Dtac goes to court as concession set to expire

By The Nation

 

 

Total Access Communication (dtac) on Thursday filed suit in Central Administrative Court seeking a grace period for its customers who will lose access to the service on the 850MHz spectrum band in nine days.
 

The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has refused an extension of the 27-year concession granted to dtac by CAT Telecom after it expires on September 15.

 

Dtac has several times requested relief measures, but the NBTC has offered no remedy.

 

The petition to the court is aimed at letting customers continue using the 850MHz spectrum until a verdict in the dispute is rendered.

It seeks a “remedy period” from the NBTC during which the telecom operator can continue offering services after the concession lapses and consumers have time to migrate to other networks.

 

“We view with grave concern the NBTC’s inability to arrive at a conclusion to this matter, despite the existence of a legal framework, as well as the existence of precedents involving other operators,” Dtac Chief Corporate Affairs and Business Development Officer Rajiv Bawa said.

 

“To protect our customers, we have no choice but to file a case for temporary protection.”

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30353864

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-09-06

How long do they know that the concession ends September 15.

I would throw the out for their stupidity/laziness/procrastination.

I have a DTAC sim card : does this mean I have to change quickly to AIS or True ?

33 minutes ago, fvw53 said:

I have a DTAC sim card : does this mean I have to change quickly to AIS or True ?

No, don't panic.

They have other (up-to-date) frequency bands (900, 1800, 2400?).

It's a pity that the article does not give a trace of background information (consequences, who is affected).

Would be worth asking in the mobile forum.

 

1 hour ago, KhunBENQ said:

How long do they know that the concession ends September 15.

I would throw the out for their stupidity/laziness/procrastination.

try reading the article :)

1 minute ago, PremiumLane said:

try reading the article ?

I have read it, so they forgot to set the alarm for the 27 year old license?

A license from 1991?

From the stone age of mobile phones.

4 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

No, don't panic.

They have other (up-to-date) frequency bands (900, 1800, 2400?).

It's a pity that the article does not give a trace of background information (consequences, who is affected).

Would be worth asking in the mobile forum.

 

If your phone only supports 850 then too bad

 Newer phones should be multiband so no problem for us smartphone users.

I was surprised to hear this news because 12call being a shincorp company would have been more likely to be hassled.

On Thursday, September 06, 2018 at 3:25 PM, KhunBENQ said:

I have read it, so they forgot to set the alarm for the 27 year old license?

A license from 1991?

From the stone age of mobile phones.

Dämn! My stone age phone: