Press Release
OLX Promotes The Classifieds Lifestyle To More Filipinos
One year after its rebranding, OLX Philippines, the country’s leading buy and sell platform, announced it is now focusing on leveling the online classified ads landscape to provide users with equal buying and selling opportunities. Reaching out to more Filipinos Shortly after its rebranding, OLX established an office in Cebu to reach out to more users in the Visayas and Mindanao...
Globe Telecom Boosts Visit the Philippines Year 2015 Campaign
Globe Telecom, through its International Business Group, has partnered with the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) of the Philippines to support the Visit the Philippines Year 2015 campaign which aims to promote the country as Asia’s top tourist destination. Globe is TPB’s first Philippine telco partner to offer affordable communication services to millions of tourists and Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) returning to the...
TechUp Pilipinas, UnionBank Energize Agri Sector with Digital Technology
AGRICULTURE is considered one of the main drivers of economic growth in the Philippines. In the 70s, the agriculture industry’s contribution to the Philippine economy was almost 30% but by 2016, the percentage had dropped to 9.65%. World Bank figures paint a dim picture of the future of the agriculture industry, further exacerbated by the aging farmer population at...
Star Wars Fever in PH Heats Up
Fans and communities all over the world are gearing up for the much-awaited release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. With a little over a month away before its premier in the Philippines, the Star Wars fever is definitely heating up with all the social media buzz and on-ground experience that Star Wars fanatics have been raving about. Leading the...
Globe launches eLibrary to Benefit over 15M public school students nationwide
Over a thousand educational e-books appropriate for K-1 learning will be made available to over 15 million public elementary and high school students and some 5000.000 public school teachers nationwide beginning September 30 as part of the Global Filipino School 9GFS0 program of leading telecommunications company Globe Telecom. The GFS Library launch coincides with the National Teachers Day celebration of...
Government only ‘realistic’ third player in local telco industry–study
The government would be the only “realistic” third player in the local telco industry as any new entrant may find it extremely difficult to achieve financial viability given the dynamics of a very mature market. This was the conclusion of a study entitled “Assessment of the Structure, Conduct, and Performance of the Philippine Telecommunications Industry” undertaken by Epictetus Patalinghug, Wilfred...
One Mindanao Under Blockchain
With the rise of Mindanao as the technological sandbox of the Philippines, more and more fintech and blockchain companies are flocking to the region to develop use-cases and test scalability. Given this development, TraXion, a transaction management company that uses blockchain technology sees an opportunity to create an inclusive ecosystem that connects the smallest microentrepreneurs to the largest businesses...
LeadSurf joins Project 1
LeadSurf Data Marketing, Inc. joins Globe Telecom’s call for responsible electronic waste disposal by donating defective mobile phones, computers, and other office equipment to Project 1 Phone (P1P), the biggest and most ambitious e-waste recycling program in the country. LeadSurf, a client of Globe MyBusiness, provides technical and customer support services, marketing of software products and services across South East...
