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Philippines Telecommunications and Postal Services
The Philippine telecommunication system in 1989 consisted of
some fifty-five telephone companies, seven domestic record
carriers, four international record carriers, and two satellite
ground stations. Approximately 70 percent of the country's
telephone lines were located in Metro Manila. In 1989 there were
4.7 telephones per 100 persons in Metro Manila but only 0.8
telephones per 100 persons in the country as a whole. The country
had approximately 380 radio stations broadcasting to 4 million
receivers in English and all the major Philippine dialects, and
42 television stations transmitting to 6 million receivers,
mainly in Pilipino and English. The mail volume handled by the
more than 2,000 post offices in the Philippines doubled from
approximately 400 million pieces in 1979 to approximately 800
million pieces in 1988.
Data as of June 1991
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