Allowing a Chinese company to provide telecommunications services in the Philippines will benefit consumers but major hurdles remain before this can be realized, a Fitch Group unit said.

The Duterte government’s plans to let a Chinese telco challenge PLDT, Inc. and Globe Telecom should serve as a “wake-up call for complacent duopolists,” BMI Research said in an analysis released on Thursday.

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