Engineers working to fully restore Sun Cellular mobile services in Bohol, Cebu

Operations of Sun Cellular in Bohol and Cebu—which were hard-hit by a major earthquake this morning—have been affected, the company said in a statement.

However, engineers are “working to normalize services shortly,” said Smart Communications Inc., which acquired Sun Cellular, in a statement.

Smart also said that its mobile phone service in Bohol and Cebu remains “remains largely operational despite the damage inflicted on some cell sites and network facilities by the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that hit Central Visayas early this morning.”

Since electricity is unavailable in parts of Bohol and Cebu, Smart will be “deploying generator sets to power key cell sites and keep mobile phone and internet services running,” the company said in an announcement.

“We are also setting up free call services and free mobile phone charging stations in affected towns and municipalities to assist residents as well as emergency agencies involved in rescue and relief operations,” it added.

Smart Communications Inc. is the mobile phone unit of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT), which is led by Manuel V. Pangilinan, who also chairs TV-5.

source: interaksyon.com

Make the most out of your prepaid subscription

Being practical is the way to go these days. Whether you are in possession of a huge savings bank account or of a small ceramic piggy bank, it’s always best to look for the best value out of every purchase or investment that you make. This is also true for every prepaid subscription.

With the freedom to choose and the numerous choices out there, these simple tips will help you make the most out of what you may already have and out of what you still can get from a mobile service.

Choose the right SIM card. It’s in that life-changing decision of choosing the right SIM card. Getting a new number has become more personalized now than ever. On top of its specialized SIM offerings, Sun Cellular brings in the first-in-the-country Name Ur Number SIM which gives you the chance to choose your desired mobile number and lets you have the satisfaction of personalizing your own number.

Know the load that fits you well. Regardless of what’s hot and what trends on Twitter, it’s always best to choose a load that fits your lifestyle. Whether you’re an avid texter or someone who just likes the convenience of making calls, Sun Cellular anyway does a great job in mixing and matching these basic services, turning them into unlimited offerings and topping them up with more value-added services like mobile internet, texts to other networks and calls and texts abroad.

Then again, it also wouldn’t hurt to explore and spice your life up with loads that can multi-task like the Sun Call and Text Combo, Sun FBForever10 or any of the Sun TRIO loads. What’s there to lose with getting more services and more ways to reach friends, right?

Set your budget and stick to the friendliest retailer. With your busy lifestyle, it helps to set aside a part of your allowance or salary to save up on the higher amounts of loads that would last you a month like the Sun Text Unlimited 300 or for a half-month pay period like the Sun Call and Text Combo 150.

But if you wouldn’t mind frequent visits to your friendly retailer, then feel free to use up your change and explore loads like the Sun Winner Text 10 or the Sun Call and Text Combo 10. It will also help to have a suki or favourite Sun Prepaid retailer to recommend the latest and the most sulit loads out there.

Track the expiration and validity of your load. The most important tip among the bunch – know when your load will expire. The best thing about Sun Prepaid is its unique “Cumulative Expiry Feature”. In case your friend suddenly feels generous today and sends you Sun Call and Text Unlimited 25 via Give-a-Load over your current Sun Text Unlimited 200 subscription that’s just about to expire tomorrow, know that you’ll be getting an additional day of unlimited Sun texts and additional texts to other networks.

Given that Sun does its addition well, the value-seeker will find that no load will be wasted from overlapping with another. Sun makes sure that loads and validity periods add up. Just track your load validity and manage your usage well so there won’t be the inconvenience of zero balance for you.

Invite your friends to switch to Sun. Make your Sun subscription all the more worth it today by inviting more of your friends to join you in being with the country’s sunniest network. Maximize Sun’s unlimited services for nonstop chatting and sending messages to the whole group. Surf the ‘net even while on-the-go and post on each other’s Facebook Wall for free using Sun’s Forever Loads or Facebook Zero service.

While you enjoy all these, you also get to save up together and gather more funds for your next barkada adventure! Even more, getting in touch with each other from whichever part of the country is now even easier with Sun’s wider coverage nationwide, supported by PLDT.

Because you value your hard-earned money, individuality, and social connections, Sun Cellular makes sure to help you nurture these through its best-value offerings. And with a little help from these tips, just be sure to keep making the good choice of staying with your best-value, Sun Prepaid.

Sun Cellular is a member of the PLDT Group.

source: interaksyon.com