That didn’t take too long. Learned about this a couple of days ago but held off until it was official and the prepaid prices have been finalized. This is Globe Telecom’s response to Smart’s Unlimited Prepaid Blackberry Plans.
Subscribers can get unlimited BlackBerry service on their BlackBerry smartphones with new prepaid service plans for daily, weekly or monthly rates.
Daily Personal BlackBerry: Php50
5-Day Personal BlackBerry: Php220
Monthly Personal BlackBerry: Php1,200
The rates are almost similar to that of Smart. Smart’s weekly is Php300 for 7 days while Globe’s 5-day price is Php220.
The new prepaid BlackBerry service plans provide unlimited access to (push) email including Yahoo! Mail and Gmail; instant messaging via BlackBerry Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk, and Windows Live Messenger; and social networking sites such as Facebook and Flickr.
To activate the prepaid BlackBerry service plans and experience unlimited BlackBerry service all day just text BB ON
The prepaid BlackBerry service will be activated on the customer’s Globe prepaid account and BlackBerry smartphone within 24 hours following the text message registration. Internet browsing is not included in the unlimited service and will be charged like any GPRS service for prepaid subscribers — P5 for 15 minutes for time-based browsing or P0.15/KB for volume-based browsing.
Note: Free use on Blackberry APN only. Additional charges will apply when Globe APN is used.
Need help po with my bb curve 8520, I can send emails but won’t receive incoming mails. this happened when our company issued globe bb sim was upgraded, it was working perfectly before then. I tried using prepaid smart sim, but won’t receive incoming emails as well. baka may namiss lang ako na configuration or settings because it doesn’t work with both globe and smart na. thanks
not bb plan pala, sorry. prepaid lang ako, so its BB on. i cant browse. what do i need to do?
i registered 2hrs ago sa globe BB plan, okay naman. but then now hindi nako mkapagbrowse. okay naman signal ko, i mean okay naman gprs.. what seems to be the prob kaya? help pls..
i hope Sun cellular would release their own BB plans soon, I bet they would have lower rates. hehe… (asa?) :)
i’ve been trying to bb on and bb max on globe since yesterday but i can’t seem to get any confirmation sms from them. in fact the bb max 300 has only returned replies that they are unavailable to process the request and that i should try later. the bb on would reply that they got my request and that they will confirm if i am already connected. i text bb status and i am really not connected.
anyone encountering the same problems? labo ng globe!
pati smart wala na rin wifi..
@paco: 6 hours ago. Sometimes some phones aren’t configured to switch connections right away (bis to wifi or vise versa)–that’s why i would suggest that they turn off their mobile network first (by going to manage connections) then just use wifi alone so that they can check if their settings aren’t working properly.
@andre… When was the last tym you registered to globes bb on?
I’m a bb user since last year and I’m on prepaid as well. Initially, they released a prefigured service books and it went well for some-actually some had a free coverage of bis for more than a month for free and I experienced that. Probably globe found out that and so they reconfigured it and made a new service book plus they improved the activation of their bis. Now, upon registration, you will also be notified as to when it will expire unlike before-you will jst guess. Anyways, despite of the new settings, I can still use my bb via wifi. If urs doesn’t work, try to call 211 or their csr-just be patient and they will manually activate and reconfigure your settings.
does this means the earlier subscription to prepaid, after expiration puwede connect via wifi parin, but now when expired, wala na rin service books?
wonder how Globe able to do it?
I have a sim connected to my old BB and I still using it via wifi in office, suwerte pala?
Guys, wala na rin ang BIS thru wifi ng Smart. Never din naman nila naayos ang Smart BIS ko. Nung mag try akong mag Globe BIS, after registration, wala pang one min after receiving yung confirmation message, activated na kaagad BIS ko..
@mizuki… Yeah you’re 100% right.. Epal talaga globe! Have you tried the apps I suggested ? They work kahit wifi even without bis… Either settle for those apps or switch to smart… Tough huh? Globe sucks… Bigtym!
epal globe nagiba settings. Kaya pag times up, no wifi din. X(
Which is much better? 8900 or 9700?
HELP ME in DECIDING PLEASE!! :)
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@lawrence… Nka prepaid
ka ba or postpaid? Kung nka postpaid kylangan mo mag subscribe sa bb plan… Pero kung prepaid ka pede ka mamimili kung 1day… 5days or 30days ka nkaregister sa globe…
@paco – so i dont have to subscribe dun sa 2k a month na something sa globe? :)
@lawrence.. Yes you can as long as that unit is not registered sa ibang network… Di mo kasi mareregister sa globe kapag sa iba ka naka register… Lalo na yung mga galing sa ibang bansa na unit… And nakaka bwisit ang globe lalo na kapag di sakanila galing yung bb
what if hindi ako bumili sa globe ng unit? pwede ko parin ba gamitin ung BB prepaid nila without subscribing sa BIS??
Great news again! Just found out that uber twitter works through wifi even without bis! Just set it to direct tcp under network settings…
Die you globe!