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                    [Title] => Beat them or join them
                    [Summary] => 

The great thing about traveling and comparing notes with other travelers is that you discover what is new and what is old and it gives you a standard to go by.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-01 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133943 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804831 [AuthorName] => Cito Beltran [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1413565 [Title] => Poor phone signals during Pope's 5-day stay in Philippines [Summary] =>

Telco giants Globe and Smart have advised their subscribers that they will experience bag signals during the five-day stay of Pope Francis in the Philippines.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-16 10:15:45 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Gadgets [SectionUrl] => gadgets [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1400263 [Title] => To the bat cave [Summary] =>

From what has been reported and observed prior to the malingering visit of Typhoon Hagupit, it is clear that many Filipinos have learned their lesson from Typhoon Haiyan a.k.a Yolanda.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133943 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804831 [AuthorName] => Cito Beltran [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1392511 [Title] => Meet the Huawei Mate 7 [Summary] =>

The Huawei Mate 7 represents what the Chinese company can really do when it puts its weight on a goal to be among the leading handset makers.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136229 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1104739 [AuthorName] => Abe Olandres [SectionName] => Technology [SectionUrl] => technology [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/business/networks/20141117/Huawei-Mate-7.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1360704 [Title] => Appeals court stops text refund order vs Digitel [Summary] =>

The Court of Appeals (CA) stopped the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) yesterday from implementing its order for telecommunications companies to refund alleged excessive charges on short messaging system (SMS) or text messages and to cut rates.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140823/court-of-appeal-8.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1273518 [Title] => Smart, Globe ship 150,000 new iPhones over holiday season [Summary] =>

Mobile carriers Smart Communications Inc. and Globe Telecom Inc. shipped a little over 150,000 units of iPhone5s and iPhone 5c for subscribers of the newest Apple handset in time for the Christmas season.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097197 [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 987841 [Title] => Globe seeks further review of NTC benchmarking results [Summary] =>

Citing the progressive improvement of the company in its network performance, Philippine telecommunications provider Globe Telecom seeks for further review and evaluation from the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) after the latter released its latest benchmarking results for the second quarter.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1342554 [AuthorName] => Grace Melanie L. Lacamiento [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Business [SectionUrl] => cebu-business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 977881 [Title] => Smart, Globe pass NTC benchmarking test for Q2 [Summary] =>

Wireless arm Smart Communications Inc. of dominant carrier Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) and Ayala-led Globe Telecom Inc. again got passing marks from the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) after successfully completing their respective network modernization and transformation.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097197 [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 947411 [Title] => Lopez, Ayala launch 3rd telco player [Summary] =>

Multimedia giant ABS-CBN Corp. is set to become a third player in the competitive telecommunications industry entailing investments of as much as P3 billion through a network sharing agreement with Ayala-led Globe Telecom Inc.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097197 [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 931418 [Title] => Mobile phone transactions of SSS hit record high [Summary] =>

Mobile phone transactions coursed through the Social Security System’s text-based facility surged to an all-time high of 601,936 last year as more and more of its members tapped the short-message service based technology to inquire about their contributions, benefits, loans and other concerns.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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