whould he dare pick it up. No, his time is worth more than that amount.

as always..tactic ni gma.. gi divert napud ang attention sa mga tao

haduy.
if theres good news divertion agad ithink sa tao.

kay samok na baya kaayu.. palusot

haduy again!
samok lagi.
samot nuon samokon kay nagbagutbot sa small good news.
porbiders!

.50 rate for text messages is only good for 3 months

pastilan!

maau unta og bisan asa txt..ko-an na lng..unlimited txt from 7pm to 5am.