Globe Handyphone
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Globe Telecom
Globe Telecom , commonly known as Globe, is a telecommunications company in the Philippines. Globe provides mobile, fixed line, and broadband Internet services.- History :In 1928, Congress passed Act No...
, a mobile phone
Mobile phone
A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
service provider in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. At present, Globe Handyphone (of which the name Globe is most commonly used on) is the second-largest service provider in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
, with a subscriber base of 24.7 million subscribers as of the end 2008.
Services
Globe Handyphone offers different levels of service, dependent on both the population and the financial capability of the subscriber. A list is provided below:- GFlex (Consumable postpaid credits)
- GPlan (Postpaid)
- Globe Platinum (High-end postpaid service)
- Globe prepaid
- TMTouch MobileTM, also known as Touch Mobile and "Republika ng TM", is a cellular service brand of Globe Telecom, the second largest telecommunications company in the Philippines. TM was launched on September 12, 2001 to provide prepaid mobile services to the middle income market. Over the years, TM has evolved...
(Low rate prepaid service) - Globe Gizmo (Mobile service for children in prepaid and postpaid)
- Visibility Plan (Data plan with voice for postpaid and prepaid) currently discontinued, replaced by Globe Tattoo.
Philippine network code
Globe Handyphone uses the area codes of 905, 906, 915, 916, 917, 926 and 927. The 916, 905, 906 and 926 area codes are shared with TMTouch Mobile
TM, also known as Touch Mobile and "Republika ng TM", is a cellular service brand of Globe Telecom, the second largest telecommunications company in the Philippines. TM was launched on September 12, 2001 to provide prepaid mobile services to the middle income market. Over the years, TM has evolved...
and 915 was formerly the area code of Islacom until the successful merger of Globe and Islacom.