Philippines has had a rapid increase in its mobile penetration over the past few years. The market will see slow-moving yet steady mobile connection growth in the next five years. Here's what Philippines' mobile economy will look like in 2025.

1. PHILIPPINES: 2025 MOBILE
ECONOMY FORECAST
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Total mobile
connections in 2025
will be as much as
193 million
with 163 million
smartphone users.
ARPU by mobile
connections in 2020
is $ 2.13, which will
strengthen in
2025 to US$ 2.15.
Prepaid connection will
still conquer the market
with 107 million
connections.
Versus postpaid with
85 million
connections.
The market is predicted to
adopt 5G connection as
much as 15.7 million
in 2025, with a staggering
adoption rate of more than
10,000% from 2020 (94,052
connections).
Million Globe Telekom Smart (PLDT)
2020 2025
© GSMA Intelligence
*Total unique SIM cards (or phone numbers, where SIM cards are not used), excluding
licensed cellular IoT connections, that have been registered on the mobile network at the
end of the period. Connections differ from subscribers such that a unique subscriber can
have multiple connections.
Total Mobile Connections*