China Telecom Philippines To Roll-out With Faster Speeds At Lower Costs

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China Telecom Philippines Looks To Crush PH Telco Market With These Rates

CHINA TELECOM PHILIPPINES – The Philippines has lagged behind most South East Asian countries in terms of internet speed.

Currently, if you wanted to avail of internet plans with high speeds, you need to be ready to shell-out a large sum of your paycheck. Obviously, a large percentage of the public won’t be able to afford such internet plans. However, that may change with the entry of China Telecom PH.

In their Facebook page, the third-largest ISP to enter the Philippines’ telecommunications market, China Telecom, boasted extremely high speeds at a fraction of the current cost.

China Telecom Philippines To Roll-out With Faster Speeds At Lower Costs
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“Unique To Shanghai, China Telecom’s ultra-high-speed fiber broadband network unparalleled quality, consistency, and efficiency up to a breathtaking 200Mbps”.

Along with this, DITO also posted the possible estimated monthly rates when operations begin in early 2021.

  • 30 Mbps – P799/month
  • 50 Mbps – P999/month
  • 200 Mbps – P1,299/month

Here is the comparison to Globe and Smart’s rates for the same internet speeds:

SpeedPLDTGLOBEDITODIFFERENCE
30 Mbps(25Mbps) P1,699P1,899/MonthP799/monthP1,100
50 MbpsP2,399P2,499/MonthP999/monthP1,500
200 MbpsP3,500P3,499/MonthP1,299/monthP1,999

The current prices were taken from the current prices listed on their websites (Globe/PLDT).

Previously, San Miguel Corp (SMC) was supposed to have a candidate for the next big telco in the Philippines. However, their assets were taken over by Globe and Smart after failing to get a foreign partner to back up its bid.

Image may contain: text that says 'China Telecom Philippines 中国电信 Unique to Shanghai, China Telecom's ultra-highi-speed fiber broadband unparalleled quality, consistency, and efficiency up a breathtaking 200Mbps. Possible estimated monthly rates when China Telecom is fully operational in the Philippinesl! Fibre Optic Network: 30Mbps 799/month 50Mbps 999/month 200Mbps 1,299/month DICT Undersecretary Eliseo Rio said the government wants the prospective third telco to avoid a repeat of what happened to San Miguel Corp. (SMC), whose telco assets swallowed Globe Smart after SMC a partner back up its bid to compete against the two firms.'

The new prices seem to be the best offers the Philippines had ever seen. However, netizens worry that the new ISP might impose the same restrictions it has in China. These include banning of social media sites such as Facebook and YouTube.

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