Price War Makes Philippine Mobile Data Among Cheapest in Asia
- Nation’s two largest phone companies chase market share
- Spending on data plans, among Asia’s cheapest, hurting profits
Men use smartphones at a shopping mall in Makati City in Manila.
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Potpot Pinili, a Philippine travel blogger, is paying less to access the Internet on the go -- almost half as much as three years ago, thanks to a price war.
“Data has become definitely cheaper,” said Pinili, 41. “You can do more online quicker and at less cost.”