Digital Telecommunications Phils., Inc. , commonly known as Digitel, is the second-largest fixed-line and the third-largest mobile telecommunication

Telecommunication

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s company in the Philippines

Philippines

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. It is also the company that owns Sun Cellular

Sun Cellular

Digitel Mobile Philippines, Inc., is a mobile telecommunication service provider in the Philippines doing business as Sun Cellular. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Digital Telecommunications Philippines, or Digitel. Digitel is in turn owned by the JG Summit Group with a minority stake...

, the Philippines's fastest-growing mobile phone

Mobile phone

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 service.

The company is owned by JG Summit Holdings

JG Summit Holdings

JG Summit Holdings, Inc is one of the largest conglomerates in the Philippines with business interests in air transportation, banking, food manufacturing, hotels, petrochemicals, power generation, publishing, real estate and property development, and telecommunications...

, one of the country's largest conglomerates.

Digital Telecommunications Phils., Inc. was established in October 1987 and commenced commercial operations in January 1992.

In 1993, Digitel was awarded a 30-year exclusive contract by the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) to manage, operate, develop and rehabilitate certain telecommunications systems owned by the DOTC (collectively, the "DOTC System") and which are located in the provincial areas of Luzon under a Facilities Management Agreement (FMA).