Remember last month when Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte offered China the opportunity to enter the country’s telecommunications industry? Now, it can be said: State-owned China Telecom may just be your next service provider.
The Chinese government has chosen its second largest operator to invest in the Philippines in a bid to break the PLDT-Globe Telecom duopoly.
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This is according to Acting DICT [Department of Information and Communication Technology] Secretary Eliseo Rio, Communications Secretary Martin Andanar revealed in an interview on GMA Super Radyo DZBB today, December 10.
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But because of a law limiting foreign ownership of a public utility to 40 percent, China Telecom will have to look for a Philippine company with a telecom franchise as partner. It remains to be seen whether it can find one immediately.
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We have never used a China Telecom SIM card in the many times we’ve been to China, so we can’t tell you how fast — or slow — its internet connection is there.
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We don’t know how much its plans are either, but if we are to base it on the telco’s website, here are some examples of its prepaid offers:
- Mobile. 4GB data consumable in one month = ¥120 (roughly P916 or $18)
- Broadband. 50Mbps speed (no data cap) = ¥1,600 (P12,212 or $242) per year or ¥133 (P1,018 or $20) per month (Updated at 11:59 p.m. on December 11. Thanks, Jason Sy Teh.)
You may check out China Telecom’s complete list of 4G prepaid domestic (meaning anywhere in the country) data plans on this page. For its broadband offers, you can start with this page.
It would be interesting to see what its pricing strategy in the Philippines is going to be.
Story via GMA News Online
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