Philippines - Mobile Communications - Major Operators

Synopsis

The number of mobile telephone subscribers in the Philippines somehow continues to grow, in large part due to the popularity of SMS services as well as the price and inaccessibility of fixed-line services. In 2005 and into 2006, the growth rate had slowed significantly; however, by the second half of 2006 the market had once again started to grow rapidly, continuing through 2007 and 2008. Coming into 2009, however, there were signs that the global recession was having an impact on the local economy and in turn on the local mobile market. Nevertheless the market continued to grow. Data showed that PLDT subsidiary Smart led the operators with just under 52% market share, followed by Globe Telecom with almost 36% and Digitel with almost 13%. This report provides an overview of the major operators in the Philippine mobile market with some pertinent statistics.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Major mobile operators
  
  • 2.1 Overview
    
  • 2.2 Globe Telecom
    
  • 2.3 Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT)
    
    • 2.3.1 Smart Communications
      
    • 2.3.2 Talk ‘N Text (TNT) (formerly Piltel)
      
    • 2.3.3 Umobile (CURE)
      
    • 2.3.4 ACeS Philippines
      
  • 2.4 Extelcom
    
  • 2.5 Digitel/Sun Cellular
    
  • 2.6 BellTel
    
• 3. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Mobile operators, subscribers and annual change – March 2009
• Table 2 – Mobile market share by operator – March 2009
• Table 3 – Globe Telecom subscribers – 2001 - 2009
• Table 4 – Smart subscribers – 2006 - 2009
• Table 5 – PLDT mobile operators – monthly ARPU by contract type – September 2009
• Table 6 – Digitel subscribers – 2006 - 2009