Third telco DITO says it's 'a Filipino company,' won't allow China spying

MANILA — The Philippines' third major telco player DITO Telecommunity on Tuesday it is a Filipino company and rejected fears that the Chinese state-owned company running its 5G technology would be used by Beijing to spy on Manila.

"We are a Filipino company... Therefore, we will never allow any espionage or anything that will be negative to our national security to happen to our operations," he told reporters at a government briefing. DITO is "investing heavily in cybersecurity." It spent P1 billion for its digital security center alone last year, Tamano said.

The involvement of China's state-run firm has drawn concerns as Manila and Beijing remain locked in a dispute over the resource-rich South China Sea, even as economic ties have improved under the Duterte administration.

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