Philippines gives China-backed telecom firm green light to build cell towers on military bases

A debate over national security has reopened in the Philippines after the country’s defence chief revealed he had signed a contract allowing a mobile phone network powered by a Chinese state telecoms giant to install communications equipment on army bases.The Philippine military made a preliminary agreement last year with Dito Telecommunity, a consortium formerly known as Mislatel that is part-owned by China Telecom, to install cell site towers at its camps.Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3101316/philippines-gives-china-backed-telecom-firm-green-light-build