MCOT relinquishes 140MHz of 2.6GHz spectrum to NBTC for reallocation

The pairing consists of a 70MHz uplink band and a 70MHz downlink band.
Currently, MCOT holds around 170MHz of the 2.6GHz spectrum. 
Takorn said MCOT wanted to be compensated after handing the bands over to the NBTC. A new law currently at the draft stage would allow the NBTC to compensate state agencies for spectra they relinquish before their concessions end or before their rights to the spectra expire. 
The draft NBTC law is |being considered by a committee of the National Legislative Assembly.
MCOT would like to operate the rest of the bandwidth it holds on this spectrum itself. However, it would be able to use it for broadcasting service only, Takorn said.
Last October, MCOT requested permission to import Huawei cellular base stations that are compatible with the 2.6GHz spectrum. The NBTC office permitted the import of 30 of the stations.
In November, MCOT asked the NBTC for permission to import equipment that it would use in cooperation with Advanced Wireless Network (AWN), a subsidiary of Advanced Info Service (AIS), and True Move H Universal Communication (TUC) of True Corp to operate broadcasting services on its 2.6GHz spectrum.
It also asked the NBTC to grant it the use of a network code for conducting telecommunication systems. Technically, the network is for enable communication between telecom networks. 
MCOT said it had reached agreement with AIS and True on the use of their wireless broadband technology to broadcast TV signals.
The NBTC’s broadcasting committee on November 21 refused to assign the network code to MCOT and submitted the issue to the NBTC board to consider on January 18. It also asked the board to consider again whether MCOT still has the right over its portion of the 2.6GHz spectrum. 
However, that item was withdrawn from the agenda of last week’s board meeting.
Takorn said the NBTC board would consider MCOT’s network-code request and its spectrum ownership at its next meeting.