Prepaid Loads Now Have Longer Validity

I woke up this morning and I needed to load my Globe number with prepaid credits to SMS a friend. Now a 40 peso load have a 15-day expiration, (plus 20 free text to all networks as per Globe's promo) due to the NTC Memorandum Circular No. 03-07-2009, loads will have longer expiration or validity periods.Credits worth P10 or lower will be valid for three days from the previous one-day expiration. Loads more than P10 up to P50 can be used for 15 days while credits worth more than P50 up to P100 will remain valid for 30 days.Loads more than P100 to P150 will expire at the end of 45 days while credits of more than P150 to P250 will last for 60 days....

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New BPO Destinations

It's July and halfway through the year and I wrote early this year about the robust BPO industry in the Philippines, and still it is making a strong showing that will sustain until the end of the year.Shifting to the global BPO scene, new BPO markets are ready to take off and will definitely own a share in the industry because of it's unique characteristics. The dampening of the economy makes companies prepare to emerge more profitable when the economy recovers and that is a golden opportunity anticipated too by the global BPO industry.The way I see it, the new BPO destinations that will compete with the Philippines are Sri Lanka, Egypt and Central...

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