Cell phone service in Iligan City?

just send her money to buy a cellphone and a sim card.

of course you have to give her an amount for cell card load.

smart and globe are the two most popular cell phone companies with extensive service nationwide.

for budgeting purpose, here goes:

1) top of the line cell phone 300 to 400dollars, average around 200 dollars, cheap at around 100 dollars.

2)sim comes free with the unit.

3)monthly load of around twenty dollars per month

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All the cell service companies still work out there, even that far south. I love Globe, never had problems with that service. You don't need to set up the service for pre-pay is rather inexpensive in the Philippines, just let her buy a SIM for pre-pay and send her an unlocked tri-band GSM phone from the USA so she can brag about it a little that her boyfriend sent her a phone from the USA.

GSM phones are phones used by Cingular or TMobile, and have a SIM card that you can swap in and out. Make sure the phone comes unlocked, which means having to buy a phone from someone other then the cellular company, I suggest starting with Amazon and working it from there. Razr phones I hear are the latest rage, but Nokia still holds out as the cell phone champs in the Philippines. Sony Ericssons are pretty popular too, with Samsung coming dead last.

Remember, the PI is a big popularity contest. Help her out with that and you got her heart and lots of pogi points!

Cellular phones are very easy to buy and start-up in the country. It's the text messaging capital of the world! For a basic-service cellphone (no camera, no MP3 music, just enables you to send and receive calls and text messages), you can find brand-new phones at a little over US$100. Some SIM cards retail for as low as P99.00. But I would suggest that she get a Smart or a Globe SIM card because these two networks have the widest coverage in the country.