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Philippines eyes Japan to build 5G network amid China’s dominance, cyber fears
Japan is reportedly planning to help the Philippines build an open radio access network ahead of Manila’s 5G deployment.
So the entry barrier for Japan is significant,” Sherwin Ona, an associate professor of political science at De La Salle University and a visiting fellow at the Institute for National Defence and Security Research in Taiwan, told This Week in Asia. Given their strong bilateral diplomatic and economic relations, Japan’s offer of sharing technical expertise in the 5G domain was not a surprise, said Allan Cabanlong, a former senior official overseeing cybersecurity at the Philippines’ Department of Information and Communications Technology. Nonetheless, the Philippines should strengthen its capabilities to detect possible cyberattacks on its critical infrastructure and employ technical experts to thoroughly inspect its equipment and validate processes that meet international standards, Cabanlong said.
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