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Thailand’s 3G still plagued with uncertainties and legal challenges

Telecom executives say that next year will be a chaotic time for the industry, with many uncertainties, conditions that they say are unfair, and looming legal challenges.

These stem from the absence of the 3G-2.1GHz spectrum licences, the effect of the new frequency allocation law, which kicked started the formation of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission NBTC, and the unsolved cases of the allegedly unlawful concession amendments.

Telecom operators have been haunted with the cases of the allegedly unlawful concession amendments.

In effect, Thailand failed to witness huge investment on 3G infrastructure, estimated to value between Bt50 billion to Bt100 billion over a three-year course. The Kingdom is now pinning its hopes on better broadband services from state-owned agencies – CAT Telecom and TOT – which are busily building up their capacity on existing spectrum bands.

Read more: Siam News Network

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