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Monthly Rates ng DITO Telecoms

A false graphic is circulating on social media that claims DITO Telecommunity Corp., the country’s third major telecommunications player, will be offering internet rates much lower than those of its competitors.

It alleged that the company will offer broadband plans with the following rates: P799 for 30 megabits per second (Mbps), P999 for 50Mbps, and P1,299 for 200Mbps. The graphic indicates that the rates would be cheaper by “P1,100” up to “P1,999” than those currently being offered by existing providers Globe Telecom, Inc. and PLDT, Inc.

This is not true. DITO has yet to roll out its services and broadband prices.

“Those rates didn’t come from us,” Tessa Razon-Artadi, marketing and communications head of Udenna Corp., told VERA Files Fact Check.

Udenna is one of the three companies that form the DITO consortium, formerly the You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., along with China-owned China Telecommunications Corp. and Chelsea Logistics.

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“What we can assure you is that when DITO does the commercial launch in 1Q2021, we shall be offering our customers a very compelling value proposition,” Razon-Artadi added.

The untrue post was published on Sept. 2 by three-week-old Facebook (FB) page New World Update, and has received over 8,900 reactions, 2,500 comments and 2,100 shares, with netizens asking in the comments section if DITO’s service was already available in their area.

Apart from the false rates, the post also carried incorrect PLDT broadband figures. Based on its official website, cited as a source of the post, You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..

The spurious graphic circulated on social media after the House of Representatives approved You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. on third reading on Aug. 24, which seeks to renew Mislatel’s 25-year franchise. It was received by the Senate on Sept. 1.

Based on You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now., DITO said it is You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. set You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Sept. 8 said You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.

According to social media monitoring tool CrowdTangle, the post could have reached over 624,000 people with traffic largely coming from FB groups JOEY DE LEON, 2018 HTTP INJECTOR EHI/HPI FILES PH (FREE INTERNET) and SARA DUTERTE-CARPIO FOR PRESIDENT MOVEMENT INTERNATIONAL.

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was created on Aug. 23.

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