Philippine PLDT users to hit 40M

Manila Times Thursday, 10 December 2009  PHILIPPINE Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) said it enjoyed faster growth in mobile phone subscribers in the fourth quarter of the year because early election-related spending. “We will end the year with 40 million subscribers,” Danilo Mojica, Smart Communication Inc. head for wireless consumer division told reporters.

As of December 8, the combined subscribers of Smart and Talk ‘N Text hit 39.7 million, up by 600,000 subscribers compared with the 39.1 million at end-September, Mojica said.
At end-June, the company had 38.5 million subscribers.

Rival Globe Telecom has about 23.1 million subscribers and Sun Cellular, 11 million. Continue reading here http://www.manilatimes.net/index.php/business-columns/7482-pldt-users-to-hit-40m