NBTC lays out its plans for 2020

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NBTC lays out its plans for 2020

By THE NATION

 

NBTC secretary-general Takorn Tantasith, right

 

The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) office has outlined its missions for next year ranging from the auction of 5G spectrum bands to its continued transformation into a “digital office”.

 

NBTC secretary-general Takorn Tantasith said on Thursday (December 26) that the first key task is to auction four spectrum bands (700 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2600 MHz and 26 GHz) for 5G service as planned. 

 

Following approval by its board on Tuesday (December 24), the NBTC will auction a single band at a time on February 16.

 

The second mission is to auction a 3500MHz bandin advance of its expiry date of March 2021 to provide 5G service. 

 

The commission will continue to remove communications lines from poles and move them underground and will also delegate more authority to its branches in the provinces, so that these can provide a wider range of services to residents in their areas and obviate doing the need for them come to its head office in Bangkok to ask for the services.

 

Takorn added that the watchdog would continue to transform itself into a “digital office” in line. with the government’s Thailand 4.0 policy.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/business/30379877

 

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[Srikcir]

On 12/27/2019 at 4:32 AM, webfact said:

NBTC secretary-general Takorn Tantasith said on Thursday (December 26) that the first key task is to auction four spectrum bands (700 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2600 MHz and 26 GHz) for 5G service as planned. 

NBTC's third mission is possibly to make loans to telecom operators in the 700MHz, 2.6GHz, and the spectrum range of 26GHz-28GHz as a new financial option to encourage the operators to bid for new spectrum licenses.  https://www.nationthailand.com/Economy/30363529

I expect such government financing will further its "influence" over those providers in their operations.