by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Energy, Power & Infrastructure, Philippines Company Stories
⚡ TL;DRMeralco distributes electricity to metropolitan Manila and surrounding provinces, serving the largest concentration of demand in the Philippines. It is also the most politically exposed company in the country, because consumers see its name on a monthly...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Philippines Company Stories, Telecoms & Media
⚡ TL;DRPhilippine internet has been expensive and slow relative to regional peers for two decades, and the reasons are structural rather than a failure of any single company. Connecting thousands of islands requires submarine cable; building anything requires...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Philippines Company Stories, Telecoms & Media
⚡ TL;DRABS-CBN was the Philippines’ dominant broadcaster, with the largest audience, the biggest production operation and a media business built over decades. In 2020 its congressional franchise — the legislative authority required to operate...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Philippines Company Stories, Telecoms & Media
⚡ TL;DRConverge built a national fibre broadband business from a regional cable operation, taking substantial market share from incumbents by offering faster home internet at lower prices with no legacy copper network to maintain. It is a focused challenger in a...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Philippines Company Stories, Telecoms & Media
⚡ TL;DRGlobe Telecom entered as a challenger to the fixed-line incumbent, built one of the Philippines’ two national mobile networks, and then created something more valuable than the network itself: a mobile wallet used by tens of millions of Filipinos....
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 26, 2026 | Philippines Company Stories, Telecoms & Media
⚡ TL;DRPLDT was founded in 1928 as the Philippines’ fixed-line monopoly, survived deregulation, built one of the country’s two dominant mobile networks, rode an extraordinary text messaging boom, and has since spent enormous sums on fibre, towers and...
