CAT Telecom puts brakes on DTAC 3G launch

CAT Telecom chief executive officer Jirayuth Rungsrithong said the agency would advise Total Access Communication (DTAC) to wait for a reply from the Office of the Attorney-General before launching commercial third-generation services. He added that DTAC’s clinching of a permit last month from the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to install and use a 3G wireless […]

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DTAC breaches foreign business law: Alongkorn

Deputy Commerce Minister Alongkorn Ponlaboot today said Total Access Communication (DTAC) has breached foreign business law. Alongkorn also recommended the Business Development Department to file charges against seven corporate shareholders of DTAC, believed to hold shares in DTAC on behalf of foreigners. Read more: The Nation

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TrueMove fires latest salvo in row over DTAC ownership

Complaint over foreign holdings filed with NTC TrueMove yesterday filed a further complaint against Total Access Communication (DTAC) over what it claims is its rival’s foreign ownership. The complaint this time was lodged with the national telecom watchdog, following similar approaches last week to the Crime Suppression Division and the Business Development Department. Read more: […]

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Thailand to auction 3G licences by Q1 2012

Regulator says licensing process will begin next year at earliest pending resolution of legal issues. Thailand’s telecommunications and broadcasting regulator expects to auction off licenses to operate the frequency spectrum used for third-generation mobile phone services in the first quarter of 2012 at the earliest after outstanding legal issues are resolved, an acting member of […]

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Dtac urges rapid 3G auction

Total Access Communication Plc (Dtac) expressed satisfaction over the Central Administrative Court’s decision to take its complaint on the illegality of CAT Telecom board of directors’ resolution regarding the CAT-True deal. However, it cried foul over the court’s decision not to grant an injunction on the deal. Dtac is currently reviewing the Court’s decision to […]

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DTAC invests 1.2 billion baht on 3G

BANGKOK, 10 April 2011 (NNT)- Jon Eddy Abdullah, CEO of Total Access Communication PLC (DTAC), reveals a 1.2 billion baht expansion with the 3G HSPA service at 850 megahertz, which will cover 1,220 stations in order to seek for constructive solutions with CAT Telecom Public Company Limited and launch commercial services Alternatively, during January to […]

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CAT blocks DTAC launch of 3G service

CAT Telecom has further kept Total Access Communication from launching a commercial third-generation telecommunications service after DTAC has been waiting for such permission for many years. CAT’s board yesterday rejected DTAC’s request, pending its readiness to accept the condition that it would not seek compensation from CAT for possible losses on its 3G service investment […]

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