No Indian company is considering to enter the Philippine telecommunications industry as its third major player, despite President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim to the contrary, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said.

“So far, no Indian company has expressed interest to us [about participating] in the selection process for the third telco player,” DICT Officer-in-Charge Eliseo Rio Jr. told reporters on Thursday.

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