Nieuwe tarieven voor gsm gesprekken

[Kano]

Met ingang van zondag gaan de telecombedrijven in de Filippijnen een starttarief rekenen van P3 voor de eerste twee pulsen van in totaal 12 seconden . Vervolgens wordt elke puls in rekening gebracht. Elke minuut heeft 10 pulsen van 6 seconden.

Het nieuwe schema verandert niets voor de kosten per minuut, maar wel voor de kosten minder dan een minuut.

Het bellen naar een ander netwerk zal ook per puls worden berekend. Dit gaat 16 december in.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20091205-240318/New-cell-phone-rates-take-effect-Sunday

[Mawibata]

Oh kunnen ze daar bellen ook ?


Ik dacht alleen SMS'en     

[Kano]

De telecombedrijven verzetten zich tegen de invoering andere beltarieven (geen SMS dus  ). Zij hebben een list bedacht. Om voor de per puls tarief in aanmerking  te komen, moet namelijk een extra prefix aan het telefoonnummer toegevoegd (Smart *5433 en Globe *232).  Dat is duidelijk in het verkeerde keelgat geschoten van de senaatspresident Juan Ponce Enrile. Zie hieronder (in het Engels)

Telecoms' 'confusing' per-pulse cellphone scheme irks Enrile

GMA News 12/21/2009

Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile on Monday blew his top over the refusal of telecommunications firms to implement per-pulse charging on cellular phone calls as ordered earlier by the National Telecommunications Commission.

"It is very clearly stated ayaw nilang sundin. The question is, who is to be followed? It should be the government. There is a government here. Hindi pwedeng kung ano ang gusto nyo, yun ang masusunod. No way! Who are you? That is why you are given a franchise. You have to follow," Enrile told the representatives of telecom companies during the hearing on the so-called 'disappearing load' issue.

"You want the government to follow what you want. You are governed, you do not govern. You are to follow, not to be followed. That's the game," he added.

The Senate President even banged his hand on the table to stress his point.

Based on an NTC order, the per-pulse charging of calls should have been implemented starting December 6, after the telecoms asked for 120 days to reprogram their networks.

However, the system implemented by the companies needs to use a special character and numbers as prefix to the phone number of the subscriber. Smart subscribers need to use prefix *5433 while Globe subscribers need to use prefix *232 to avail of the per-pulse charging.

Earlier, Globe Telecom President Ernest L. Cu and Smart Communications spokesman Ramon R. Isberto both explained that their firms were complying with the order but the prefix system is their stop-gap measure in the meantime. [See: Globe, Smart told to explain noncompliance with per-pulse billing]