The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC)’s 2.1-gigahertz spectrum management subcommittee yesterday finalised the 3G spectrum licence auction method, dividing the spectrum into nine slots, each containing 5 megahertz of bandwidth.

Settapong Malisuwan, chairman of the NBTC telecom committee, said yesterday the subcommittee has decided to cap the total bandwidth available to each bidder at 20MHz. The NBTC owns a total of 45MHz of bandwidth on the 2.1GHz spectrum.

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