COMMUNICATION

TECHNOLOGY IN
THE PHILIPPINES
HISTORICAL TIMELINE

PREPARED BY:

GROUP 5
Ayada, Babylin
Guimba, Nurulizzah A.
Malpas, Cybelle C.
Monahan, Lyka
Papasin, Darren L,
Zulla, Hazel F.

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COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGY
the transfer of messages (information) among people
and/or machines through the use of technology. This
processing of information can help people make
decisions, solve problems, and control machines.
TIMELINE
1920:

Before ICT in
the Philippines.

1928:

1968:

1987:
1920S
BEFORE ICT IN THE PH

Before 1928, telecommunications in the Philippines was

segmented. You could only call people within your own small
city.

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TIMELINE
1920:

Before ICT in
the Philippines.

1928:
Telecoms in the
Philippines.
1968:
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.

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TIMELINE
1920:

Before ICT in
the Philippines.

1928:
Telecoms in the
Philippines.
1968:
Filipinos Connecting
Filipinos to the World

1987:
1968: FILIPINOS
CONNECTING FILIPINOS
TO THE WORLD
PLDT became a Filipino-controlled corporation bought by
Ramon Cojuangco.

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TIMELINE
1920:

Before ICT in
the Philippines.

1928:
Telecoms in the
Philippines.
1968:
Filipinos Connecting
Filipinos to the World

1987:
Cellular Telephone
Network
 1987: CELLULAR
TELEPHONE NETWORK
PLDT establishes the country’s first cellular telephone network.

-A local communication network was made,

known as the “The Philippine FidoNet Exchange”
TIMELINE
1993:
Birth of the Philippine
Internet
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.

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TIMELINE
1993:
1993:
Birth of the Philippine
Internet

1994:
Our First Internet
Connection.With the
Philippine Network
Foundation (PHNet)
1994: OUR FIRST
INTERNET CONNECTION
Benjie Tan, who was working for ComNet established
Philippines’ first connection to the Internet at a PLDT network
center in Makati City.

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TIMELINE
1993:
Birth of the Philippine
Internet

1994:

Our First Internet

Connection
2000:
PLDT introduces the
DSL
 2000: PLD INTRODUCES
THE DSL (DIGITAL
SUBSCRIBER LINE)

the DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) is a technology for

bringing high-bandwidth information to homes and
small businesses over ordinary copper telephone lines.
 2001
Cyworld adds social networking
features and becomes the first of a 2003
number of mass-market social
networking service
Skype video calling software
is launched.
2004
Facebook is launched,
becoming the largest social
networking site in 2009.
2005
-YouTube, the video sharing
site, is launched.
2006 -Reddit is launched.

Twitter is launched.
 2007
iPhone is
launched.
2009
WhatsApp is
launched.
2010

Instagram is launched.
2011

2015 Snapchat is
launched.
Discord is
launched.
TIMELINE
2013:
1993: The Massive Growth of
the Country’s Mobile
Networks
 2013: THE MASSIVE
GROWTH OF THE
COUNTRY’S MOBILE
NETWORKS
Our Mobile Cellular Subscriptions reach 102 million.
National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) is in
charge of enforcing laws, allocating spectrum, and
issuing licences and permits across the telecoms
industry.
TIMELINE
2013:
The Massive Growth of
the Country’s Mobile
Networks

2014:

Fastest Growing
Connections
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.

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TIMELINE
2013:
The Massive Growth of
the Country’s Mobile
Networks

2014:

Fastest Growing
Connections

2017:
Internet Connection
Population Penetration
2017: INTERNET CONNECTION
POPULATION PENETRATION

119M Mobile Phone Subscriptions in the Country (117%

Penetration Rate)
95% Prepaid
Greater 10% Broadband Subscription
55% Mobile Broadband Subscription
80% Subscribed to the Lowest Speed Plans (1-3 MBPS)

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REFERENCES
https://mec.ph/infographics/tech-throwback-the-history-of-ict-in-the-philippines/

https://oxfordbusinessgroup.com/overview/calling-all-competitors-network-expansion-efforts-
accelerate-amid-growing-demand-data-and

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117074/philippines-fastest-internet-service-providers-by-
download-speed/
https://www.sutori.com/en/story/history-of-ict--YcLT9fbdSgiZfcNAjMCJcESa
CREDITS:
CONTENT ORGANIZER: Ayada, Babylin
EDITOR: Guimba, Nurulizzah A.
RESEARCHER: Malpas, Cybelle C.
RESEARCHER: Monahan, Lyka
RESEARCHER: Papasin, Darren L,
CREATIVE DESIGN/ RESEARCHER: Zulla, Hazel F.