The Intersections & Beyond: Spotify launched in the Philippines with partnership of Globe Telecom

Spotify, the world’s most popular music streaming service, was launched in the Philippines last April 8, 2014 at 71 Gramercy in Makati City. The very comprehensive music platform can be accessed through mobile, tablet and desktop. What better way to make music accessible worldwide for free is though Spotify.

Just a week before the formal launch in the Philippines, I was able to create my Spotify account via an access code (since the platform was only open to select countries) and the online experience is just amazing! The interface and features make music more enjoyable. You get to search for specific artists, genres and songs. If you don't have anything in mind because your music interests are just so vast, then you can just set it at random (shuffle). The things that you can do with music thru Spotify is just limitless.

Gone were the days when you had to purchase a song before you can listen to it. At spotify, you can listen to millions of songs from all over the world at your fingertips -- for FREE! You can listen to whatever music you want, whenever you want, on any device. Spotify makes it easier than ever to discover, manage and share music with your friends. Offering amazing audio quality of up to 320kbps and with a brand new design, playing your favorite music never looked and felt this good.

Listen All You Can
There are over 30 million songs available and updated daily, mixing global hits with one of the most extensive OPM catalogues available. You can also follow your friends and celebrities you admire for the music they listen to and for the tracks of the music artists. You can also organize the music you listen to.

Download the Spotify app and listen to any song, album or artist, on any device, for free. Shuffle play on mobile or play any song on tablet or desktop.

Philippine Association of the Record Industry (PARI) Chairman Marivic Benedicto

Spotify Premium

Upgrade to Spotify Premium for P129 per month and enjoy the ultimate music experience: download and listen to you music offline, fully on demand, without ads, in highest quality audio.

Spotify & Globe Telecom

Spotify has also teamed up with Globe Telecom as its exclusive telecommunications partner in the Philippines to offer all 38 million Globe Postpaid, Globe Prepaid and Tattoo-on-the-go Prepaid subscribers free access to Spotify through the telco’s new data plan, GoSURF.

GoSURF gives customers mobile internet access together with Spotify for as low as P10 a day. Even better, streaming music on Spotify won’t touch your default data allowance across all GoSurf plans!

Globe's GoSURF brings you FREE Spotify!

This new program started on April 13. Globe Telecom Prepaid subscribers can register to GoSURF10, which gives access to both 10MB of dataplus Spotify for 24 hours.

Postpaid subscribers can choose from a variety of offerings, from GoSURF 299 with 700MB of data valid for 30 days including Spotify Premium, up to GoSURF 999 with 5GB of data plus Spotify Premium.

Spotify Director for Asia Sunita Kaur

“Spotify takes music enjoyment to a whole new level,” says Sunita Kaur, Director for Asia at Spotify, adding: “Music fans get instant, unlimited access to 30 million songs including all the best OPM hits all for free across all your devices, plus Spotify looks and sounds fantastic. And best of all, soon Globe Telecom subscribers can enjoy the ultimate music service powered by Spotify with their new data plan, GoSURF.”

Globe, the leader in innovative breakthrough offers, in partnering with Spotify strengthens its vision to provide an enriched online experience and access to free online content.

The beautiful panoramic view of Metro Manila from the 71st floor roofdeck of Gramercy.

Globe Chief Operating Advisor Peter Bithos

“Globe customers will have music to discover right at their fingertips with Spotify, and sharing music with all their friends is just but a click away,” says Peter Bithos, Chief Operating Advisor of Globe Telecom. He adds: “With its comprehensive music catalogue and features such as playlist creation, music discovery and offline mode, Spotify gives us a new and exceptional way of listening to music. Coupled with our GoSURF plan, our customers get to enjoy the best of both worlds; consumable mobile internet to do the things they love plus 30 million songs to listen to and share, all for free.”