Phone Number registration to begin 2 February

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 […]

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NBTC releases smartphone app for pre-paid users to register their sim card

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 […]

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NBTC to decide validity periods of prepaid mobile phone service

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 […]

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