NBTC aims for 5G rollout within March

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NBTC aims for 5G rollout within March

By THE NATION

 

Takorn Tantasith, NBTC secretary-general

 

The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) intends to complete bidding on 56 licences for spectrum bands of 5G wireless broadband service by early February.

 

Takorn Tantasith, NBTC secretary-general, said the bids will cover multiple bands at the same time, including the remaining 700MHz and 1800MHz bandwidths, as well as the 2,600MHz and 26GHz.

 

Though each bidder will have a choice of their desired bands and bandwidths, the NBTC will cap the 26GHz at no more than 1,200MHz bandwidth per bidder, while the 2,600MHz will be capped at a maximum of 100MHz bandwidth per bidder.

 

The regulator aims to grant the 5G licences within February, so bid winners can start the network rollout by March.

 

The NBTC will auction off a total of 15MHz bandwidth of the 700MHz spectrum, which will be divided into three licences of 5MHz bandwidth each. Also on tender will be 35MHz bandwidth of 1,800MHz split into seven licences of 5MHz each.

 

The starting price for the 700MHz licence will be Bt17.584 billion, based on the price NBTC put the band on sale in June this year.

 

The 1,800MHz licences will go for around Bt12.5 billion each based on the winning price of the previous bid.

 

NBTC will also auction the 190MHz bandwidth of the 2,600MHz, which will be split into 19 licences of 10MHz bandwidth each, while the 2,700MHz bandwidth of the 26GHz spectrum band will be divided into 27 licences of 100MHz each.

 

Takorn added that the NBTC will disclose the starting price of the 2,600MHz and the 26GHz spectrum bands on October 30.

 

The watchdog aims to submit the auction timeframes and details of all these bands to the telecom subcommittee on November 6, before they are forwarded to the NBTC board for consideration. It intends to invite bidders by December 20.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/business/30377683

 

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14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The regulator aims to grant the 5G licences within February, so bid winners can start the network rollout by March.

yes the whole network of 5G hardware will magically appear.

[muratremix]

Bidding prices are extremely expensive for a mere 5Mhz spectrum. Operators will take it out from our bills, not good!

[Krataiboy]

The 1,800MHz licences will go for around Bt12.5 billion each based on the winning price of the previous bid.

 

5G promises to be a financial bonanza for governments, the communications industry and a mass media desperate for advertising income.

 

No wonder these players are more interested in getting their snouts in the trough than warning us about the possibile consequences of millions of us becoming guinea pigs to test an untried technology.

 

Scientists, doctors and environmentalists say research shows 5G could ramp up the radiation risk posed by existing 2G, 3G and 4G systems and constitutes a health risk - not just to humans but every living organism on the planet.

 

Hundreds of scientists have petitioned the UN and are calling on governments worldwide for a moritorium on 5G until it has been properly tested. Human rights organisations worry the new technology can be used to turn any society into Chinese-style surveillance state.

 

Forewarned is forearmed

https://www.corbettreport.com/5g/

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-18/china-social-credit-a-model-citizen-in-a-digital-dictatorship/10200278

 

Edited October 24, 2019 by Krataiboy