As we celebrate ICT Month this June, and the International Telecommunications Union’s 154th year, let’s look back at the history of ICT in the Philippines and how it shaped up to how it is right now.
Before 1928, telecommunications in the Philippines was segmented. You could only call people within your own small city.
1928 American-owned PLDT was incorporated and given the franchise to establish and operate telephone services in the Philippines. Small phone companies in the provinces were acquired to speed up the rollout process.
PLDT became a Filipino-controlled corporation bought by Ramon Cojuangco.
PLDT establishes the country’s first cellular telephone network.
With the support of the Department of Science and Technology and the Industrial Research Foundation, the Philnet project (now PHNET ) was born.
Benjie Tan, who was working for ComNet established Philippines’ first connection to the Internet at a PLDT network center in Makati City.
Our Mobile Cellular Subscriptions reach 102 million.
The Philippines named fastest growing internet population in the last five years with a growth of 531%
Number of Philippine Internet users at 38 million out of a population of 100 million.
119M Mobile Phone Subscriptions in the Country (117% Penetration Rate)
95% Prepaid
Greater 10% Broadband Subscription
55% Mobile Broadband Subscription
80% Subscribed to the Lowest Speed Plans (1-3 MBPS)
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