The sound of music

MANILA, Philippines - Music came alive at the recent Wonderful World with Globe 2nd Quarter Press Round-up held at the Globe Tower in Bonifacio Global City.

Globe Telecom launched GoSURF, its newest consumable mobile Internet plan that offers bulk megabytes (MB) of data for mobile browsing. The launch highlighted the company’s exclusive partnership with Spotify, the world’s largest music streaming service with a catalog of over 30 million songs. Spotify can be accessed for free with GoSURF data plan.

The musical extravaganza was hosted by radio disc jockeys Andi9 and RikiFlo. Guests were surprised with a short, sweet and uniquely original live mash-up performance of the most current hits by X-Factor Philippines’ Daddy’s Home. The members of Daddy’s Home were joined on stage by beat-box rapper DJ Myke. DJ Callum David later on entertained those in attendance as he played a Spotify-powered set-list of songs requested by the crowd.

The night ended with more fun as prizes were raffled off like Beats by Dr. Dre headphones, deluxe party packages at Red Box, Sony and Bose speakers and tickets to various shows. The grand prize that night was a brand new Samsung Galaxy S5 (which is what I use and it is truly the best).

At the event, Globe president and CEO Ernest Cu showcased the robust performance of the company during the first quarter of 2014, citing the strong contributions of its consumer and business segments. Cu also presented updates on Project Wonderful’s nation-building and culture-building pillars, where the company focused on initiating programs to rebuild schools, homes and livelihood.

Senior advisor for consumer business Daniel Horan detailed some of the company’s new offers such as GoUNLI20 for prepaid subscribers, new Samsung Galaxy S5 in Gold and Blue colors, Tattoo Home’s Fiber-Fast home broadband offers and Tattoo On-the-Go’s prepaid and postpaid tablet bundles with more free browsing hours and no up-front cash-out.

Chief operating officer for international and business markets Gil Genio introduced other offers catering to the international and business segments, which include customizable postpaid plans for large corporations, CCTV and Globe Charge solutions for SMEs, partnership with Google to offer Google Apps for Business, and expanded coverage overseas with the establishment of a Globe office in Spain.

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