Telco firm: Handset prices need to come down to see wider 5G adoption

MANILA - The Philippines may have been the first country in Southeast Asia to roll out commercial 5G services, but widespread adoption won't happen until handset prices come down, the head of one of the country's 2 major telcos said on Tuesday.

"We need to bring down handset prices from $1,200 range now to, in about 6 to 8 months, handset prices to come around $300 which again now should bring it to a more affordable range for people," Cu said in a statement. Watch more in iWant or TFC.tv The Philippines was the first in Southeast Asia to roll out 5G, but the implementation of the new service is likely to remain "patchy" until 2021, said Janice Chong, Fitch Ratings director for Asia Pacific corporate ratings. "In the Philippines, if you talk about mass adoption, it's not likely to happen until say 4 to 5 years later," Chong said.

Hahaha, after that they cut the signal for 6 hours every day. Really bad.. 5G ?

GANITO YAN, bili tayo ng tv na merun 8k feature and yet ang feed mula TFC/GMA Statipn kasing labo ng future ng pinas under du30! Ganun YUN!

Huh..we are preparing for 5g and yet the speed of internet in pinas is one of the slowest in whole wide word. WTH!

Haaaay naku 4G na nga ginagamit now e super bagal pdin... palakasin nyo muna conexon nyo oi bgo kau mangguyo!

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