http://fintechnews.sg/5181/philippines/a-profile-of-smartphone-users-in-the-philippines/
I was waiting for news of Syntonic making its way in the Philippines one of the obstacles may have been the reasonable new idea internet banking in the Philippines and the time it takes a population to trust the concept.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globe_Telecom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_Communications
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_V._Pangilinan
Pangilinan own the largest landline company PLDT in the Philipines and acquired Sun Cellular.
The country has english as a second language education plays a vital roll in their culture.
Five tycoons own most of all business in the Philipines so you could also say dictate what is available.
For Syntonic this is a big deal once they have captured the market.
Telstra tried!
DYOR