The government of Thailand said the proposed MVNO regulations stipulate that the existing operators can hold a share of the new regional MVNOs
The chairman of Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), Sarana Boonbaichaiyapruck, has outlined a plan to create more mobile virtual network...
Thai carriers Total Access Communication (Dtac) and True Corp have completed their merger. Nordic operator Telenor, which partially ownes Dtac, said in a statement that the transaction is the largest telco merger in Southeast Asia by combined enterprise value.
The new company will have a...
The telcos confirmed that the new entity will be called True Corp.
The boards of Thai operator Total Access Communication (Dtac) and True Corp. agreed that their merged entity will be called True Corp.
The two carriers informed the Thai Stock Exchange that they will have...
Thai operators will provide 5G to nearly 10 million subscribers by the end of the year
BANGKOK, THAILAND- Thailand is expected to end this year with a 5G coverage of over 85% of the country’s population, local carrier True’s Co-Chief Commercial Officer, Tanaphon Manavutiveth, said.
During...
A consumer advocacy group and the opposition political party want to stop the merger in its tracks
Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) on Thursday voted to approve the merger of True Corp and DTAC. Despite the NBTC’s ruling, it looks like the True/DTAC...
The merged entity would control more than half of the total market at about 95.3 million subscribers
A merger between Thailand’s True and Telenor-owned dtac, first proposed in November 2021, has officially been approved by the boards of both companies. The merged entity would control...
dtac will deploy its 5G network on the 700 MHz band
Thai communications service provider dtac has selected Ericsson’s 5G RAN products and solutions for a coverage area in which nearly half of Thailand’s 70 million population resides. Specifically, Ericsson’s solutions will support dtac 5G...
Nokia announced that it has been selected by Thai mobile operator, dtac, part of Telenor Group, as its first 5G RAN partner in a three-year deal covering the North and North Eastern regions of Thailand.
With this deal, Nokia said that it will ensure that...
True buying 5G massive MIMO macro stations for tri-band network
ZTE Corporation announced an agreement with True Move to build a commercial 5G network in Thailand, the former said in a release.
Under the terms of the deal, the Thai mobile operator will adopt ZTE's 5G...
NBTC Secretary-General: 'Overall 5G network investment in Thailand could reach more than $4 billion this year'
Thailand's telecoms regulator The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) held the country’s 5G spectrum auction over the weekend, raising 100.52 billion baht ($3.2 billion) as operators grabbed 48...
The new IoT-based precision farming solution was launched by local telco dtac in partnership with government agencies
Thai telecommunications firm dtac has launched a precision farming solution through a partnership with Thailand’s Department of Agricultural Extension (DOAE) and the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center...
The operator has to pay first installment due from LTE spectrum auction by March 21
Thailand's telecom regulator NBTC threatened to file a lawsuit against local mobile operator Jasmine International if the company fails to pay the first installment of the THB 75 billion ($2.1...
Overall SoftBank revenue expands 7.9% year-over-year
Japanese mobile operator SoftBank ended the third quarter of fiscal year 2015 with 31.68 million mobile subscribers in the country, up from 31.17 million in the same period last year. Net additions during the quarter totaled 74,000.
SoftBank offers TDD-LTE...
Carrier aims to start offering service in Q3 2016 through CAT’s 850 MHz spectrum
Thai mobile operator True Move plans to launch LTE services through spectrum in the 850 MHz band in the third quarter of 2016.
The announcement comes after Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications...
Each carrier will operate 10 megahertz in the 900 MHz band for provisioning 4G LTE services
Thai mobile operators True Move and Jasmine both won licenses to operate spectrum in the 900 MHz band; and each of the winning telcos obtained a block of 10 megahertz,...
The Indian telco will transfer the assets to two US investment groups
Indian telecom operator Reliance Communications has reached an agreement to sell its stake in telecom tower company Reliance Infratel and its fiber assets to two private equity firms, according to local press reports.
The...
Thai operator aims to reach 5,000 4G LTE base stations by end of 2016
Thai mobile operator Dtac plans to launch 4G LTE through 10 MHz of spectrum in the 1,800 MHz band in October. The telco already offers 4G in Thailand using 5 MHz...
Operator’s overall revenue expands 10% year-on-year in fiscal Q1
Japanese mobile operator SoftBank ended the first quarter of fiscal year 2015 with 31.56 million mobile subscribers in the country, up from 30.8 million in the year-ago period. Net additions during the quarter totaled 20,000. The...
Highest growth rates recorded in India and Malaysia
Norway-based telecom group Telenor reported that its Asian operations accounted for 52.4% of the company’s overall revenue in the second quarter of the year, up compared to 46.2% in the year-ago period.
For Q2 2015, Telenor generated revenue...
