Filipinos living abroad can now use Paris-based Orange Group’s Libon app, an all-in-one communication application for iPhone and Android, to call a Globe Telecom or TM number in the Philippines for just Php1.30 per minute.
Globe and Orange have partnered to offer a “Libon Out” package for only US$25.99, inclusive of 1,000 minutes of calls or P1.30 per minute rate to any Globe and TM number in the Philippines. The companies claim that the rate is 67% lower compared to other app-to-Globe per minute rate.
Launching the partnership between Globe and Libon are (from L-R) Cornelius Macalino, Vice President for Business Development, International Business at Globe Telecom; Julien Hodara, Senior Vice President for Strategy and International Business at Libon; Rizza Maniego-Eala, Senior Vice President for International Business at Globe Telecom; and Pierre Marie Chatton, Project Manager at Libon.
Julien Hodara, Senior Vice-President Strategy and International Business at Libon explains that the direct link between Libon’s app server and Globe’s communications systems ensures the high quality of calls.
Using the “Philippines with Globe” package, only the Libon user needs a data connection to make and receive international calls. Recipients of a call made through Libon do need a smartphone with access to data or WiFi. Basically, any phone with a Globe or TM SIM can accept calls from a Libon app user anywhere in the world.
Rizza Maniega-Eala, Senior Vice President for International Business at Globe reveals that the telco is Orange’s first foreign partner. She also expects OFWs living in Europe and the Middle East as the main users of the Libon app as these regions are Orange’s biggest markets.
To get started, customers need to download the Libon app from the App Store or Google play and register. Open the Libon app and from the side menu, tap their avatar at the top of the screen, and access their “Libon Account” details. Customers must then purchase “Libon Out minutes,” select the “Philippines with Globe” package and press continue to validate their choice. Billing method must be confirmed and once Google Play or App Store password is inputted, customers will then receive an email regarding confirmation of their purchase. The credits will be automatically added to their Libon account. You can find more details from www.Libon.com/Globe.
To celebrate the partnership, the companies are giving customers who register to the Libon app free 100 minutes of calls to Globe and TM numbers in the Philippines from August 26 to September 9, 2015.
