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NBTC drops demand for mobile phone aid
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 10/04/2018
» The telecom regulator has finally backed off support for assisting the country's two mobile giants after facing weeks of heavy criticism from academics and the public sector, who argue that Advanced Info Service (AIS) and True Move have not suffered enough to warrant support.
NBTC stands by AIS-True Move aid package
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 02/04/2018
» The telecom regulator has reaffirmed that its assistance to Advanced Info Service (AIS) and True Move will generate 3.6 billion baht for the state during 2020-24 based on a 1.5% interest rate, with the hope that the two operators will join the planned auction of the 1800-megahertz spectrum.
TDRI shocked at move to aid two operators
News, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 21/03/2018
» Neither the government nor the telecoms regulator should be held responsible for the actions of two giant mobile telecom operators, according to Somkiat Tungkitvanich, chairman of the Thailand Development Research Institute.
Section 44 to ease pains
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 13/02/2018
» The military government will soon invoke Section 44 to ease the chronic financial burdens of the existing terrestrial digital TV operators at the expense of the state.
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.
AIS, True demand 4G concession fee delay
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 19/12/2017
» Advanced Info Service (AIS) and True Move have joined together to ask the government to invoke Section 44 to ease their financial burden, extending the due date of their last 4G licence payment, originally scheduled for 2019, for another five years.
NBTC set to tackle 4G auctions, digital licences
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 06/01/2015
» The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) will push for fourth-generation (4G) mobile service auctions and issue at least three licences for state-administered digital TV channels in the next 12 months.