Talk 'N Text offers affordable Internet to subscribers

MANILA, Philippines - Subscribers of prepaid mobile brand Talk ‘N Text can now have access to affordable mobile Internet through Koneknet, which provides five hours of unlimited mobile Internet browsing for only P30.

Koneknet enables Talk ‘N Text subscribers to use their cellphones to update their blogs, chat or send emails, and browse through their favorite social networking sites at a fixed and low cost.

“Our subscribers have traditionally benefitted from the ‘nationwidest’ network coverage of Talk ‘N Text, its affordable offers, and the convenience of finding prepaid load wherever they are. Koneknet expands this host of benefits, and is a natural progression of our strategy of providing basic yet advanced services to our subscribers, at least cost,” Talk ‘N Text marketing head Perry Bayani said.

He added that Koneknet also helps advance Smart’s ‘Internet for All’ agenda, or to bring the benefits of the Internet more quickly to more people in more places. Talk ‘N Text is one of three mobile brands of wireless services leader Smart Communications.

To experience mobile Internet, Talk ‘N Text subscribers must first set the 3G/MMS/GPRS features of their cellphones by texting SET to 211.

After the settings have been received and saved, the Koneknet package may be conveniently availed of by sending NET30 to 4450. Talk ‘N Text subscribers may also subscribe by clicking on the Koneknet button in Smart’s mobile portal http://m.smart.com.ph/koneknet.

The P30 charge will be deducted from the subscriber’s prepaid credit at registration. A P1 prepaid balance must be maintained while subscribed to the Koneknet package. Any amount of time exceeding the registered five-hour period will be charged the existing flat rate of P10 for every 30 minutes.

Koneknet is exclusively available to Talk ‘N Text subscribers. Talk ‘N Text Tipid-Sulit SIM packs are available from all Smart resellers everywhere and prepaid load for it is available from over a million load retailers nationwide. As of end-June 2010, the subscriber base of Talk ‘N Text has reached 18 million, with the growth attributed to the ‘real’ value-for-money offers of the brand, with some bucket promos that offer as low as 10 centavos for every SMS.