The Bangkok Post | January 19, 2011
DTAC, the country's second-largest mobile phone operator, has announced the appointment of Jon Eddy Abdullah as chief executive for its Thailand operation, succeeding Torre Johnsen, who will oversee the Bangladesh operation, effective March 1.
The appointment is part of...
TeleGeography | January 14, 2011
Thailand’s second largest cellco by subscribers, Digital Total Access Communication (DTAC), intends to begin a major network renewal project in March, involving equipment upgrades at over 10,000 cell sites, reports Dow Jones Newswires, adding that half of the sites are...
Bangkok Post | January 10, 2011 | Komsan Tortermvasana
3G contender field narrowed from 10
Only four groups are expected to pursue bids for TOT's 3G wireless broadband nationwide expansion worth 19.98 billion baht when bid documents are submitted today.
The field has been thinned from 10...
Reuters | December 28, 2010 | Manunphattr Dhanananphorn
BANGKOK, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Thailand's Central Bankruptcy Court on Tuesday approved a rehabilitation plan for fixed-line phone firm TT&T Pcl involving the restructuring of 26 billion baht ($862 million) in debt. After the court's decision,...
Reuters | December 28, 2010 | Manunphattr Dhanananphorn
BANGKOK, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Thailand's Central Bankruptcy Court on Tuesday approved a rehabilitation plan for fixed-line phone firm TT&T Pcl involving the restructuring of 26 billion baht ($862 million) in debt. After the court's decision,...
TeleGeography | December 30, 2010 | Thailand
Thai cellco True Move, part of domestic integrated telecoms operator True Corp, has announced in a statement to the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) that it will buy the Bangkok-based CDMA2000 mobile operations belonging to Hong Kong’s Hutchison...
TeleGeography | Thailand | December 29, 2010
The Thai Cabinet has approved state-owned CAT Telecom’s decision to cancel a plan to buy 100% of its Bangkok-based ‘Hutch’ branded CDMA mobile joint venture from partner Hutchinson Telecommunications International (HTI). The cancellation of the takeover of Hutchison...
Bangkok Post | December 21, 2010 | Srisamorn Phoosuphanusorn
Mobile number portability (MNP) has had a limited impact on local telecom operators as the market is dominated by prepaid users, says the chief of the clearing house the industry has set up to offer the...
TeleGeography | Thailand | Monday December 20, 2010
A review committee appointed by Thailand’s Information and Communications Technology Minister Juti Krairiksh has highlighted various ‘illegal’ amendments to the Build-Transfer-Operate (BTO) concessions issued to mobile operators AIS, DTAC and True Move by state-owned telcos TOT and...
Brightstar Corp. said it expanded into Thailand and Vietnam to further support its strategy to have a local presence in key Asia-Pacific markets.
The wireless distributor and supply-chain management company recently named Patrick Aronson managing director for Thailand and Vietnam. Based in Ho Chi Minh...
Prepaid mobile-phone customers in Thailand have been clearly treated like second-class citizens as they are tied to substandard service contracts, says an independent telecom researcher.
Anuparb Thiralarb slammed the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) for wilful neglect of its statutory duty to implement...
By Phisanu Phromchanya, Dow Jones Newswires
Execs support law to set up new regulator to supervise telecoms, broadcasting sectors.
Thailand's two leading mobile operators Wednesday called for the government to push for the quick establishment of a new industry regulator and the speedy...
