PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte offered to China the "privilege" to operate a third telecommunications company to break the current duopoly in the country, Malacañang said on Monday.

The agreement was made during the bilateral meeting between Duterte and   Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Malacañang on Wednesday, Duterte spokesman Harry Roque said.

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