pac4155 Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Hi, Not been on site for some time. Has anyone heard about the 20 THB fee you have to pay for using a mobile phone in Thailand? My Thai wife just got a phone-call from her relatives saying the govt had just introduced a new law as above. It affects everyone, residents and tourists alike. Info/advice required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Wrong forum MOVED to Telecoms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Not come across this, it would be all over the news media if true. She's not talking about the requirement to register your phone is she? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIPinthailand Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 nobody care of a 20 Bahts fee on a new cell phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 20 THB fee you have to pay for using a mobile phone in Thailand Sorry no idea what it is about. Has gone unnoticed for me. An additional sales tax? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pib Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 I've heard that at some Big C, Lotus and 7-11 locations you can register your SIM and maybe these folks are charging a Bt20 fee to register the SIM. But you can go to your service provider (i.e., AIS, DTAC, True, etc) and do the registration for free. Been several threads on the government's mandatory SIM registration requirement like this one: Link. If the OP's wife's relatives are anything like mind they can sometimes come up with some misunderstood govt info...gets comical sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suradit69 Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 (edited) It affects everyone, residents and tourists alike. Info/advice required. The law or regulation requires you to register your sim card. Depending on where you register there might be a one-time Baht 20 charge, but if you go to customer service for your phone service, it's done for free. The announcement was made months ago, so hardly breaking news. http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/808560-phone-operators-warned-over-mandatory-sim-registration/page-2?hl=%2Bmobile+%2Bregister#entry9276240 http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/813924-nbtc-all-pre-paid-numbers-must-be-registered-before-31-july/?hl=%2Bmobile+%2Bregister http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/817802-new-campaign-reminds-users-over-prepaid-sim-card-registration/?hl=%2Bmobile+%2Bregister Edited May 1, 2015 by Suradit69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seajae Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 ha, went to dtac to register mine a couple of days ago and they had no idea what I was talking about. The staff did not know anything about registration of phines/sims and they had to phone the head dtac office in Bangkok so I could ask them about it, even then they had no idea. Took them over an hour to finally get it right even though my wife was also telling them in thai what we wanted to do. They kept trying to sell me a new sim card, change my phone plan etc, strange thing was it was dtac that told me to register it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Most stupid DTAC shop of the country ? Completely ridicolous. Real pros? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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