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Plan calls for mandatory re-registration of all SIM cards
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 21/03/2018
» The telecom regulator plans to force all mobile firms to re-register their entire customer bases, despite widespread concerns over its harm to consumer data privacy and the burden it will place on operators.
Thaicom satellite rejig in the works
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 06/02/2018
» The government is revising its request for a new satellite from Thaicom Plc, making it an exploration satellite for natural resources rather than one intended for telecom and broadcasting.
NBTC backs Section 44 for digital TV
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 26/12/2017
» The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has officially endorsed a three-year suspension of terrestrial digital TV operators' licence payments by requesting that the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) invoke Section 44, allowing operators to postpone their payments.
Unified digital identity platform planned
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 24/10/2017
» The government plans to set up a national single-point digital identity platform by mid-2018 in an effort to centralise identity verification, reduce online fraud and improve the efficiency of financial and e-commerce activities.
Digital school deal in the works
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 16/09/2017
» Moving along the Education 4.0 road map, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL) aims to be Thailand's first digital university by 2019.
NBTC to do a U-turn on OTT category
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 09/08/2017
» The telecom regulator will once again retreat from the over-the-top regulatory framework it proposed earlier, doing a U-turn on the categorisation of OTT video-on-demand services as a broadcast business.
S44 urged to keep NBTC board going
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 24/07/2017
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha must invoke the powerful Section 44 to avert a regulatory problem when the term of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) board expires in October, an industry executive has urged.
How not to make a regulation
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 17/07/2017
» In a world in which big and small companies are quick to cry foul even against a good regulation, policymakers face an uphill battle in attempts to catch up with technological change. Regulation is still a dirty word in today's business lexicon.
NBTC makes volte-face on OTT plan
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 06/07/2017
» The attempt to rein in over-the-top (OTT) service operators is in shambles after the national telecom regulator abruptly announced Wednesday it is scrapping the planned regulations that would force OTT companies worldwide to register for tax purposes.
Fingerprinting for SIMs made mandatory
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 26/05/2017
» All mobile users must participate in the online fingerprint ID system for new prepaid and postpaid mobile SIM card registration, or they will not be allowed to use mobile service.