Globe Telecom ended 2011 with over 30 million mobile phone subscribers, up by 13 percent from the previous year’s 26.47 million and 3-percent higher than the third quarter’s 29.1 million.
Globe maintained its dominance in the postpaid segment fueled by customizable plans and the launch of Apple iPhone 4S towards yearend, closing 2011 with nearly 1.5 million postpaid subscribers, 36 percent above previous year’s 1.1 million.
Globe Postpaid net additions surged 81 percent to an all-time high of 389,000. The quality of acquisitions has also improved with about 21 percent of regular postpaid net adds signing up for plans with monthly service fees of P999 and above, compared to just six percent a year ago.
On the other hand, Globe Prepaid, boosted by the all-network offers, registered over 50-percent net additions from about 786,000 a year ago to over 1.6 million in 2011. It ended 2011 with total subscribers of 15.5 million, 12-percent higher than the 13.8 million in 2010.
TM, which also benefited from combo voice and data services, all-network offers and recently mobile browsing, posted full year gross acquisitions of 11.2 million SIMs, up 7 percent from 2010 level of 10.5 million.
TM subscribers reached 13.1 million in 2011, up 13 percent from the previous year’s 11.6 million.
Globe also launched *143#, the newest and quick-service menu that allows subscribers access to Globe services without the need to memorize key words.
All subscribers using the service can access billing and load details, as well as call, text, and surfing promos, do GCASH transactions, download related services, and share prepaid load to Globe and TM users without registration codes and access numbers.
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