Panel set to licence more mobile phone spectrum
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The broadcasting and telecom regulatory body, National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), on Monday appointed a working panel to draw up regulations and methods of awarding licences to use the spectrum band on the range of 885MHz-895MHz/903-940MHz and the band on the range of 1740MHz-1785MHz/1835MHz-1880MHz.
The regulator's secretary general Takorn Tantasith, who also heads this panel, said the panel was instructed to finish the task this month.
The final draft will be proposed to NBTC work screening subcommittee in November and put in the public hearing in late December.
He added that the licence-awarding should be finished in June 2018, as the concessions on both spectrum bands will expire in September 2018.
Private cellular service operator Total Access Communication (DTAC) has used both bands to provide a cellular service under the CAT Telecom concession regime.
