Bigger and better loyalty program is just one of the many exciting rewards for PLDT Home loyal subscribers

Staying is rewarding! As a treat to its valued subscribers, PLDT Home launches its improved loyalty program, PLDT Home Rewards. With this new program, subscribers can earn and use crystals to pay for PLDT and Smart products and services, get bill rebates from Cignal, Maynilad and Easytrip, accumulate raffle entries and instantly avail of exclusive deals and discounts from various partner merchants.  

 

“PLDT has always valued its customers’ trust and loyalty. We want to continuously thank them for supporting and staying with PLDT all throughout these years. With the new PLDT Home Rewards, our subscribers can easily earn points that we call ‘crystals’ and win huge and exciting raffle prizes every month. The earned crystals can be used to shop, purchase food online, and make better moments at Home,” said Patrick Tang, Vice President and Head of PLDT Home Customer Management. 

Signing up is easier than ever 

To register, just simply go to the MVP Rewards website at mvprewards.ph/signup or download the MVP Rewards mobile application and click the SIGN-UP button. The MVP Rewards sign-up page will open, and it will take no time at all to fill-out the required details. Register, accept, and continue! At the MVP Rewards Home Page, look for the PLDT Home logo and click it, link your PLDT account and encode the details needed. Users can enroll up to five (5) accounts. 

Different ways to earn and use crystals 

As a member, subscribers can automatically earn crystals in many ways. 

·       A member gets 20 welcome points for every PLDT Home account enrolled. 

·      Paying in-full and on-time also earns crystals. One (1) crystal will be earned for every Php250 spent. 

·       An additional 20 points can be received by enrolling your PLDT account to auto-charge arrangement, and another 20 points if you go green or enroll your account to paperless billing. 

·       You will also receive 20 crystals if you purchase any PLDT Home gadget or avail any value-added services like a Cignal subscription. 

·       Account upgrades earn the highest number of crystals with a total of 50 for getting a higher plan or migrating your line to another technology (e.g. DSL to Fiber). 

·       Soon payments made via the accepted digital channels such as electronic wallets like Paymaya, internet and phone banking, credit card, debit card etc. will be granted five (5) crystals.

 IIf you want to use your crystals, you can simply go to the MVP Rewards Homepage (website or mobile application), click ‘Redeem’ and choose the PLDT Home logo. These points can be used to avail deals and discounts from Shopee, Nike Park, Planet Sports, Din Tai Fung, Gong Cha, National Bookstore and more. 

“This bigger and better loyalty program is just one of the many exciting rewards for our loyal subscribers. Powered by the fastest and strongest connections, our subscribers enjoy better and more meaningful digital experiences at home,” said Tang. To learn more about this loyalty and rewards program, visit bit.ly/3dUbe4Y.

PLDT introduces the all-new Home Biz Fibr Asenso Plans

If youre starting up on business and needed a strong internet connection at home, PLDT introduces the all-new Home Biz Fibr Asenso Plans, with faster speeds and better e-commerce solutions especially designed for home-based entrepreneurs to better help them in mastering their businesses at home.

 

The new Home Biz Asenso Fibr plans enable these home-based entrepreneurs to do more with their businesses with faster internet speeds, free digital solutions from e-commerce partners, seamless unlimited calls to any PLDT landline and to any Smart, Sun or TNT mobile number, and a free CAT 6 Prepaid Home Wi-fi as a mobile back-up internet so that their business always stays connected. 

 

“With the challenges of the pandemic, entrepreneurs are able to thrive by quickly responding to the need of their businesses to shift to digital. We have upgraded our PLDT Home Biz Asenso Plans to fully equip our entrepreneurs in making that digital transformation – all within the safety of their own homes. Aside from providing them with faster and seamless connectivity, we are enabling them with digital tools such as a website builder, and payment and delivery solutions,” said Patrick Tang, Vice President and Head of PLDT Home Biz.

 

Connections made Faster, Stronger, Bigger and Simpler

Now home-based entrepreneurs can enjoy up to 60 Mbps speeds with the all-new PLDT Home Biz Asenso Fibr Plans.

 

Connectivity has also become stronger as each PLDT Home Biz subscription comes with a free CAT6 Prepaid Home Wi-fi unit pre-loaded with 10GB data as a mobile back-up to ensure that the business is always connected. 

 

Home Biz subscribers also can now seamlessly and conveniently communicate with anyone and everywhere using just their PLDT landline, as the new Asenso Fibr Plans comes with unlimited calls to PLDT, Smart, Sun, and TNT networks. 

 

Beyond connectivity, PLDT Home Biz also powers home-based entrepreneurs with a robust e-commerce ecosystem– from online store building to payment and delivery platforms. PLDT Home Biz has teamed up with the country’s top digital solution providers for end-to-end business solutions such as online store builder and hosting by UnionBank GlobalLinker, secure and hassle-free online payments by PayMaya, and delivery options by Grab and LBC.

 

PLDT Home Biz is also supported by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) through a partnership that gives entrepreneurs direct access to the latest business trends, learning opportunities, and events organized by DTI. 

 

Home-based entrepreneurs can now master their business from home better, faster, and stronger with the new PLDT Home Biz plans. Visit www.pldthome.com/biz for more details.

 

iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus now available from Smart

Last Friday, I was invited to the launch of Smart's newest offers for the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus and after getting the chance to explore and experience the new phones, and I must admit their new offers are really very tempting and I might just finally give in and take a bite of that famed Apple.

Starting Nov. 17, the new generation iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus will be available at the Smart Online Store (store.smart.com.ph) and Smart Stores nationwide.

iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus are a new generation of iPhone featuring a new glass and aluminum design in three beautiful finishes - space gray, silver and a new gold - made with the most durable glass ever in a smartphone, Retina HD displays, A11 Bionic chip and is designed for the ultimate augmented experience. The world’s most popular camera gets even better and wireless charging brings a powerful new capability to iPhone. iPhone 8 Plus features dual 12-megapixel cameras and introduces Portrait mode with Portrait Lighting, bringing dramatic studio lighting effects to iPhone, allowing customers to capture stunning portraits with a shallow depth of field effect in five different lighting styles.

"We’re excited to offer iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, which takes mobile innovation to new heights with a powerful chip, advanced camera, and cutting-edge augmented reality support. It only gets better with our unbeatable postpaid plans, which make it easier for you to get hold of your preferred iPhone, and optimize it with data-packed offers powered by our newest and fastest Smart LTE connection - all for a mobile experience like never before” said Patrick Tang, VP and Head of Smart & Sun Postpaid Marketing.

Smart’s unbeatable offers are especially designed to keep up with subscribers who have very active mobile lifestyles from working on the fly and immersing in their dose of mobile entertainment on the go. Moreover, Smart's newest and fastest LTE network empowers subscribers to optimize the new iPhones and experience superfast and reliable internet that suits their fast-paced lifestyle.

For the complete pricing details, visit smart.com.ph/iPhone8. For more details on iPhone please visit www.apple.com/ph. 

Top five global brand Vivo partners with Smart Communications

Smart Communications, Inc. representatives Gerard Milan and Miriam Choa, and Vivo Philippines representatives Hazel Bascon and Annie Lim smile after sealing the deal between the two companies.  



With a vision of providing the optimum smartphone experience for Filipino consumers, Vivo Mobile Tech Inc., top five premium global smartphone brand1 inked a partnership with Smart Communications, Inc., the country’s leading wireless services provider, last March 22 at the PLDT Ramon Cojuangco Building in Makati City. 

“As part of our aggressive roll-out of our LTE network across the country, we are excited to work with top smartphone manufacturers like Vivo to bring more LTE-capable devices into the local market,” said Patrick Tang, vice president and head for Smart Postpaid Brand and Device Management.

“LTE gives the best mobile data experience to our customers, and more LTE devices in the market means that more people will be able to take advantage of and enjoy the powerful LTE network that Smart is putting in place,” he added.

The branding teams of Smart Communications, Inc. and Vivo Philippines after the signing of their tie-up, which will feature Smart mobile promos. 



Meanwhile, Hazel Bascon, Vivo Philippines vice president and head of sales, said this partnership means better connections for consumers. “With this tie-up, our customers will be able to make improved connections, whether on the web or with each other, because Smart has always been known for its premium service.” 

Smart Communications, Inc. and Vivo Philippines executive hold up Vivo phones at the signing of their exclusive partnership. 

 “The high-quality features of Vivo mobile phones, combined with Smart’s exclusive promos, and speedy and reliable services, ensure a greatly enhanced smartphone experience for Filipino customers,” she added.

Also present during the signing event were Annie Lim, Vivo brand director; Miriam Choa, Prepaid marketing head; and Gerard Milan, Smart Prepaid brand marketing head.

In this tie-up, Smart will provide Vivo with LTE prepaid SIMs that will feature the following exclusive add-ons for 12 months: Free 100MB data per month upon activation of SIM, and a reward of an additional 300MB data for every accumulated P150 worth of load within a month.

The Smart LTE prepaid SIMs will be given to customers for free, for every purchase of Vivo handsets, with specific units to be announced soon.

For inquiries about this promo from Smart and Vivo, visit the Vivo website at vivoglobal.ph, or check out their Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/VivoPhil), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/vivophil/) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/vivo_phil) accounts. #
1according to International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker (http://www.idc.com/promo/smartphone-market-share/vendor;jsessionid=7595C1498F4F0FBF496CC767E273121B)