The US can help finance a shift to other vendors among private firms, including telcos in the Philippines, currently partnering with Chinese tech giants Huawei and ZTE as Washington continued to flag concerns on security risks from China. | bendeveraINQ
“When countries are choosing their 5G systems, this is definitely the time to do a rip-and-replace, a transition … And that’s where there are a lot of financing tools, and those kinds of things, that I think many countries like us [the United States] are willing to help provide, because we recognize this danger,” according to Krach.
Here in the Philippines, the duopoly of telco service providers—PLDT Inc. and Globe Telecom Inc.—had yet to roll out 5G on a massive scale.Both telcos earlier partnered with Huawei, so it may be hard for PLDT and Globe to abandon the Chinese connection given network compatibility, on top of cheaper cost.
The incoming third telco provider Dito Telecommunity Corp., supposed to break the duopoly, was also backed by Chinese state-owned China Telecom. Noting that the Philippines was a “great partner,” Krach said the United States had “expanded our financing capabilities to help countries like the Philippines and others, particularly when they are suffering from this horrific pandemic,” adding that “we are here to help” as far as possible transition of local telco from Huawei was concerned.
Last week, US State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus told the Inquirer that while Chinese vendors were cheaper, “they come with a hidden cost—the security of networks and privacy.”“In strong contrast to subsidized financing by the [government] of China, US investment and financing tools are based on principles of transparency, sustainability and free and fair competition. The State Department is working with the United States International Development Finance Corp.
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