Sun Cellular sees postpaid base hit 1 million

Mobile provider Digital Telecommunications Philippines (Digitel), which operates the Sun Cellular brand, has seen the number of its postpaid subscribers reach 1 million. The company claims it is signing up seven out of every ten new postpaid subscribers, the BusinessWorld Online reports. Sun Cellular began commercial operations in 2003 and now has some 7,000 base stations across the Philippines. Rival Globe Telecom had 909,000 postpaid subscribers at the end of H1, while Smart Communications ended the first half with 439,844 postpaid subscribers.