4G Spectrum to be Auctioned Again in June

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4G Spectrum to be Auctioned Again in June
BY BRENDEL BALAGA



BANGKOK: -- Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), will be holding a new auction for the 900-megahertz 4G spectrum licence in June, after the telecom regulator set the reserve price and guarantee for prospective bidders.

Takorn Tantasith, secretary-general of the NBTC, said that the reserve price for the new auction was set at 75.65 billion baht. The amount is the winning bid offered by JAS Mobile Broadband Co (MASMBB) during the previous bidding. The winning bidder, however, later defaulted after it failed to pay for the license.

Individual Increment for each bid is set at 152 million baht, while the guarantee is set at 5% of the reserve price, which translates to about 3.78 billion baht.

Full story: https://ethailand.com/business-news/4g-spectrum-to-be-auctioned-again-in-june/2065/

-- eThailand 2016-04-01

[naboo]

So the winning bid is now the reserve. Meaning the reserve is the price nobody else was willing to pay.

So no bids, and my AIS 2G signal is guananteed at least until the end of the year.

[casualbiker]

So the winning bid is now the reserve. Meaning the reserve is the price nobody else was willing to pay.

So no bids, and my AIS 2G signal is guananteed at least until the end of the year.

I believe your AIS signal is using part of DTAC's 1800 mhz that they are sharing with AIS.. Not 900mhz. But I may be wrong.

[Estrada]

According to True & AIS, they want a lower reserve and only then will they take part in the auction. What ever the new successful bid amounts to they want True's price for the first auction reduced to match the new price.

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New auction for 900 MHz mobile phone licence set on June 24



BANGKOK: -- A new auction for the 900 MHz mobile phone licence which the winner of the first auction, JAS Mobile, defaulted payment of first instalment of 8 billion baht will be held again on June 24.

Takorn Tantasith, secretary-general of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), said the reserve price for the new auction was set at 75.65 billion baht.

According to Bangkok Post, The price was the last price earlier offered by JAS which later defaulted payment.

He said the bid price will rise in increments of 152 million baht while guarantee is set at 3.78 billion baht or 5% of the reserve price.

In the first auction in December last year, the reserve price was set at 12.9 billion baht while the guarantee was 644 million baht.

Takorn said JAS will be banned the new auction.

He also said the NBTC also set higher fine for payment default for this new auction at 11.35 billion baht.

He explained that if only one bidder enters the auction, it will automatically win at the reserve price of 75.65 billion baht.

However if there is none bidder, the spectrum will be put on hold for a year.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/content/157831


-- Thai PBS 2016-04-01

[casualbiker]

They are idiots!

[Jonmarleesco]

Intelligent thinking. The original winner defaults, so the NBTC decides to set the reserve price at that level. And if no one bothers to bid, with such a high starting point...?

[Jdiddy]

20mhz blocks in the 700mhz band is what they are all waiting for

[casualbiker]

20mhz blocks in the 700mhz band is what they are all waiting for

Why? There are not that many phones that can operate on that band! I'm pretty sure that it has never been mentioned by the Thai authorities.