Lesson in Empowerment Technology - 3rd Quarter

1. STATE OF ICT
IN THE
PHILIPPINES

2. 1928
STATE OF ICT
IN THE
PHILIPPINES @MEC Network Corporation (2019)
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.

3. 1968
STATE OF ICT
IN THE
PHILIPPINES @MEC Network Corporation (2019)
Filipinos Connecting Filipinos to the World
PLDT became a Filipino-controlled corporation
bought by Ramon Cojuangco.

4. 1987
STATE OF ICT
IN THE
PHILIPPINES @MEC Network Corporation (2019)
Cellular Telephone Network
PLDT established the
country’s first cellular
telephone network.

5. 1993
STATE OF ICT
IN THE
PHILIPPINES @MEC Network Corporation (2019)
Birth of the Philippine Internet
With the support of the
Department of Science and
Technology and the Industrial
Research Foundation, the
Philnet project (now PHNET)
was born.

6. 1994
STATE OF ICT
IN THE
PHILIPPINES @MEC Network Corporation (2019)
Our First Internet Connection
Benjie Tan, who was working
for ComNet, established
Philippines’ first connection to
the Internet at a PLDT network
center in Makati City.

7. 2013
STATE OF ICT
IN THE
PHILIPPINES @MEC Network Corporation (2019)
The Massive Growth of
the Country’s Mobile
Networks
Our mobile cellular
subscriptions reached
102 million.

8. 2014
STATE OF ICT
IN THE
PHILIPPINES @MEC Network Corporation (2019)
Fastest Growing Connections
The Philippines was named the
fastest growing internet
population in the last five years
with a growth of 531%.
The number of Philippine Internet
users is 38 million out of a
population of 100 million.

9. 2017
STATE OF ICT
IN THE
PHILIPPINES @MEC Network Corporation (2019)
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)
Internet Connection Population Penetration

10. STATE OF ICT
IN THE
PHILIPPINES
Philippines ICT Usage

11. STATE OF ICT
IN THE
PHILIPPINES

12. STATE OF ICT
IN THE
PHILIPPINES

13. STATE OF ICT
IN THE
PHILIPPINES
SANA ALL!

14. STATE OF ICT
IN THE
PHILIPPINES
What would be your
prediction on the State of ICT
in the Philippines after 10 years?

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