Goodbye Slow Internet from Globe, Smart, PLDT: Australia’s Biggest Telco to Enter PH

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Is there room for another telecoms company in the Philippines? Local conglomerate San Miguel and Telstra of Australia have confirmed they are in talks over a wireless joint venture that, on the face of it, is entering a crowded market.

The misery of most Filipino Internet users may finally come to an end when Telstra, Australia’s biggest telecom company enters the Philippines in the very near future.

Of nineteen Asian countries, the Philippines ranked second with the slowest Internet speed at 3.64Mbps, only ahead of Afghanistan with 2.52Mbps. All other 17 countries are far ahead of the Philippines.

Communications experts said the problem with the country’s disappointing Internet speed is because of the lack of better competitors. Globe, PLDT/Smart, and Sun Cellular on the other hand blame the government for complicated and expensive process in building structures like transmitters and antennas.

Among the country’s providers, PLDT is the worst of all. Globe is better than Smart, then followed by Sun cellular.

Ibtimes.com.au reported that Telstra is aiming to partner with the San Miguel Corporation – the country’s biggest company.

There is no exact date on when the business operation will be started, but Bloomberg reported that Telstra is currently on talks with San Miguel, and is willing to invest 5.75 billion Pesos (UD$123 million).

It may be too early to expect, but many netizens are already excited about the plan – believing that this move could help them with their lifetime problem – the worst internet speed.

Goodbye Slow Internet from Globe, Smart, PLDT: Australia’s Biggest Telco to Enter PH - The Philippine Pride

[Synthetic]

YEHEY! they blame the government but when Telstra enters PH unsa kahay masulti ana nila?

[bim27142]

There is no exact date on when the business operation will be started, but Bloomberg reported that Telstra is currently on talks with San Miguel, and is willing to invest 5.75 billion Pesos (UD$123 million).

key words, "there is no exact date".... "is willing to invest".... in projects and contracting management, this is nowhere near reality...

if they won't buy an existing telco and start this project from bottom up, i'll give it at least 5 years before this comes to fruition (not even completion)...

[The_Stoic]

wala koy mahimo, mo asa nalang ko aning mga balitaa,hehe. mga kapal muks sad ning telco diri, grabe ginansya sa bating serbisyo.

[jamesgalejames]

nice makasulod diri.. para ipasirad an nana nato ang globe og smart og sun.. hinay pang internet mahala pa kaau .. usahay dilinpa ka connect.. daghan pang mga sigeh hacker mangawat sa data nato .. wala sila ladakop or bisan simple maintenance lang sa security .. wala as in..

[werty]

mao ra gihapon ni istoryaha. kai pldt ra gihapon nag control sa main internet highway sa pinas, dba?

[dab_s_bad]

yeah..., and will do almost evil ways to prevent those external sources from investing in... at worst...

[pidro73]

what ever mas maau na dunga-gan ta ug isa pa. kung sa pldt rana cla hala come what may nalang!

[ydn|c]

Toinks mao d i pina ana ang pldt naku nakadaog daw kog telepad pero papirmahon sa contract nga extend ug 3 years tsk

[OmegaRed]

layo pa d i gyapun ni sa kamatooran. hahaha paeta