What operators are there in the Philippines? What 3G networks are provided respectively?

The main fixed operators in the Philippines are state-owned telecom companies PLDT, Digitel, INNOVE and BAYANTEL. The total number of users of these four fixed operators accounts for about 90% of the whole fixed telephone market. The main mobile operators are Globe, SMART and PILTEL, and their total mobile users account for about 95% of the whole mobile market. ?

PLDT is a traditional full-service operator in the Philippines, and it still dominates the market, accounting for about 60% in both fixed and mobile communication markets. PLDT is actively developing 3G, NGN, wireless broadband and optical fiber networks.

SMART COMMUNICATIONS, the largest mobile operator in the Philippines, and PILTEL, the third largest mobile operator, are both subsidiaries of PLDT. PLDT owns SMART wholly, and SMART holds 92.1%shares in Piltel.

PILTEL is the first mobile communication service operator in the Philippines. At the end of 2004, SMART acquired a majority stake in PILTEL and merged its TALK'NTEXT brand.

SMART launched GSM service on 1999, and took the lead in realizing WCDMA demonstration service in the Philippines in February 2006, and provided users with free services such as calling, content downloading and web browsing before 1 in May of that year. As of April 2006, the number of WCDMA users of SMART is about 65,438+10,000.

GLOBETELECOM, the second largest mobile operator in the Philippines, had15.7 million mobile users by the end of 2006, of which 95% were prepaid users, and its revenue accounted for about 77% of the total revenue. By the end of 2006, GLOBE's 2G network has covered 94% of the Philippines and 98% of its population, with a total of 5884 3G sites, an increase of 14% compared with 5 159 in 2005.

3G Network Construction Accelerated in June 2006, 1 1 With the increasing demand for broadband wireless access by users, the National Telecommunications Commission of the Philippines (NTC) agreed to use 2300-2400MHz and 3300-3400MHz frequency bands for the promotion and application of WiMAX.

NTC has prepared five 3G licenses, three of which are allocated to WCDMA operators and the other two are allocated to CDMA2000 and TDD operators respectively.

SMART and GLOBE were the first to obtain WCDMA licenses in June 5438+February 2005. June, 5438+October, 2006 10, DIGITEL and the newly established operator Cure (connecting infinite resources enterprises) also passed the NTC audit and obtained 3G licenses.

According to the regulations of the Philippine government, operators who have obtained 3G licenses must complete 3G network construction by the end of 2007, and start to provide 3G services by 2008 at the latest, and the coverage rate must reach 80% within five years after the start of 3G services.

After China and ASEAN signed the Agreement on Trade in Services, the Philippines lowered the threshold for China enterprises to enter the country's commercial services, telecommunications, construction engineering, environment and tourism markets.

In the telecom equipment market, China manufacturers such as Huawei and ZTE have entered the Philippine market. In 2005, Philippine telecom operator SunCellular gave Huawei an expansion project with an investment of up to 200 million US dollars, mainly to add 700 mobile communication base stations.

In addition, the new Philippine operator MTI also chose ZTE as a strategic partner at the end of 2004. ZTE undertook the CDMA2000 1X+EV-DO network of MTI in Manila, Philippines, and fully served MTI.

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WCDMA network:

China Unicom adopts WCDMA as its third generation digital communication standard. WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) is a 3G cellular network. Some protocols used by WCDMA are related to 2G? GSM standards are consistent.

WCDMA is a broadband spread spectrum 3G mobile communication air interface using code division multiple access multiplexing (or CDMA universal multiplexing technology, not CDMA standard). The air interface of broadband spread spectrum 3G mobile communication based on CDMA (or CDMA universal multiplexing technology, non-CDMA standard).

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