One year after its entry as the telco industry’s third major player, Dito has captured 1% of the market’s subscriber base, behind Globe’s 87.4 million and Smart’s 70.3 million.
The latest report from mobile metrics firm Opensignal has shown that Smart Communications is still the country’s fastest operator although third telco player is making significant gains.
Opensignal said the analysis indicates that so far DITO’s entry into the Philippine mobile market is evolutionary, not revolutionary, for mobile experience because DITO’s scores were mostly similar to — or below — the overall scores of all operators, with the exception of Upload Speed Experience in both Central Metro Cebu and Metro Manila.
Local telcos DITO, Globe Telecom, and Smart Communications conducted the tests in preparation for the implementation of mobile number portability by September 30.
Sen. Risa Hontiveros has called on the DICT to demand 3rd telco Dito Telecommunity to step up its services, after reports of consumer complaints about the telco's "poor services", while Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian is pushing for the registration of pre-paid SIM cards after a series of incidents involving scams were committed on food delivery riders.
Two months after making its commercial launch in Visayas and Mindanao, third telco Dito Telecommunity formally landed in Luzon on Monday, May 17, with a vow to battle the country’s telco incumbents.
The franchise of Dito Telecommunity Corp got the approval of 17 senators, with Senators Risa Hontiveros and Francis Pangilinan voting against it and Sen. Panfilo Lacson abstaining.
The auditing of Dito Telecommunity was conducted by independent auditors KPMG R.G. Manabat & Co. and Engr. Pierre Tito Galla of Democracy.net.ph, who both confirmed that Dito successfully met the population coverage requirement as well as the minimum Internet speed.
