RP's Largest Mobile Carriers

The number of Filipinos getting hooked to own a cellphone is indeed skyrocketing these years. And as we continue to own one, we add ourselves to the millions of people all over the country who are wirelessly connected. The following is the list of the large mobile carriers in the Philippines by number of subscribers

1. SMART COMUNICATIONS
20.6 MILLION

Wholly-owned mobile phone subsidiary of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT). With over 30 million subscribers on its GSM network as of end-December 2007, equivalent to approximately half of the Philippine cellular market share. It operates a nationwide cellular network and a satellite phone service. It also has the most extensive and modern digital communications GSM network and infrastructure in the country, covering over 99 percent of the population

2. GLOBE TELECOMS

16 MILLION

Commonly known as Globe, is the second-largest telecommunications company in the Philippines, providing a diversified set of fixed-line and mobile telecommunications services

3. TALK N TEXT
11.5 MILLION

Also owned by PLDT, this mobile carrier has proven its resilience amidst big mobile carriers in the country banking on its cheap and affordable rates and promos.

4. SUN CELLULAR

6 MILLION

Sun Cellular, formally known as Digitel Mobile Philippines, Inc., is a mobile telecommunication service provider in the Philippines. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Digital Telecommunications Philippines or Digitel. Digitel is in turn owned by the JG Summit Group with a minority stake held by the TeliaSonera Group. It is assigned to an access code of 922/923. It began its operations in 2003, positioned as a latecomer in the market allowed it to put up infrastructure at lower cost.Sun Cellular gained popularity because of its "24/7" offer of unlimited text messaging and calls for a fixed price for Sun-to-Sun transactions. This led competing networks Smart Communications and Globe Telecom to offer similar but higher-cost plans.