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NBTC BOARD HOLDS OFF ON AUCTION DECISION

NBTC BOARD HOLDS OFF ON AUCTION DECISION

The board of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) yesterday deferred consideration of the draft auction rules for 1800MHz licences, given that the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) is due to select a new board of commissioners on April 19.

The board will wait to see if the NLA succeeds in appointing the new commissioners on that date before making a decision on how it will proceed.
On Tuesday, NBTC commissioner Prawit Leesatapornwongsa said board members had mixed views on the case with one group seeking to go ahead and approve the draft auction rules given that the Council of State has replied to the NBTC that it could continue to perform its duties under the new NBTC law. 
However, those in the other camp feel that it would be better to hand this responsibility to the incoming board.

MAZDA LIFTS SALES 31% 

Mazda Sales (Thailand) Co Ltd has announced business results for the 2017 fiscal year, including record sales of 56,000 units with growth of 31 per cent. 
During the year, The Mazda2 subcompact produced a strong performance to capture young customers and become the market leader, while the new CX-5’s performance was equally impressive, with sales of 3,929 within 5 months of launch. 
Mazda is planning to expand business with the “Mazda Way” philosophy, and is promoting Thai executives to lead all departments in order to strengthen the organisation through the “One Mazda Team” strategy.
Chanchai Trakarnudomsuk, president of Mazda Sales (Thailand) Co Ltd, commented that the Thai automobile market started to recover during the first-half of fiscal year 2017 and the positive scenario became clear in the second half. 
Sales in fiscal year 2017, April 2017 to March 2018, amounted to 56,379 units, the highest in 5 years, representing a 31 per cent growth form the previous year. Meanwhile, Mazda’s estimated market share has risen to 6.3 per cent, the highest since the company started doing business in Thailand. 
This is also Mazda’s second-highest market share in the world, and Thailand is also Mazda’s fastest-growing market worldwide,” he said. 
Thailand is Mazda’s seventh-largest market after China, the US, Japan, Australia, Canada, and Germany.
 

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