Third telco player Dito Telecommunity Corp. has attained its yearend target of 12 million subscribers as of this month driven by its aggressive network rollout
Dito said it has reached 12 million subscribers on August 26, four months ahead of its target date.
The company also pointed to the speed of its network rollout as contributing to its rapid subscriber growth. With more than 5,500 cellular towers built, Dito said it has increased its coverage to over 600 cities and municipalities and has effectively breached its 70 percent population coverage target.
“As we continuously ramp up our presence throughout the archipelago, we also are deploying with continuous testing of our 5G capability coupled with high impact and high value retail offerings based on consumer demand,” said Evelyn Jimenez, Dito chief commercial officer.
Since the company’s inception, Dito started offering customers its next-gen technology by providing stronger and more optimized connectivity leveraging in world-class digital infrastructures and technologies.
Dito made its debut by deploying a standalone (SA) 5G network nationwide, making its architecture 5G from the ground up. Dito said other telco players that preceded it may have deployed 5G in the country first, but theirs is a non-standalone 5G network still assisted by their existing 4G infrastructure.
“Since we started our roll-out in 2019, we have been developing our (SA) 5G network. Our goal has been to allow Filipinos to experience next-generation technology and we in Dito are excited to bring 5G to more areas in the country to truly transform digital connectivity and online interactions,” said Rodolfo Santiago, Dito chief technology officer.
Dito said its 5G technology provides greater capacity, wider coverage and faster internet connection speed which is 20 times faster than 4G.
Aside from stronger internet connectivity, Dito also provides both (Voice over Long Term Evolution) VoLTE and (Video over Long Term Evolution) ViLTE to its consumers.
Through VoLTE and ViLTE, customers can enjoy clear phone calls while maintaining fast data connection and enable video calls without the need for video calling mobile applications, respectively.
Dito said its 5G Home Wifi continues to attract a growing number of users. As of August 2022, the service has expanded to over 600 municipalities and cities in the greater Metro Manila area, providing speeds of up to 500 megabits per second for as low as P590 per month. – Myla Iglesias