Red Mobile is the Network in Town

Red mobile is from the old Umobile sim. Some may not heard that a umobile sim had been existing in the country. You might feel betrayed because you haven't heard about it and it had been giving free 100 load every month and it offers cheap txt and call rates for only Php 0.50! It is now owned by Smart under the brand Red Mobile and I doubt that Smart will continue to grant 100 free load every month. Due to its lack of advertisement and errors in its technicalities (there had been users who make unlimited international calls without paying a cent!), it hadn't reached the 10000 quota subscribers to continue its service. Its number is a vanity one: 0999-300****. Don't fret. Let's just say that you had not been lucky to be included in their sample during the experimental process and you haven't been entitled to its odd service. A new Red mobile sim will be delivered to the 6000 umobile subscribers to replace their old sim.

It had been rumored that it will be out in the market before the year ends and its teasers had been airing already in ABS and GMA. So, it will only be a matter of time before you can check how good it can be.

Unfortunately, the sim only works with a 3G phone. I think buying a new cellphone just to try it out will not be practical. Just wait and see what others will say before you buy a new one.

View their rates

The rate is still the same with that of umobile. Its cheapest load is P10 and you can still make calls with that amount. With the same rate for txt and call, people will then prefer to just call than waste effort in typing text. How is the network coverage then? I hope that it won't be like that of Sun in which when you are in a building, you are out of range.

They also have a WAP browsing rate. But it's a bit expensive than that of Smart and Globe browsing rate. Let's hope that it is much faster than the two. Can it also connect to the internet using a laptop and a phone as modem like what Smart and Globe can do? I'll keep you posted once I tried it.

In addition, Smart retailers can now reload Red Mobile users. It is like having 3 reload services with just one sim: TNT, SMART and RED MOBILE. My Smartload menu had been updated with red mobile load below it. I can't contact the Smart Customer Service to clarify if the loadwallet for Smart is still the same for Red mobile. That is, I don't have to reload 2 different loadwallets.

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