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Retail Asia11/06/2019

Thai satellite operator Thaicom aims to carve out a new revenue stream by offering satellite backhaul capacity to the nation’s operators for their upcoming 5G networks. Thaicom chief commercial officer Patompob Suwansiri said that satellite will be critical to the future of 5G networks. According to the executive, Thaicom is currently working with operator AIS, […]

Retail Asia07/06/2019

Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission has finalized the proposed terms of next month’s 700-MHz auction, and has briefed the prime minister on the progress with the sale. The regulator plans to commence the sale of three slots of 700-MHz spectrum on June 19,. The three slots will each have a base price of 17.584 […]

Retail Asia19/04/2018

Thai telecoms regulator NBTC has instructed mobile operator True Move H to assess the impact of its recent personal data leak and offer compensation to any affected customers. The regulator also plans to conduct a formal investigation into the incident and consider imposing punishments, and issue a letter demanding that mobile operators take appropriate steps to prevent […]

Retail Asia17/04/2018

Thailand’s True Corp has fixed a data leak involving the exposure of identity records on up to around 45,000 of its customers. Security researcher Niall Merrigan discovered personal data on customers of True Corp’s e-commerce subsidiary iTrueMart (now WeMall) stored in a public-facing Amazon S3 bucket in March. The 32GB data cache included 45,736 files, […]

Retail Asia09/01/2017

After a rough 2016 there is no respite in sight for Thailand’s telecoms sector, with operators still dealing with heavy costs accrued from recent 4G auctions, strict competition and OTT challengers. AIS CEO Somchai Lertsuthivong as stating that he has never seen as challenging a year for the mobile sector as 2016, after nearly three […]

Retail Asia07/07/2016

Thailand’s three largest mobile operators – AIS, Dtac and True Move – have united to oppose current regulations capping tariffs for 3G and 4G services. The operators brought up their opposition a group discussion with regulator NBTC on Monday. Revising the regulations would encourage greater competition and stimulate the further development of mobile networks and […]

Retail Asia25/06/2016

Thai regulator NBTC will introduce stricter standards governing the quality of mobile signals in an effort to address a growing number of complaints related to dropped calls. The NBTC will amend current regulations, which require operators not to exceed a dropped call rate of 15% across all calls, to instead require operators to maintain this […]

Retail Asia09/05/2016

Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission has written to AIS warning of $71,114 (2.5 million Baht) a day fines unless they complete the handover of 300,000 subscribers to TrueMove under the mobile number portability system by May 10th. Thai language daily Thairath reported that AIS has refused to release the subscribers due to incomplete or […]

Retail Asia26/04/2016

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A newspaper report has accused deputy prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam, NBTC Secretary-General Takorn Tantasit and ICT Minister Uttama Savanayana of trying to strongarm AIS into handing over 8 million 2G customers to TrueMove in a meeting last week. In a report, Thai-language newspaper Manager said that the three – along with ICT Permanent Secretary Songporn Komolsuradej, […]

Retail Asia02/02/2016

Scammers create SMS competitions or trivia scams to trick you into paying extremely high call or text rates when replying to an unsolicited text message on your mobile or smart phone. Over the last few months mobile operators in Thailand managed to close some sms gateways from frauduleus foreign content providers like Mexcomm. A Malaysian company, […]

Retail Asia04/11/2015

A woman walks past telecom and cable lines along Phahon Yothin road. The 4G auction is expected to spur huge investment in telecom lines. PATTARAPONG CHATPATTARASILL The imminent fourth generation (4G) spectrum auctions could stimulate direct and indirect investment valued at 1.3 trillion baht over the next five years. The development will also transform Thailand into […]

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Thaicom to offer 5G satellite backhaul

NBTC finalizes terms of 700-MHz auction

True Move told to consider compensation over data leak

True customers’ identity records exposed in data leak

Thai telcos bracing for a challenging 2017

Thailand’s big three cellcos oppose tariff caps

Thailand will tighten call drop regulations

Thailand’s AIS faces $71k fine per day

Thai government leans on AIS to surrender 8m users to True

Premium SMS Scam in Thailand by Foreign Content Providers

4G auctions set to generate B1.3tn