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As Platform For Change: Empowerment Technologies

This document discusses the history of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the Philippines from 1928 to the present. It outlines key milestones such as the establishment of the country's first telephone network by PLDT in 1928 and cellular network in 1987. The Philippines' first internet connection was established in 1993 by Benjie Tan connecting to a PLDT network center. ICT has since grown massively, with over 100 million mobile subscriptions by 2013 and internet users growing 531% between 2009 and 2014 to 38 million users out of a population of 100 million. Currently, the Philippines has one of the highest digital populations in the world and internet user growth continues rapidly.

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As Platform For Change: Empowerment Technologies

This document discusses the history of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the Philippines from 1928 to the present. It outlines key milestones such as the establishment of the country's first telephone network by PLDT in 1928 and cellular network in 1987. The Philippines' first internet connection was established in 1993 by Benjie Tan connecting to a PLDT network center. ICT has since grown massively, with over 100 million mobile subscriptions by 2013 and internet users growing 531% between 2009 and 2014 to 38 million users out of a population of 100 million. Currently, the Philippines has one of the highest digital populations in the world and internet user growth continues rapidly.

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ICT

AS PLATFORM FOR CHANGE


PART 1
EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGIES
HISTORY OF ICT IN THE PHILIPPINES

BEFORE ICT IN THE PH


Before 1928,
telecommunications in the
Philippines was segmented.
You could only call people
within your own small city.
1928: TELECOMS IN THE PHILIPPINES
1928 American-owned PLDT
was incorporated and given the
franchise to establish and
operate telephone services in
the Philippines. Small phone
companies in the provinces
were acquired to speed up the
rollout process.
1968 FILIPINOS CONNECTING FILIPINOS
TO THE WORLD

PLDT became a Filipino-


controlled corporation bought
by Ramon Cojuangco.
1987: CELLULAR TELEPHONE NETWORK

PLDT establishes the country’s


first cellular telephone network.
Mobile phone industry started
to emerge in the Philippines
during the 1990’s.
1993: BIRTH OF THE PHILIPPINE INTERNET

With the support of the


Department of Science and
Technology and the Industrial
Research Foundation, the Philnet
project (now PHNET ) was born
1994: OUR FIRST INTERNET CONNECTION

Benjie Tan, who was working for


ComNet established Philippine’s
first connection to the Internet at
a PLDT network center in
Makati City.
2013: THE MASSIVE GROWTH OF THE
COUNTRY’S MOBILE NETWORKS
Our Mobile Cellular
Subscriptions reach 102 million.
2014: FASTEST GROWING CONNECTIONS

The Philippines named fastest


growing internet population in
the last five years with a growth
of 531%
Number of Philippine Internet
users at 38 million out of a
population of 100 million.
TOP FILIPINO ONLINE ACTIVITIES
• CURRENTLY, WE HAVE ONE OF
THE HIGHEST DIGITAL POPULATIONS IN THE WORLD.
• THE INTERNET USER GROWTH RATE SHOWS
NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN EITHER.

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