Utilities & Mobile Best Posts in Thread: move over globe n smart

You get what you pay for ..........................

(but not in the PH - you pay for what you don't get).

But we choose to live here, so no good complaining.

We have a saying in OZ - Don't like it - F**K OFF back where you came from .... Bit rough around the edges, but then so am I ......

 

Certainly a huge potential here, with more Smartphones than indoor toilets. Cannot come too soon!

 

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You ain't wrong there mate! Telstra KNOW how to charge that is for sure! But I sure do miss my 20Mbps ADSL I had back in Aus

 

When you are realistic about it - that is all everybody should expect "IN ALL REALITY" <---- my favorite saying - hahahahahahah ....

We want better service, better speeds, better data, better prices, etc ....

I don't care if it is Globe, PLDT, Telstra or whoever. As long it offers me that "fair and happy" feeling of getting something valid and solid.

I do NOT wish to change to Telstra, have a very strong and long term HATE relationship with them.

But am happy to use them to get a fairer deal from one of the others.

 

I hope this happens and Telstra are successful in assisting the PI internet out of the horrible situation it is currently in, but as many times as I've seen companies come here with big plans to only leave 3-5 years later with their tail between their legs, licking their wounds. The PI is a very tough business environment unless you have the right connections and if those connections are political like the President/Senator/Congressman they are only good for the duration of their tenure in office and then they need to start all over again from scratch. Just my two cents worth!

 

Published on October 29th, 2015 | by The Maharlikan

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Australian Telco Telstra to Enter Philippine Market

Telstra, the largest telecom provider in Australia, is in talks with San Miguel Corporation to enter the Philippines to challenge Smart Communications and Globe Telecom. The joint venture discussions between the two companies are in advanced stages and have been going on for several months already. The investment from Telstra would be in the hundreds of millions of dollars as the joint venture is expected to disrupt the current market trend in the Philippines which is highly dominated by Globe and Smart Telecommunications. Telstra and San Miguel Corp pledges to bring the fastest internet in the country but way cheaper than Globe and Smart.

Why San Miguel? They basically have the spectrum assets and the ability to do business in the Philippines. Telstra would bring the technical and engineering know-how while San Miguel can navigate the local business landscape. Telstra sees a lot of potential in the Philippines because of the “lack of high-speed 4G services” which they claim just reaches 5 percent of the market.

To move forward though the new JV company will need to go on a very aggressive hiring and pirating push. San Miguel’s Liberty Telecom which operates Wi-Tribe was a massive failure as it wasn’t able to grab significant market share from either telco. The reviews of their services have also been abysmal.

The expansion of Telstra in the region is not new as they have already made big inroads in Indonesia with their JV with Telkom Indonesia. The success they’ve had there is probably one of the main sources of confidence they have in trying to enter the Philippine market.

Globe has already responded by saying “bring it on”.