{"id":5225,"date":"2014-06-11T16:28:33","date_gmt":"2014-06-11T08:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=5225"},"modified":"2014-06-11T16:28:33","modified_gmt":"2014-06-11T08:28:33","slug":"globes-yo-app-enables-affordable-overseas-calls-texts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2014\/06\/11\/globes-yo-app-enables-affordable-overseas-calls-texts\/","title":{"rendered":"Globe’s Yo! app enables affordable overseas calls and texts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Globe Telecom, through its International Business Group, recently gave more reasons for Filipinos frequently traveling abroad to keep in touch with people who matter most back home by launching its traveler app \u201cYo!,\u201d a voice over internet (VoIP) service which keeps communication lines open across countries at a lower cost.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Developed exclusively for Globe with Pinoy transient migrants, tourists, vacationers and travelers in mind, \u201cYo!\u201d enables affordable calls and texts to any mobile and landline number in the world using a smartphone with the downloaded app via Google Play Store and Apple Store. It assigns a virtual Globe mobile number to the account after registration, enabling both incoming and outgoing calls to a mobile and landline number, and more importantly, letting users who are frequent flyers to foreign countries save on communication costs.
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\nGlobe Senior Vice President for International Business Rizza Maniego-Eala said that, \u201cas a company who is always on the lookout to give our kababayans more value for their money while staying connected with family and friends in the Philippines, we are pleased to offer them our new service \u2018Yo!.\u2019\u00a0 Pinoy overseas travelers will appreciate it as a complete communications application which will empower them to converse any way they want \u2013 through calls, chats and texts \u2013 but will be light on their pockets. \u2018Yo!\u2019 is now here for them to enjoy and use to the fullest.\u201d<\/p>\n

Offering a complete suite of services, \u201cYo!\u201d lets its users make free \u201cYo!\u201d-to-\u201cYo!\u201d calls and instant messaging, or between two devices with the app. \u201cYo!\u201d calls to Globe and TM numbers in the Philippines are also available at P4 per minute, and $0.40 per minute for other networks around the world. Sending SMS can also be done from \u201cYo!\u201d to Globe and TM subscribers back home at P2 per text, and at P15 to other networks worldwide. \u201cYo!\u201d users may reload their account through Globe Prepaid call cards and e-Pins, Share-a-Load, International Autoload Max, as well as through credit cards, partner banks and GCash.<\/p>\n

Pinoys flying abroad who are looking for low-cost means to communicate across the seas can already start downloading \u201cYo!\u201d\u00a0 to their iPhones, iPads and Android-powered devices via the Apple Store and Google Play Store by searching for \u201cYoclick.\u201d To register, they have to open the app, select \u201cCreate Account,\u201d and fill out the form. A confirmation message with their unique \u201cYo!\u201d number will appear. They just need a mobile data or a Wi-Fi connection to start using \u201cYo!.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Developed exclusively for Globe with Pinoy transient migrants, tourists, vacationers and travelers in mind, \u201cYo!\u201d enables affordable calls and texts to any mobile and landline number in the world using a smartphone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":5226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[33,947],"class_list":["post-5225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apps","tag-globe-telecom","tag-voip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}