Prospective challengers to the Globe-PLDT duopoly may have to comply with a higher paid-up capital requirement of more than P10 billion, a senior government official said on Friday.

Eliseo Rio, officer in charge of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said the proposed provision would allow the third telco to mount an aggressive rollout.

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