Connecting Filipino

Filipinos now rely heavily on their mobile phones for communication needs, according to market research studies. Some Filipinos said they used mobile phones to send text messages rather than make calls. Why? Because making calls within the country is much expensive than sending text messages, for only Php 1.00 (One Peso) you can express or deliver your thought to your friends and/or to your loved ones. Some of them are known as "text addict" even in the middle of the night, they can't stop by sending messages to everyone. Too much expensive, right? But if you've already been in the Philippines you know that they just got their load in a lowest cost. This is because one of the largest telecom companies in Philippines offers a good promotion for their subscriber which is the unlimited "texting". Sun Cellular started this strategy in the middle of year 2005 until their competitors done with this project.

I am also one of their avid subscribers since 2005 up to 2006 when I was in the Philippines. This kind of marketing promotion helps us a lot to send and gather more friends thru text message. Some of their subscribers create a group or what they call a "clan", were you need to register and introduce yourself to that clan's members. Some of them make activities like meeting every Saturday (where this is the best and most recommended day for all teens that joined this group). By using this cheapest way to meet more friends is very helpful and now it creates a large communities all over the Philippines.