BANGKOK — Telecoms regulators disagree over a plan to mandate foreigners use SIM cards which can track their location, with one commissioner saying the plan has a long way to go and may end up dropping the tracking function. Challenging assertions made last week about the plan, a member of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications […]
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) now allows users of cellular prepaid SIM cards another 30 days to register after the deadline for registration expired yesterday July 31. NBTC secretary general Thakorn Tanthasith said however that the extension of registration until August 31 would mean only those who failed to register their cards by […]
BANGKOK, 21 July 2015 (NNT) – The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission has again stressed that the registration of pre-paid mobile numbers must be completed before the deadline of 31st July 2015. Users are urged to check their status by dialing *151#. The NBTC Secretary-General Takorn Tantasith has emphasized that all pre-paid mobile number users […]
Sim Card Registration Season has been open since the 1st of February. It will run until the 31st of July. Authorities announced Thursday the 19th of February that the penalty for not registering a sim card will be a useless sim card as of 1 August. If parties fail to register, their sims will no […]
There are 110 million mobile numbers in Thailand 90% are prepaid. They are cheap, easy, and convenient to pick up. Or they were. New regulations are in place and being enforced. By 31 July all mobile numbers have to be registered. Officials state this initiative is for national security. Registration season lasts from 2 February […]
BANGKOK, 28 June 2014 (NNT) – The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) is urging users of pre-paid mobile phone services to register their sim cards through a new smart phone application to prevent their phone numbers from being used to commit a crime. NBTC Secretary-General Thakon Tanthasit said that there are about 90 million […]
Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission is expected to finalise within one month the appropriate validity periods for prepaid mobile-phone service. Settapong Malisuwan, chairman of the NBTC’s telecom committee, said yesterday that the panel had asked cellular operators to send information within seven days about the cost of providing prepaid mobile-phone service to determine the […]
BANGKOK, Feb 3 – Much drug apparatus, many mobile phones, SIM cards, and quantities of cash were found stashed in varied locations in the capital’s Bang Kwang Central Prison following a search operation conducted as part of an effort to crack down on drug syndicates. More than 400 personnel from the Departments of Corrections, Provincial […]
