MANILA - The number of Internet users in the Philippines is expected to more than double to 13.5 million by 2008, an information technology research firm said yesterday.

The projection is a sharp increase from the estimated current 5.6 million Cesar Tolentino, senior analyst of XMG, a Canada-based IT market research firm, said.

"The increasing shift of Internet users to broadband connectivity is the driver behind this," even though 65 percent of subscriptions in the Philippines still use dial-up connections, Tolentino said in a presentation.*AFP

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