For more than a decade, only two giant telecommunication
companies are controlling the telecom industry in the Philippines. It is in the
name of Smart and Globe telecommunications.
Smart Communications is the Philippines’
leading wireless service provider with a 50.9 million GSM network subscriber
and 1.63 million subscribers on its Smart Broadband. They offer wireless
communications by introducing the world’s first 33s data services like Smart Load,
Smart Padala, 3g and HSPA+ services and the LTE. Smart being a subsidiary of
PLDT controls almost 70% of the country’s telecommunication industry.
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Like Smart Communications, Globe Telecom also controls majority of the prepaid and postpaid subscribers
in the country of 40.6 million and 2.1 million respectively. Globe Telecom is one
of the leaders in technology offering mobile, fixed line and broadband networks
while also maintaining a large
network of globe load dealers, distributors and retailers nationwide.
With a new telecommunication giant coming in, how do you think
Smart and Globe can fair with Telstra?
Telstra Corporation
Limited is the largest telecommunication and media company in Australia which
sells a wide range of services like mobile, voice, ADSL internet, Cable
internet, retail internet, mobile broadband, Digital TV subscriptions and many
more. Before being a big company of what it has achieved now, this company was
a government department which originated from the Australia Post but was now
privatized and is aggressively focusing on increasing its international markets
under its new management.
By partnering with San Miguel Corporation, one of the biggest
conglomerate in the Philippines, Telstra would be a strong contender to
dominate the telecoms market. If this partnership from San Miguel and Telstra push
through, this would definitely benefit consumers by making internet and mobile
phone prices lower in the near future.
