Sun Cellular, SmarTone-Vodafone celebrate with overseas Pinoys in HK

Sun Cellular has joined forces with Hong Kong’s leading telecommunications company SmarTone-Vodafone in bringing thousands of overseas Filipinos closer to home through the Miss Barkadahan sa SmarTone 2008 pageant show.

The annual Miss Barkadahan sa SmarTone 2008, staged at the Southorn Stadium in Wan Chai District, featured 10 lovely and talented Filipinas who are currently working in Hong Kong and are part of SmarTone’s Barkadahan community. At the end of the night, Ms Jenny Tadeo was crowned as the Miss Barkadahan sa SmarTone 2008.

To make the event a truly memorable one, Sun Cellular celebrity endorsers Aga Muhlach, Iya Villania, and Jay-R warmed the hearts of our kababayans through their live performances and meet and greet sessions.

Sun Cellular and SmarTone-Vodafone tied up to provide best-value products and services for Filipinos in Hong Kong and their families in the Philippines. Barkadahan sa Smartone, the largest OFW community in Hong Kong, offers competitive rates, free credits, and other exciting promotions for calling and texting Sun Cellular. Sun, on the other hand, offers very affordable IDD and International SMS rates for calls and texts to SmarTone subscribers, aside from new services and promotions.

According to Joel Lumanlan, Sun Cellular’s Assistant Vice President for International Services, “co-presenting the Ms. Barkadahan 2008 event is our humble way of appreciating the many sacrifices of Filipinos working abroad. We understand how hard it is to be away from their families and to stay in foreign lands. This is why Sun Cellular continues to find ways to make them closer to home, without taking much of their hard-earned money. Sun is forging strategic partnerships with reputable mobile operators like SmarTone-Vodafone in Hong Kong to provide first-rate services at the most reasonable rates.”

Sun Cellular recently launched the Sun Call & Text International SIM, its newest and most powerful prepaid SIM for Filipinos with families living or working abroad. With the Sun Call and Text International SIM, subscribers in the Philippines can text their relatives and friends in Hong Kong and 19 other major destinations for only P1.00 per message. They can also call 10 countries including Hong Kong for only US$0.10 per minute.   The SIM is pre-loaded with FREE IDD 10 minutes and International Texts, and does not require registration or special access codes to call or text.