A new survey from the Social Weather Station (SWS) revealed that TM (formerly Touch Mobile) has the most number of users in the Philippines.
The said survey was conducted a month (March 16-29) before the initial deadline for SIM Registration in the Philippines. It showed that, of the 1,600 respondents, 30% of them are TM users, followed by TNT at 26%, Globe at 25%, Smart at 23%, and DITO at 1%.
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TM is the top provider in Mindanao with a 48% market share, TNT dominated Visayas, while Globe topped Metro Manila at 34% with Smart behind it at 32%.
The survey also revealed that, of everyone that already had their SIMs registered, 72% of them found the process easy. The remaining 28% thought that the experience was a bit challenging.
SWS also said that Visayas has the highest registration rate at 64%, followed by Metro Manila at 62%, Balance Luzon at 55%, and Mindanao at 50%.
As per the Department of Information and Communications Technology, there are already 82 million SIMs registered as of last week. 37 million of those are from Globe, 39 million from Smart, and 5 million from DITO.
From the initial April 26 deadline, it’s been extended for 90 days and is now rescheduled for July 25, 2023.