FREE CALL MINUTES FOR AIS SUBSCRIBERS
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has ordered Advanced Info Service (AIS) to give 100 minutes |of free calls to more than 12,000 subscribers who could either not make calls or not receive calls between 10 am and 1.30 pm on
The free calls will be made available during the next bill cycle.
The NBTC yesterday summoned AIS staff to its offices |to explain the glitch. AIS explained that the glitch |was the result of a software update on a certain server |to upgrade the service quality. The upgrade impacted about 12,000 customers who use |special value-added services. Of those, 9,208 could not receive calls but could call out, while the rest could receive calls but could not call out. |AIS will send them SMS to inform them about the free call minutes.
FURTHER LOWERING OF LPG RESERVE SOUGHT
The Department of Energy Business wants the LPG traders’ obligatory reserve lowered to 0.5 per cent – the equivalent of a day and a half of liquefied petroleum gas – from the present 1 per cent or three days.
It will propose the measure to the National Energy Policy Council, a department source said, adding that the move would help traders cut operating costs.
In May, the council approved the Energy Ministry’s proposal to reduce the obligatory reserve from 6 per cent to 1 per cent and the notification of the approval is expected to be |forwarded to the Cabinet today.
The source added that the government was unconcerned about a possible LPG shortage and the lowering of the reserve aimed to help retailers financially as they did not have their own reserve depots, which they had to lease off PTT.
The department has to hold a public hearing on the plan to lower the obligatory reserve from 6 per cent to 1 per cent first before issuing its regulations governing the move. It is expected the regulations will be promulgated in October.
