DTAC expiry hangs over NBTC

Over 1 million mobile customers using Total Access Communication’s (DTAC) 850-megahertz spectrum network will be disconnected from mobile service after Sept 15, as the board of the telecom regulator will likely cut off the mobile network service after the concession expires. Furthermore, all 21 million DTAC customers will lose their mobile connection in areas the […]

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DTAC denies its mobile signals interfere with BTS skytrain’s traffic control system

Total Access Communications (DTAC) has denied that its mobile frequency band has interfered with the automatic traffic management system of the BTS skytrain. Prathet Tankuranan, deputy CEO of DTAC, said on Tuesday that TOT telecommunications company licensed the 2,300 MHz bandwidth to DTAC and it did not emit signals beyond the allocated bandwidth. Full story: […]

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DTAC assures 430,000 cellphone users of no disruption of services after September 15

DTAC assures it’s 430,000 mobile phone users that their services won’t be disrupted once it’s concession on the 1800 MHz and 850 MHz spectrums expire on September 15. Assurance by DTAC came after the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) notified DTAC about the concession expiry and advised the mobile phone operator to inform its […]

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DTAC resignation throwing many wrenches

The upcoming resignation of Lars Norling, chief executive of Total Access Communication Plc (DTAC), may further drag down the company’s already tarnished reputation, as the country’s third-largest mobile operator has downsized its organisational management structure in an effort to keep its operational costs as low as possible. The move will also pressure the telecom regulator […]

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DTAC agrees to adjust up compensation for customer wrongly charged with trillions of baht

DTAC Tri-net Company has agreed to adjust up its compensation for a customer who was wrongly charged 461 trillion baht for the use of its service after the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) suggested that the earlier compensation was too little. Representatives of DTAC Tri-net met with NBTC secretary-general Takorn Tantasith on Dec 12 […]

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DTAC asked to explain outrageous phone charge and SIM cards seizure

Total Access Communications Company, operator of DTAC mobile phone service, has been asked to explain to the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) over two incidents, said Takorn Tantasith, NBTC secretary-general. The first incident involves the recent seizure of 50,000 unused DTAC SIM cards by customs officials in Aranyaprathet district of Sa Kaeo province. The […]

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