Category: Philippine Internet

Philippines is now the fastest-growing smartphone market in ASEAN

Heland Ortega

Philippines is now the fastest-growing market for smartphones in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN. According to International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Asia / Pacific Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, a total of 3.5 million smartphones were shipped to the Philippines in the 1st Quarter of 2016.

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“While many of the more mature smartphone markets of the world already displayed signs of saturation, the Philippines smartphone market continues to enjoy robust growth owing to a relatively low smartphone penetration rate (30% in 2015), active local brand presence, and healthy consumer spending” – Jerome Dominguez, Market Analyst for Mobile Devices, IDC Philippines

Local smartphone vendors still contributed to the significant increase of sales in the Philippines, and budget phones priced under P3,500 lead the way. Popular smartphone retailers like Samsung and Asus have also been tackling the sub-PHP6K sector, IDC Philippine market analyst Jerome Dominguez said in an interview with Rappler.

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IDC also advised vendors to continue to be innovative, and to improve product quality and after-sales support to continue the lead as the fastest-growing smartphone market in Southeast Asia.

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Philippines is now the fastest-growing smartphone market in ASEAN

Heland Ortega

Philippines is now the fastest-growing market for smartphones in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN. According to International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Asia / Pacific Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, a total of 3.5 million smartphones were shipped to the Philippines in the 1st Quarter of 2016.

philippine number 1

“While many of the more mature smartphone markets of the world already displayed signs of saturation, the Philippines smartphone market continues to enjoy robust growth owing to a relatively low smartphone penetration rate (30% in 2015), active local brand presence, and healthy consumer spending” – Jerome Dominguez, Market Analyst for Mobile Devices, IDC Philippines

Local smartphone vendors still contributed to the significant increase of sales in the Philippines, and budget phones priced under P3,500 lead the way. Popular smartphone retailers like Samsung and Asus have also been tackling the sub-PHP6K sector, IDC Philippine market analyst Jerome Dominguez said in an interview with Rappler.

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IDC also advised vendors to continue to be innovative, and to improve product quality and after-sales support to continue the lead as the fastest-growing smartphone market in Southeast Asia.

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Philippines is now the fastest-growing smartphone market in ASEAN

Heland Ortega

Philippines is now the fastest-growing market for smartphones in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN. According to International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Asia / Pacific Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, a total of 3.5 million smartphones were shipped to the Philippines in the 1st Quarter of 2016.

philippine number 1

“While many of the more mature smartphone markets of the world already displayed signs of saturation, the Philippines smartphone market continues to enjoy robust growth owing to a relatively low smartphone penetration rate (30% in 2015), active local brand presence, and healthy consumer spending” – Jerome Dominguez, Market Analyst for Mobile Devices, IDC Philippines

Local smartphone vendors still contributed to the significant increase of sales in the Philippines, and budget phones priced under P3,500 lead the way. Popular smartphone retailers like Samsung and Asus have also been tackling the sub-PHP6K sector, IDC Philippine market analyst Jerome Dominguez said in an interview with Rappler.

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IDC also advised vendors to continue to be innovative, and to improve product quality and after-sales support to continue the lead as the fastest-growing smartphone market in Southeast Asia.

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NTC sets 256kbps as the minimum mobile broadband speed

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The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) plans to set a minimum speed of 256 kilobits per second (kbps) for mobile broadband. The minimum speed is the same as the fixed broadband services like DSL, fiber, and cable.

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The definition of mobile broadband as stated by NTC are “any device that has the capability of accessing mobile networks, and whose inherent design enables it to be portable and is not inherently designed to be located permanently or semi-permanently.” This includes pocket Wi-Fi, USB dongles, and smartphones & tablets with data connection.

With the 256kbps set as the minimum, GPRS services are already not considered to be a mobile broadband service as its speed can only go as high as 114kbps. NTC will conduct Internet test speeds of local ISP for mobile broadband before the 2016 national elections in May.

With the increasing adoption of 4G LTE with cheaper LTE-capable devices, what can we do with 256kbps nowadays?

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PH Internet – currently one of the slowest in Asia and entire world

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A report from Ookla Speedtest shows the different Internet speeds in all of Asia and around the globe. Without much of a surprise, Philippines is still at the tail of the list.

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The rankings are published on netindex.com which compares the consumer download speed globally between April 18 and May 17 of this year. The list is currently topped by Singapore with 121.81 megabits per second (Mbps) of download speed followed by Hong Kong with 102.63Mbps. As for the Philippines, it’s all the way down the line with 3.65Mbps for its average broadband speed. Do keep in mind that the average speed is at 23.3Mbps.

As for the upload speed, the average is at 10.59Mbps and we’re at an even slower rate of 1.53Mbps. What’s more disappointing is that we’re one of the countries that pays the most expensive for our connection with an average value of $18.18 as opposed to the global average amount of just $5.21.

Below is a list of Asian countries ranked with Ookla’s household speed index as of May 2015:

1. Singapore – 121.81 Mbps
2. Hong Kong – 102.63 Mbps
3. Japan – 82.12 Mbps
4. South Korea – 59.77 Mbps
5. Macau – 50.66 Mbps
6. Taiwan – 50.59 Mbps
7. Thailand – 19.82 Mbps
8. Mongolia – 17.92 Mbps
9. Vietnam – 17.70 Mbps
10. Bangladesh – 9.86 Mbps
11. Cambodia 9.04 Mbps
12. Nepal 8.63 Mbps
13. Brunei 7.99 Mbps
14. Bhutan – 7.82 Mbps
15. India 7.04 Mbps
16. Malaysia 7.03 Mbps
17. Laos 6.92 Mbps
18. Indonesia 6.68 Mbps
19. Myanmar 6.54 Mbps
20. Pakistan 4.00 Mbps
21. Philippines – 3.65 Mbps
22. Afghanistan – 2.52 Mbps

These reports aren’t new to our ears since there hasn’t been much of an improvement from late last year where we’ve been reported to have an average of 3.5Mbps. Our lawmakers have also done some investigations regarding this, but it looks like nothing’s still happening as of the moment.

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