By Lenie Lectura
Reporter
GLOBE Telecom and its subsidiary Innove Communications Inc. are offering a low-cost broadband package specifically designed to help families of Filipino migrant workers achieve financial independence.
Dubbed as "Globe Negosyo," the project targets startup businesses as well as budget-conscious small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) owned by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) which are yet to fully embrace Internet technology, Globe said in a statement Thursday.
With Globe Negosyo, small business customers such as sari-sari stores, bakeshops, kiosks retailers, among others, can take advantage of Globe Broadband with free personal computer and Globelines landline service for as low as P1,995 per month for a 384 kbps connection or a one Mbps connection plus a desktop and landline for P2,495 a month.
"We're giving our OFWs with existing businesses here an opportunity to augment their income by adding Globe Negosyo package to their businesses. With a very minimal investment, they will get a chance to earn more from payphone use, Internet use, and IDD and NDD calls," said Ailene Averion, head of the Marketing-SME Business Group.
Similar schemes for OFWs to invest in low-capital technology-based businesses have been offered by Globe rival Smart to migrant workers and their families.
Averion said OFWs who have yet to start their own business can easily tap Globe Negosyo with hardly any risk due to the very small capital involved.
"We hope that this way, we would be able to help OFWs and their families achieve financial freedom by investing in a safe, secure and risk-free business minus the huge costs associated with launching a new business venture," she said.
Aside from the OFWs and their families, Globe Negosyo is also available to other operators of micro businesses in the country.
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