Aug 03, 2022
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, August 3) — About 11 million subscribers are now using DITO Telecommunity's mobile services, the company reported Wednesday.
DITO is now only one million short from hitting its subscriber growth target of 12 million in 2022.
"DITO hit this latest milestone less than a month after the company announced it exceeded the 10 million mark, reflecting the telco's sustained growth trend since it commercially launched last March 2021," DITO chief administrative officer Adel Tamano said in a statement Wednesday.
Last July, DITO said it was already present in over 600 cities and municipalities across the Philippines. About 5,500 towers nationwide have also been already fired up.
The firm earlier bared its plan to tap satellite technology to bolster its footprint and cover challenging areas.
For this year, DITO seeks to spend ₱50 billion to support its aggressive network expansion. By the fifth year of its operations, the group needs to cover 84% of the population and deliver 55 megabits per second of mobile internet speed.
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This story originally appeared on CNN Philippines.