Department of Information and Communications Technology(DICT)

September 4, 2020 Dear Angelo Marc Rio, Greetings! Thank you for your request dated Aug 30, 2020 10:39:18 AM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch. Your Request You asked for Statistics of the number of smartphone users in the Philippines. Response to Request Your FOI request is approved. I enclose a copy of some of the information you requested. Please note that we are only able to provide some of the information you have requested for as of the moment, we don't have the data on the number of smartphone users in the Philippines. Nonetheless, we would like to share the data on the number of individuals using and not using cellphone and number of individuals using the internet by activity based on the recently conducted National ICT Household Survey. You may refer to the attached file. We also have other ICT data available based on the NICTHS results which may be useful in the study being conducted. You may view the NICTHS data through the link below: National ICT Household Survey https://dict.gov.ph/ictstatistics/ict-statistics/ We hope that this will suffice the request. Thank you and best regards, Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Secretary Gregorio Honasan at [email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, FOI Decision Maker FOI Receiving Officer