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The path to National Telecom
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 09/03/2020
» The merger of TOT and CAT into a new company, called National Telecom (NT), is believed to be the government's final push to provide a lifeline to the two state telecom enterprises.
AIS unfazed by tribunal's TOT ruling
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 31/01/2020
» Advanced Info Service (AIS) has brushed aside concerns about an arbitration tribunal's ruling ordering it to pay 31 billion baht in compensation to TOT Plc over a dispute in their mobile service agreement amendments almost 20 years ago.
MCOT draws line on NBTC compensation
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 06/12/2019
» MCOT objects to the telecom regulator's initial plan to pay 3 billion baht in compensation to recall 160MHz of bandwidth on the 2600MHz range held by the state broadcaster, saying the figure is too low.
CAT pins hopes on digital for windfall
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 27/11/2019
» State enterprise CAT Telecom aims to rake in 10 billion baht in revenue in 2025 from digital services, a promising new source of income.
NBTC may reimburse MCOT for spectrum
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 18/11/2019
» The telecom regulator is considering setting aside 3 billion baht to compensate state broadcaster MCOT for the recall of 160MHz of bandwidth on the 2600MHz spectrum to use the range for the 5G auction in February 2020.
NBTC amends TV ratings rule
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 28/09/2019
» The broadcasting regulator has amended its rule governing the process of seeking a body to run TV viewership ratings after it was blamed for favouring a particular organisation.
MCOT keeps pushing for B50bn in compensation
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 20/09/2019
» State-owned broadcaster MCOT insists it needs 50 billion baht as compensation for the handover of 144 megahertz of bandwidth on the 2600MHz range to the telecom regulator.
TOT-CAT merger on course
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 25/06/2019
» The government has rolled out plans to merge TOT Plc and CAT Telecom into a single entity, National Telecom Co (NT), in November and begin operations by the end of the year, says the digital economy and society (DE) minister.
NBTC to loosen bank guarantee conditions
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 21/06/2019
» The telecom regulator plans to reduce bank guarantee requirements for the next spectrum auction to ease financial burdens and encourage mobile operators to expedite implementation of 5G infrastructure.
Thai TV meets NBTC
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 26/04/2019
» Media veteran and Thai TV owner Pantipa Sakulchai, aka J Tim, met with the broadcasting regulator on Thursday to see whether her company is exempt from additional licence fee payments under Section 44 despite having exited the business four years ago after failing to make licence payments.