Comments on: SMS turns 20 years today!

By: paul e.

paul e. — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:41:41 +0000

my first cellphone was a nokia 636. couldn’t even send/receive sms ‘coz it was an analog phone.

my first gsm phone was the nokia 2110. can’t remember what my 1st sms was, though.

By: ronnie

ronnie — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:09:51 +0000

mine was mitsubishi around 1993 where extelcom was i thought the only cellphone provider.

By: junn

junn — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:20:20 +0000

mine is 2110 nokia

By: 'em

'em — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:47:47 +0000

Nokia 5510 with a Php900+ worth simcard :) Ang mahal ng simcard noon. Ngayon, 10Php, meron ka na hehehe

By: johngo

johngo — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:19:44 +0000

Very capital intensive ang Telecommunications company.

For example SMART alone has 8,000 cellsites para may signal ka kahit saan.
Para hindi choppy ang call mo.
Para hindi congested ang text, capacity upgrade.

Hindi naman local nabibili yung equipment, kailangan mong bumili sa best foreign telco eqpt. provider (e.g. Ericsson, Nokia, Siemens, Huawei, ZTE)

RENT sa location (if rented) = COST
ELECTRICITY = COST
MAINTENANCE/MANPOWER = COST

Upgrade to 3G yung site (kasi gusto mo mabilis = COST)
Upgrade to 4G yung site = COST

Aside sa cellsite, kailangan mong i-maintain yung MALAKING NETWORK na CONNECTED with EACH OTHER na dapat may REDUNDANCY para pag nasira, gumagana pa din.

FIBER OPTIC LINES = COST
INTERCONNECTION = COST

BANDWIDTH/FREQUENCY to GOVT = COST
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When you load 100 pesos, marami pang makikihati doon.
DEALER 2.5% (Kung saan kumukuha si subdealer ng LOAD)
SUBDEALER ???% (Kung saan kumukuha si retailer ng LOAD)
RETAILER 10% (Tindahan kung saan ka nagpapaload)
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Kung gusto mong LIBRE ang TEXT, magtayo ka ng NETWORK MO or sumulat ka na lang!

By: darryl

darryl — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:58:33 +0000

islacom noon ngayon globe na pala.

By: darryl

darryl — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:54:26 +0000

nakalimutan ko yung unang phone na ginamit ko noong bata pa ako tapos ang phone ko noon ay may antena. tapos ang sim card noon ay islacom. I think it’s 2000 or 1998 yung una kong nasubukan magtxt.

By: lewell

lewell — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:49:30 +0000

i thought Globe was the first to offer GSM in PH?

By: 9evian6

9evian6 — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:09:52 +0000

unang phone ko Nokia 8110 (‘yung ginamit sa Matrix movie), nagulat ako, naka-receive ako ng message. Tapos, parang beeper, tatawag ka sa Globe, sila magpapadala ng message =)

By: pabs

pabs — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 11:54:37 +0000

My first cellphone was a motorola microtac in 1996 it was a analog phone by Piltel then, followed by a JBC analog from smart in 1997. When texting was first offered by Globe I switched to them with an ericcson unit, till now I’m still stuck with Globe since 1999 both postpaid and prepaid.