Digital Lifestyle | "PORT OUT, PORT IN" in the Philippines Underway on September 2021

Telecommunications Connectivity Incorporated (TCI) logo

The three (3) big telecommunications companies in the Philippines have collaborated to ensure the mobile network portability will be possible in the country. The long dream of having your mobile numbers permanent even you switch networks will happen very soon sometime in September 2021. With this recent development, hence, Telecommunications Connectivity Incorporated is formed.

Mobile Number Portability is not a new scheme in the world, it is available in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. Soon, it will come to a reality in the Philippines, with the help of Syniverse as the technical support. "PORT OUT and PORT IN" will be a new practice among mobile telco subscribers, when they opt to change their network to transfer to another. Yes, it will encourage the telcos to be more competitive with their services so that it can entice subscribers to port in.

TCI expects around a million subscribers to have port out and port in transactions in its first year of operations, but who knows the real numbers yet as they are about to start by September 2021.

Good thing that to avail of the services for mobile number portability, it is free! The process will include that you ask a 9-digit Unique Subscriber Code (USC) from your current network and show it to your prospect new network. It will take 48 hours (that's fast!) so that the switch will happen. After opting to port out/port in, you will have to wait for another 60 days to avail port out/port in if you wish to switch again.

The good thing about the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) it is already a law under Republic Act 11202. Thus, to comply with it is a must. It will really give the Filipinos an option of which telco service provider they'll have to enjoy. With the port in and port out to networks, subscribers will enjoy the promos of respective networks: DITO, Globe and Smart. It can also be enjoyed a transfer of prepaid to postpaid, postpaid to prepaid, postpaid to postpaid and prepaid to prepaid. However, A FRIENDLY REMINDER, among the postpaid subscribers, it will be possible after completing the liabilities to the concurrent network.

This is indeed a gamechanger in the industry of telecommunications. As this will be realized, changing of numbers will be less and hopefully will also attribute to personal identification in the future in the Philippines. I wish the TCI all the best with this. As what TCI GM, Ms. Melanie Manuel have said, "IN UNITY, THERE IS CONNECTIVITY".

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Tech Lifestyle | DITO Telecommunity Reached 1 Million Subscribers with a Gift

The third major telecommunications company in the Philippines, DITO Telecommunity, started its commercial operations last March 2021. With its ongoing expansion nationwide, the telecom company has reached a milestone of one (1) million subscribers on its 3 months of commercial operations nationwide. As a simple token, DITO Telecommunity gives a gift to its subscribers, here it is...

Open your DITO App on your smart phone...my number is open for load sharing LOL!

Kidding aside...

Scroll down... You will see the ONE MILLION STRONG clickable photo and you will be redirected to another page that says "1GB Free Data Access". Redemption period is from June 18 until July 31, 2021. Your free 1gb data is good for 7 days!

  

Currently, the telecom company has 2 promos offered. P99 for a 10GB data access, unlimited text to all networks, unlimited calls to DITO to DITO, and 300 minutes call to other networks (which I think needs improvement) valid for 30 days. Also, the P199  for a 25GB data access, unlimited text to all networks, unlimited calls to DITO to DITO, and 300 minutes call to other networks also valid for 30 days.

My wishful thinking asks for an unlimited data... LOL

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Lifestyle | How to Buy Load with DITO Telecommunity App?

To top up your DITO Telecommunity account is a bit of a confusing activity as this is a new telco player in the Philippines. Not all e-loading stores, especially sari-sari stores, are able yet to do topping up for DITO. One has to visit an accredited DITO sim retailer and reloader to top up account or do it through the DITO Telecommunity App. For me, it is more convenient and easier to top up through the app, here's how.

App Dashboard

First and foremost, you should have downloaded the DITO Application through Google Playstore or Huawei App. Sign in your mobile number and the password, a combination of 6 digits, given upon the activation of the sim. It will really help a lot to keep the password with the simcard case like what I did.

Load Denominations

Proceeding to Payment

Upon signing in, you will be able to check your mobile data usage, existing call and text promos and of course your load balance. If you are already out of load, all you need to do is click the icon "BUY LOAD", you will then be directed to how much you wanted to top up, denominations available are as follows: P10, P30, P50, P100, P200 and P500.  I have chosen P200 as I will avail of the promo of P199 good for 25gb of data, unlimited text to all network and unlimited call to DITO and 300 minutes call to other networks. Upon choosing how much to BUY LOAD, you will be directed to the payment options, as of now, you can choose using your bank ATM, GCash, GrabPay or WeChat Pay. As for me, I have chosen the ATM because choosing GCash does not direct me to check out. So, I just provided the information for payment just like paying for plane tickets, online shopping haul and the likes.

Message After Purchasing Promo

Next thing to do is to go back at the main dashboard and click "BUY PROMO". As of the moment, the promo available is the P199, as presented earlier. Only some few clicks to do the Buy Promo as long as you have enough load credits. After the transaction, you'll receive a THANK YOU message with the transaction receipt. Then, you are good to go with your mobile data, SMS and call transactions.

So far, as per experience, I have consumed my 25gb of data less than a month as I have increased mobile data activity and tried to experiment how far the 25gb of data will do me especially that I have YouTube activities. So far, I am able to consume the 25gb for 3 weeks with most activities in YouTube livestreaming, uploading and premiere marathon. So, I have to top up in less than a month which is fine and it will add up the data capacity. So far, enjoying DITO Telecommunity data services though there are still places with blank spot, but it is not new because even the older telcos also have blank spots.

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Lifestyle | DITO Expanding Reach with New Promo

Newest DITO Promo

DITO Telecommunity which started commercial operations last March 8, 2021 is now expanding its reach in the northern area, to wit: select areas in Central Luzon and South Luzon. With its initial rollout in the select areas in Mindanao and Visayas, it presented a promo of P199 unlimited data and unlimited Dito to Dito calls and texts.

I have availed their initial promo here in Mindanao and able to enjoy their faster speed for internet and I can rely on it as primary source of data.

Check out my vlog at JoyoftheWorld as I compared speed test of existing mobile data providers. Here's the link: https://youtu.be/SwUw6Ptm1rs

However, I also have observed that there are still some blank spots in the city wherein there is no data while riding a car in Sasa, Davao City, yet there is network signal but low data reception. On the other hand, I am surprised that I have reliable mobile data even at villages nearby Ecoland, Matina Pangi and even at Jade Valley. I am fully aware that DITO Telecommunity, as a new player in the telecommunications industry, their infrastructure is still expanding but is already giving me a good service - a reliable one.

The newest promo offered by DITO is still at P199. There is data cap at 25GB but you can have unlimited text to all networks, unlimited calls to DITO subscribers and 300 minutes call to other networks. The promo will be good from April 16-30, 2021 that I will also grab as my initial subscription ends tomorrow, April 17. This will also test me how far my 25GB can serve me with frequent gaming and YouTube viewing. The promo will really be a game changer if it becomes a postpaid offering, but I understand that it is just a promo. Let's see it in the coming months as their physical stores are yet to be finished in some malls in Davao City and other areas.

I am wishing success for the third telco even on this challenging times.

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Lifestyle & Technology: DITO Telecommunity Officially Started Commercial Operations

The Philippines' third telco player, Dito Telecommunity (DITO), has officially started and launched its commercial operations March 8, 2021 in Cebu and Davao Regions. Many are excited with this development as the newest telco promise for a cheaper, faster and reliable internet connectivity through mobile and broadband. 

As of this writing, there are 15 areas have yet started the commercial rollout with the partner shops to sell the prepaid sim. Interconnection with the other telco companies are already in placed, too, to send and make a call to other networks smoothly. Plus, the audit findings of the company say that it has passed the requirements set by the government.

On the other hand, even with the very hopeful atmosphere with the third telco, many, on the first day of commercial rollout, failed to get a Dito simcard. It is because the there are initial compatible handsets where the simcard will be able to function. Some retailers also bundled the simcard with a new handset. Here are the list of initial hands compatible with the simcard.

Initial list of DITO compatible handsets.

Well, this is just the initial list of those handsets compatible with DITO. Soon enough, when the physical stores of DITO will open, more options will be available! Postpaid plans are among what I wanted to know and hopefully will be able to avail. Though I initially planned to avail a prepaid simcard but I would rather wait a bit for a postpaid offering.

Congratulations for the third telco!

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