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Where Philippines is First and Last

Where we are first:

And last:

Which are related. We're text crazy, so data makes up the bulk of mobile operators' revenue. And because we'd rather text, we call less, which makes us dead last in the MOU (minutes of use) per capita.

Source: Merrill Lynch's Global Wireless Matrix report, 2007

Player Profile: John Gokongwei, Jr.

When I created this blog, I thought of creating a section called Players, movers and shakers of the industry--Manny "MVP" Pangilinan, Orlando "Doy" Vea, Gerry "GCA" Ablaza, Anastacio "ARM" Martirez, Bong Mojica, Ferdz Dela Cruz, Minette Navarrete, and much more.

Fortunately, I have met or worked with many of them, which should make them fairly approachable. But some remain beyond my blogger's reach, whose profile I can only cull from the depths of the Internet. Here's a profile of Sun Cellular's patriarch, John Gokongwei, Jr.; his Philippine Advertising Congress speech, in November 2007.