SMART & GLOBE new six-second pulse billing regime, how to do it

No wonder NTC is complaining, you need to add prefix number when dialing to call someone. The strange thing is per-pulse charging only applies when calling same network number or sister company’s number. The mobile networks is implementing it like a promo.
 

For Smart, following lifted from their advisory site to:

To call per-pulse, the following prefixes must be used, plus the number being called:
Smart Gold and Infinity: *5433

 To avail of the per pulse billing, Smart prepaid subscribers should dial *5434; Talk ‘N Text, *2255; Red Mobile, *3512 and post paid, *5433.

Subscribers can also opt to be billed per minute, P5.50 for Talk ‘N Text and P6.50 for Smart Buddy, Smart Gold, and Infinity, or to subscribe to unlimited or bucket-price service offerings.
Call types supported by the per-pulse billing scheme are call features such as call forwarding and teleconferencing. At present, rates apply to calls made within the SMART and Talk ‘N Text network only.

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