NBTC lays out its plans for 2020
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) office has outlined its missions for next year ranging from the auction of 5G spectrum bands to its continued transformation into a “digital office”.
NBTC secretary-general Takorn Tantasith said on Thursday (December 26) that the first key task is to auction four spectrum bands (700 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2600 MHz and 26 GHz) for 5G service as planned.
Following approval by its board on Tuesday (December 24), the NBTC will auction a single band at a time on February 16.
The second mission is to auction a 3500MHz band in advance of its expiry date of March 2021 to provide 5G service.
The commission will continue to remove communications lines from poles and move them underground and will also delegate more authority to its branches in the provinces, so that these can provide a wider range of services to residents in their areas and obviate doing the need for them come to its head office in Bangkok to ask for the services.
Takorn added that the watchdog would continue to transform itself into a “digital office” in line. with the government’s Thailand 4.0 policy.
