Globe Telecoms implements the new call rates as announced by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) Saturday. According to Inquirer.net, beginning Sunday (yesterday), the public will only have to pay for the time they actually use in making mobile phone calls.

The new scheme does not change the per-minute cost of cellular phone calls but it would reflect calls that last less than a minute. Under the new rates, telecom firms will be allowed to charge a “flag down” rate of P3 for the first two pulses, or a total of 12 seconds. Every succeeding pulse will then be billed. Each minute has 10 six-second pulses.

Globe’s Announcement
In compliance with NTC Memorandum Circular No. 05-07-2009 entitled Guidelines on Unit of Billing of Mobile Voice Service mandating per pulse charging beginning December 6, 2009, per second charging for Globe-Globe/TM and TM-TM/Globe is available via the dialing sequence 2329xxxxxxxxx for Globe (replace the 0 at the beginning of the Globe/TM number you are calling with 232) and 8039xxxxxxxxx for TM (replace the 0 at the beginning of the Globe/TM number you are calling with 803).

Per second rates when using the aforementioned dialing sequence as follows:

* – P0.10/second for Globe-Globe/TM and TM-TM/Globe calls Monday to Saturday
* – P0.05/second for Globe-Globe/TM and TM-TM/Globe calls Sunday

Minimum maintaining balance of P7.50 required for Globe, P6.50 required for TM.

Applicable to Globe Postpaid, Globe Prepaid, Globe Tattoo Prepaid, and TM.