{"id":140256,"date":"2017-12-19T03:17:08","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T08:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=140256"},"modified":"2017-12-19T03:17:08","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T08:17:08","slug":"de-lima-hits-govt-for-limiting-entry-of-3rd-telco-player-to-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/19\/de-lima-hits-govt-for-limiting-entry-of-3rd-telco-player-to-china\/","title":{"rendered":"De Lima hits govt for limiting entry of 3rd telco player to China"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: \u201cThis means that the government intends to exclude all other foreign companies from participating in the telco industry, no matter how more competent and more advanced their services and technology might be,\u201d De Lima said in a statement. (Photo: Senate of the Philippines\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Detained Senator Leila De Lima\u00a0slammed the administration\u2019s statement that it would only offer the participation of a third player in the telecommunications industry to Chinese companies, saying it is \u201ceconomically irrational\u201d and indicative of how the Philippines lean towards China.<\/p>\n

Earlier, President Rodrigo Duterte has offered China to operate as a third key player in the telecommunications industry to break the current duopoly in the country.<\/p>\n

Communications Secretary Martin Andanar named China Telecom, China\u2019s largest telecommunication company, as the third telco firm that would invest in the Philippines to improve internet service in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis means that the government intends to exclude all other foreign companies from participating in the telco industry, no matter how more competent and more advanced their services and technology might be,\u201d De Lima said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis situation serves the Duterte administration well especially now that it has made the Philippines a pariah state in the international community because of its human rights record,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

The senator said the entry of the Chinese telco company might be good for the present government but not necessarily for the future of the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe experience of countries like Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Cambodia, and a host of other Asian and even African nations should serve as a lesson of how China ultimately demands for its pound of flesh once it decides to cash in. This is not to mention the security threat a Chinese telco poses to the country’s information and communication infrastructure,\u201d De Lima said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat will assure us that in the future, our national security and whole intelligence and defense systems won’t be compromised, if not under the complete control of a foreign government with national interests diametrically opposed to our own?…Do we really want a country who has the most interest in undermining our national security to have a major role in our public utilities, especially communications?\u201d De Lima asked.<\/p>\n

De Lima also said the development causes no worry for the administration as they want to make the Philippines a \u201cChinese satellite\u201d or the center of China, \u201cshunning Western democracies, but without the economic independence and self-sufficiency of the other progressive ASEAN nations to enable us to stand our ground against the Chinese juggernaut.\u201d<\/p>\n

The senator also called for the end of the \u201cundesirable dystopia\u201d from becoming reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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