DITO Telecommunity Corp., said it had surpassed 10 million subscribers, more than a year after its commercial launch.

During a virtual press briefing, DITO chief administrative officer Adel Tamano said on Thursday that “We are slowly getting the market share and starting from a crawl to a walk to a run. Our goal for this year is 12 million.”

Tamano also said that DITO, which is a backed by state-owned China Telecom and Davao businessman Dennis Uy, has hit 10.3 million subscribers, up from only one million in July last year—about four months after it made its services available to the public in March 2021.

“With some level of confidence, we will hit the goal by as early as October or by the end of the year at the latest,” Tamano added.

Ookla, the global internet speed monitoring firm, said that the Philippines is a “duopoly no more,” describing DITO as a market disruptorwith the impact that the telco had in triggering dominant players Globe Telecom and PLDT’s Smart Communications.