PLDT says mobile phone business growth to ease in 2005, AFP, 28 Dec 2004

“Dominant telecoms operator Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) said it expects the growth of the domestic mobile phone business to ease in 2005 as the subscriber base tops 40 percent of the population…"I think we would see a slowdown in net subscriber take-up next year compared to this year. The penetration rate this year is already 40 percent," Pangilinan told reporters.�

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