FAMILY comes first to every Filipino. To be in touch is one of the best ways to show love to our relatives near or far. Our country, being a home to many Filipino families with members working abroad, needs a communication tool that will keep families connected at an affordable cost.
The Castaneda’s are frequent travelers and keeping in touch was so costly. Fides Castaneda- Bernabe was looking for a means that would keep them in constant communication while abroad but will not be so heavy on their pockets. A loyal Sun Cellular subscriber in Davao, she figured that if Sun Cellular offered the lowest rates in local calls and texts they must have an equally affordable offer for their international service. “Ang mahal mahal ng roaming! When I discovered that I can be in touch with my family while I’m in the States using sun IDD rates tuwang tuwa talaga ako. Imagine for less than 5 pesos a minute pwede nako maki-balita sa pamilya ko dito sa Davao!” Sun IDD 10 offers US$0.10 per minute IDD rate for calls to the USA (mainland), China, HongKong, Canada, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Brunei, Guam and Macau. For other countries such as Japan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Australia, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany and Spain, Sun IDD 30 for US$0.30 per minute apply. For text, there’s Sun iSMS which offers PhP 9 per message to over 200 countries abroad.
