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Third telco DITO eyes rollout of broadband services in early 2022

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Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="A DITO Telecommunity booth sells sim cards in Quezon City on May 31, 2021. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/entertainment/12/29/dito.jpg"/><figcaption>A DITO Telecommunity booth sells sim cards in Quezon City on May 31, 2021. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File</figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Third telco DITO Telecommunity is eyeing to rollout broadband internet services in early 2022, an official of its parent DITO CME Holdings Corp (DCME) said. </p><p>DITO commercially began its <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/03/08/21/dennis-uy-leads-dito-commercial-debut-dito-telecommunity-now-available-in-visayas-mindanao">operations </a>in March this year. </p><p>It started with mobile prepaid services but it would become a &quot;full service telco&quot; once its network build is complete, DCME chief financial officer Joseph John Ong told ABS-CBN News. </p><p>&quot;DITO plans to be a full service telco, which means all the services that you enjoy from the current players, basically Globe and Smart, we will also provide,&quot; Ong said.</p><p>&quot;Short answer, yes there will be broadband, we plan to roll out early next year,&quot; he added.</p><p>The telco, which tapped China Telecom for its expertise, recently passed its second year audit, a standard which was not imposed on incumbents Globe Telecom and PLDT Inc. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/02/22/21/dito-logs-speeds-of-507-mbps-for-5g-85-mbps-for-4g-passes-audit-ntc">DITO logs speeds of 507 Mbps for 5G, 85 Mbps for 4G; passes audit: NTC</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/02/20/20/third-telco-dito-leaning-heavily-on-chinese-partner-allays-cybersecurity-fears">Third telco DITO &#x27;leaning heavily&#x27; on Chinese partner, allays cybersecurity fears</a></li></ul><p>Prepaid mobile was launched first since it&#x27;s &quot;biggest chunk&quot; of the market, Ong said, adding that postpaid mobile would also be available in the future. </p><p>&quot;Although we might not provide it in the same form, definitely not the same quality. We&#x27;re definitely promising better quality. Even the way it is delivered will be different,&quot; he said. </p><p>&quot;We will have postpaid mobile also, that would be sometime next year. We are not rushing at the moment because we&#x27;re still focusing on prepaid but yes we will have all of that,&quot; he added.</p><p>Internet use, both mobile data and broadband, surged during the pandemic. </p><p>In September, DITO passed its second technical audit. It has reached 52.75 percent of national population coverage with average broadband speeds of 89.1 Mbps for 4G and 854 Mbps for 5G.</p><p><br/>LINK: https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/11/09/21/dito-hits-4-million-subscriber-mark</p><div><strong>FROM OUR ARCHIVES:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1877479" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

DITO Telecommunity is eyeing to rollout broadband internet services in early 2022, an official of its parent DITO CME Holdings Corp (DCME) said. 

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Third telco DITO eyes rollout of broadband services in early 2022

Jessica Fenol,

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Published Dec 29, 2021 03:41 PM PHT

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