total subscriptions: 4,255,808
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3.96 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 167,322,432
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 155.61 (2019 est.)
general assessment:
high unemployment and rural population impede investment in fixed infrastructure; dominance in the mobile segment and rapid development of mobile broadband; investment focused on fiber infrastructure in urban areas with 4G available in most areas; national broadband plan to improve connectivity in rural areas underway; data center and smart city pilot in Manila; submarine cable link and satellite improves telecom for the region; major exporter of integrated circuits to China, and importer of circuits and broadcasting equipment from China (2021)
(2020)multiple national private TV and radio networks; multi-channel satellite and cable TV systems available; more than 400 TV stations; about 1,500 cable TV providers with more than 2 million subscribers, and some 1,400 radio stations; the Philippines adopted Japan’s Integrated Service Digital Broadcast – Terrestrial standard for digital terrestrial television in November 2013 and is scheduled to complete the switch from analog to digital broadcasting by the end of 2023 (2019)
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total: 63,588,975
percent of population: 60.05% (July 2018 est.)
total: 5,920,087
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 5.51 (2019 est.)
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