TELEPHONE DISTRIBUTION BY REGION
	1996 to 2001
		Telephone			Population	Telephone Density  a
	Region	Lines	Exchange	Subscribers	('000)	Lines	Subscribed
	1996	3,352,842	741	2,022,766	69,945	4.79	2.89
	NCR	1,937,460	70	1,152,731	9,618	20.14	11.99
	CAR	37,683	12	26,057	1,280	2.94	2.04
	Region I	148,793	92	114,041	3,862	3.85	2.95
	Region II	14,535	34	11,880	2,583	0.56	0.46
	Region III	233,899	106	127,175	7,063	3.31	1.80
	Region IV	380,044	138	217,046	10,184	3.73	2.13
	Region V	78,850	69	48,907	4,399	1.79	1.11
	Region VI	112,166	44	70,805	5,870	1.91	1.21
	Region VII	121,392	36	98,474	5,106	2.38	1.93
	Region VIII	24,354	43	12,415	3,434	0.71	0.36
	Region IX	33,662	10	19,941	2,856	1.18	0.70
	Region X	92,666	37	29,266	4,039	2.29	0.72
	Region XI	109,466	36	73,050	5,192	2.11	1.41
	Region XII	18,200	12	14,593	2,411	0.76	0.61
	ARMM	9,672	2	6,385	2,048	0.47	0.31
	1997	5,775,556	828	…	71,541	8.07	…
	NCR	2,808,957	75	…	9,815	28.62	…
	CAR	64,814	15	…	1,310	4.95	…
	Region I	242,742	102	…	3,931	6.18	…
	Region II	23,630	37	…	2,641	0.90	…
	Region III	427,199	118	…	7,219	5.92	…
	Region IV	734,047	157	…	10,463	7.02	…
	Region V	133,363	72	…	4,488	2.97	…
	Region VI	258,204	50	…	5,984	4.32	…
	Region VII	380,290	41	…	5,215	7.29	…
	Region VIII	89,182	46	…	3,512	2.54	…
	Region IX	44,457	13	…	2,930	1.52	…
	Region X	115,943	41	…	4,140	2.80	…
	Region XI	339,941	42	…	5,332	6.38	…
	Region XII	67,468	14	…	2,473	2.73	…
	ARMM	45,319	5	…	2,088	2.17	…
	1998	6,641,480	1,050	2,512,113	73,130	9.08	3.44
	NCR	3,025,164	68	1,481,269	10,011	30.22	14.80
	CAR	88,052	22	33,673	1,340	6.57	2.51
	Region I	256,828	106	20,508	4,001	6.42	0.51
	Region II	41,246	39	8,449	2,698	1.53	0.31
	Region III	513,626	165	85,590	7,375	6.96	1.16
	Region IV	1,017,155	214	362,551	10,742	9.47	3.38
	Region V	122,589	80	35,449	4,577	2.68	0.77
	Region VI	331,576	83	118,495	6,097	5.44	1.94
	Region VII	484,968	46	172,573	5,323	9.11	3.24
	Region VIII	97,780	58	21,089	3,589	2.72	0.59
	Region IX	43,455	11	24,496	3,004	1.45	0.82
	Region X	130,559	46	58,592	4,240	3.08	1.38
	Region XI	366,971	61	74,272	5,471	6.71	1.36
	Region XII	72,552	30	6,848	2,535	2.86	0.27
	ARMM	48,959	21	8,259	2,127	2.30	0.39
	1999	6,811,616	992	2,892,333	74,722	9.12	3.87
	NCR	3,025,164	59	1,481,269	10,208	29.63	14.51
	CAR	88,052	11	41,141	1,370	6.43	3.00
	Region I	256,828	85	86,908	4,071	6.31	2.13
	Region II	41,246	41	28,427	2,755	1.50	1.03
	Region III	513,626	110	196,197	7,531	6.82	2.61
	Region IV	1,017,155	238	409,072	11,021	9.23	3.71
	Region V	136,465	77	54,707	4,666	2.92	1.17
	Region VI	331,576	77	150,626	6,210	5.34	2.43
	Region VII	484,968	97	182,102	5,431	8.93	3.35
	Region VIII	97,780	58	21,089	3,666	2.67	0.58
	Region IX	160,297	11	26,474	3,078	5.21	0.86
	Region X	169,977	36	60,645	4,341	3.92	1.40
	Region XI	366,971	39	122,970	5,610	6.54	2.19
	Region XII	72,552	32	22,004	2,598	2.79	0.85
	ARMM	48,959	21	8,702	2,166	2.26	0.40
	2000	6,905,962	…	3,061,387	76,320	9.05	4.01
	NCR	3,025,164	…	1,481,269	10,405	29.07	14.24
	CAR	88,052	…	44,592	1,400	6.29	3.18
	Region I	256,828	…	104,712	4,141	6.20	2.53
	Region II	41,246	…	29,948	2,813	1.47	1.06
	Region III	513,626	…	222,915	7,687	6.68	2.90
	Region IV	1,086,030	…	470,817	11,301	9.61	4.17
	Region V	136,465	…	61,047	4,756	2.87	1.28
	Region VI	331,576	…	151,315	6,324	5.24	2.39
	Region VII	484,968	…	182,278	5,539	8.76	3.29
	Region VIII	100,468	…	48,272	3,744	2.68	1.29
	Region IX	160,537	…	26,641	3,152	5.09	0.85
	Region X	188,827	…	76,510	4,442	4.25	1.72
	Region XI	366,971	…	126,168	5,750	6.38	2.19
	Region XII	76,245	…	26,139	2,660	2.87	0.98
	ARMM	48,959	…	8,764	2,206	2.22	0.40
	2001	6,982,653	…	2,973,182	77,898,196	8.96	3.82
	NCR	2,947,738	…	1,427,917	10,582,160	27.86	13.49
	CAR	79,443	…	42,144	1,431,009	5.55	2.95
	Region I	209,022	…	113,957	4,208,752	4.97	2.71
	Region II	32,716	…	30,460	2,867,402	1.14	1.06
	Region III	492,622	…	235,032	7,834,711	6.29	3.00
	Region IV	1,084,886	…	498,927	11,602,864	9.35	4.30
	Region V	115,178	…	58,719	4,837,659	2.38	1.21
	Region VI	425,455	…	105,133	6,436,103	6.61	1.63
	Region VII	482,715	…	165,372	5,644,931	8.55	2.93
	Region VIII	158,158	…	34,251	3,821,721	4.14	0.90
	Region IX	163,677	…	26,952	3,226,112	5.07	0.84
	Region X	194,342	…	48,741	2,913,794	6.67	1.67
	Region XI	409,584	…	122,849	5,400,642	7.58	2.27
	Region XII	78,185	…	26,768	2,722,534	2.87	0.98
	Region XIII	89,389		34,741	2,121,077	4.21	1.64
	ARMM	19,543	…	1,219	2,246,725	0.87	0.05
	a  per 100 population
	Source: National Telecommunications Commission