Dito Telecommunity
DITO Telecommunity Corporation (stylized as DITO), formerly known as Mindanao Islamic Telephone Company, Inc. or Mislatel is a telecommunications company in the Philippines which is also engaged in the business of multimedia and information technology. It is a consortium of DITO CME Holdings Corporation, a subsidiary of the Udenna Corporation which is owned by Davao businessman Dennis Uy, and China Telecommunications Corporation, a state-owned enterprise of the government of mainland China and a parent company of China Telecom.
| Formerly | Mindanao Islamic Telephone Company (1998–2019) |
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | Davao City, Philippines April 19, 1998 |
| Headquarters | Udenna Tower, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila , Philippines |
Area served | Philippines |
Key people | |
| Products | Call and Text messaging services, Mobile internet |
| Revenue | PH₱2.3 billion (2021) |
Net income | PH₱2 billion (2021) |
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| Website | www |
The consortium is known as the sole winner of the government-sanctioned bidding that would allow the consortium to become the third major telecommunications provider in the Philippines challenging the duopoly of PLDT and Globe Telecom. DITO CME Holdings Corporation (a publicly listed firm also owned by Uy), meanwhile, has an "indirect ownership" in the telco.
DITO Telecommunity began its commercial operations on March 8, 2021. It offers commercial wireless services through its 4G LTE, and LTE-A networks, with 5G currently being deployed in key locations in the Philippines. As of August 2023, DITO's total mobile subscriber base stands at 7.74 million. DITO gave out a free data allocation of 1 gigabyte for each subscriber when it hit a million customers three months after its official rollout.