Business IT

The ODP said its members ?are excited to partner with PLDT Group as the newest gold member of ODP.?

The increase in the subscriber base represents 55% of the total Philippine mobile postpaid market, the carrier said.

Following the surge of mobile Internet usage among its subscribers, the firm is now bundling its top prepaid call and text offers with free Internet access to further stimulate mobile web traffic.

The solution enables the telco to manage the explosive growth and development of mobile data services traffic, which is foreseen to continue into the next decade.

Started as a regional initiative of Asia Pacific and Japan, the Engineers Club first launched in China in 2012 and has since accumulated over 1,000 members from markets such as India, China and Korea.

Loans disbursed via the Mobile Loan Saver (MLS) facility of the Land Bank of the Philippines powered by Smart e-Money Inc. (SMI) have reached P1 billion barely six months after it was launched to government employees.

Digital money transfer provider Xoom Corporation is now offering instant deposits to all Landbank peso and US dollar accounts.

Gate Distribution is said to be is the largest prepaid distributor of cards for phone, gaming, and Internet, while ECPay is an electronic payment system provider in the country operating as a secure e-warehouse and e-payments data center for prepaid products, bills payments, airline ticket payments, and online shopping transaction payments.

Listed consumer technology firm Xurpas has acquired a 51-percent controlling stake in technology firm Storm Flex Systems for $4.3 million.

Smart Communications and fastfood chain giant McDonald?s have come together to offer McDonald?s Value Meal with a free Super Messaging 10 coupon from Smart, which offers a whole day of unlimited text and unlimited access to mobile chat apps.