Thai 3G auction attracts 8 bidders so far
Eight companies have so far bought bid documents for Thailand’s 3G license auction that will take place September 28-29, according to a Bangkok Post report.
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Reuters reports that Thailand’s telecoms regulator said today it hopes to hold a 3G license auction in the first quarter of 2010.
Thai operators begin WCDMA network rollouts … at last
WCDMA/HSPA connections to surpass 12M by 2012; accounting for 14% of total
Investors upbeat on AIS despite 3G delay
Investors reacted positively to the latest quarterly results from Advanced Info Service (AIS), Thailand’s largest mobile operator, despite a drop in revenue and uncertainty over the country’s long-awaited 3G auctions.
Government holds up Thai 3G plans
TeleGeography reports that Thailand’s finance ministry yesterday delivered the country’s 3G plans a double blow, telling state-run telco TOT to re-submit its business plan for launching 3G services and ordering the regulator to resolve legal questions about its authority to grant 3G licences before calling an auction.
GSMA Supports Thai Governments Move to Open 3G Auction
Thailand to benefit from GDP gains of US$2.3 billion and 80,000 jobs annually
Thailand confirms 3G prices; targets US1.2B
Thailand’s telecoms regulator has confirmed the reserve prices for its long-awaited 3G license auctions and predicted that the process will generate around US$1.2 billion.
NTC agrees Thai 3G reserve price
Thailand’s NTC has agreed to a reserve price of THB10 billion (US$300 million) for a 3G license with 10MHz of 2100MHz spectrum in the upcoming auction scheduled for December, reports TeleGeography, citing the Bangkok Post.
Thai 3G licenses to start at US100M-US200M
Thailand’s National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has announced that the reserve price for a 3G license has been set in the range of THB3.3 billion to THB6.6 billion (US$100 million to US$200 million) in preparation for an auction later this year, writes the Bangkok Post. Choochart Promprasit, the chairman of the regulator, said the prices would be submitted to the NTC board for approval on Wednesday along with the draft 3G auction rules.
