MANILA — China Telecom’s future operations in the Philippines will be closely monitored by a government-operated cybersecurity platform specially designed to guard against spying and other online threats.

Amid rising global security concerns over China’s high-tech companies, state-owned China Telecom is the largest stakeholder in Mislatel, the Philippines’ third telecommunications carrier that is set to receive its operating license on July 8.

“We will be the one monitoring them,” acting Information and Communications Technology Secretary Elisio Rio told the Nikkei Asian Review on Tuesday. “They should make sure that they will not be a threat to our national security or else they will lose their license.”

Due to begin operations next year, Mislatel will be the first telecommunications network to be monitored by the state platform known as the Cybersecurity Management System.

“You can monitor if there is an unauthorized data breach that came in or out of their network,” said Rio, a retired electronics engineer and Philippines military officer who also served in the National Security Adviser’s office.

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