MCOT’s plea to import equipment raises doubts
MCOT RECENTLY asked the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) for permission to import equipment that it will use in co-|operation with True Corp and Advanced |Info Service (AIS) to operate wireless |services on its portion of the 2.6 gigahertz spectrum.
But a telecom analyst was doubtful about whether the move reflects another bid by operators to seek extra bandwidth at a lower cost than they might face under a new round of spectrum auctions.
Last October, MCOT requested per-|mission to import Huawei cellular base |stations that are compatible with the |2.6GHz spectrum the NBTC office per-|mitted MCOT to import 30 base stations.
Agreements reached
Last November, MCOT again sought |permission to import more Huawei base |stations. It also asked the NBTC to grant it the network code used for conducting telecommunication systems.
It said it had reached agreements with AIS subsidiary Advanced Wireless Network (AWN) and TrueMove H Universal Communication (TUC) on the use of their wireless broadband technology to broad-cast TV signals. It also asked for the net-|work code needed for providing a 2.6 GHZ service.
The NBTC’s broadcasting committee refused to assign the network code to MCOT and declined to back its request to import more Huawei equipment.
The broadcasting committee also asked the NBTC board to consider again if MCOT still has the right over its 2.6 GHz spectrum.
Last Wednesday, the NBTC board decided initially on whether to grant the network code to MCOT and if MCOT has ownership right to the 2.6GHz spectrum. However, that agenda item was later withdrawn from consideration.
It is still not clear if MCOT has rights to the band. The NBTC panel assigned to study state agencies’ spectrum ownership ruled recently that MCOT no longer has rights over the band, contradicting an earlier NBTC ruling.
NBTC secretary-general Takorn Tantasith said last week that MCOT had informed the commission that it wanted to return 90 megahertz of the 160MHz it holds on the 2.6GHz spectrum.
A new NBTC law under consideration |by a committee of the National Legislative Assembly would allow the commission |to compensate state agencies for spectra |they relinquish before their concessions |end or before their rights to the spectra expire.
The NLA committee concluded last week that the NBTC had no authority to pay compensation to the state agencies that no longer had rights to their spectra.
Piset Chiyasak, director and acting president of MCOT, said that his company was developing its new business over some portions of 2600MHz radio frequency under its joint venture company.
The portions of 2600MHz bandwidth will be used for its pay-TV business with Playwork Co Ltd through a 15-year contract under which MCOT will receive the revenue sharing and Playwork will be the entity that invests.
Meanwhile, MCOT is willing to return some of its holding 2600MHz band-|width to the NBTC for auction in the |near future while requiring the broadcasting watchdog to pay its compensation in return.
An NBTC source said that according to this interpretation, whether MCOT would be compensated under the new law would depend on whether or not the NBTC rules that MCOT retains rights over the 2.6GHz spectrum.
The NLA committee also determined that in cases where compensation to state agencies is justified, the NBTC would use the proceeds from its spectrum auctions to pay them.
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ขออนุญาต กสทช!! หรือ MCOT จะให้บริการ 4G บนคลื่น 2600 Mhz ร่วมกับ TRUE และ AIS ??
MCOT’s plea to import equipment raises doubts
MCOT RECENTLY asked the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) for permission to import equipment that it will use in co-|operation with True Corp and Advanced |Info Service (AIS) to operate wireless |services on its portion of the 2.6 gigahertz spectrum.
But a telecom analyst was doubtful about whether the move reflects another bid by operators to seek extra bandwidth at a lower cost than they might face under a new round of spectrum auctions.
Last October, MCOT requested per-|mission to import Huawei cellular base |stations that are compatible with the |2.6GHz spectrum the NBTC office per-|mitted MCOT to import 30 base stations.
Agreements reached
Last November, MCOT again sought |permission to import more Huawei base |stations. It also asked the NBTC to grant it the network code used for conducting telecommunication systems.
It said it had reached agreements with AIS subsidiary Advanced Wireless Network (AWN) and TrueMove H Universal Communication (TUC) on the use of their wireless broadband technology to broad-cast TV signals. It also asked for the net-|work code needed for providing a 2.6 GHZ service.
The NBTC’s broadcasting committee refused to assign the network code to MCOT and declined to back its request to import more Huawei equipment.
The broadcasting committee also asked the NBTC board to consider again if MCOT still has the right over its 2.6 GHz spectrum.
Last Wednesday, the NBTC board decided initially on whether to grant the network code to MCOT and if MCOT has ownership right to the 2.6GHz spectrum. However, that agenda item was later withdrawn from consideration.
It is still not clear if MCOT has rights to the band. The NBTC panel assigned to study state agencies’ spectrum ownership ruled recently that MCOT no longer has rights over the band, contradicting an earlier NBTC ruling.
NBTC secretary-general Takorn Tantasith said last week that MCOT had informed the commission that it wanted to return 90 megahertz of the 160MHz it holds on the 2.6GHz spectrum.
A new NBTC law under consideration |by a committee of the National Legislative Assembly would allow the commission |to compensate state agencies for spectra |they relinquish before their concessions |end or before their rights to the spectra expire.
The NLA committee concluded last week that the NBTC had no authority to pay compensation to the state agencies that no longer had rights to their spectra.
Piset Chiyasak, director and acting president of MCOT, said that his company was developing its new business over some portions of 2600MHz radio frequency under its joint venture company.
The portions of 2600MHz bandwidth will be used for its pay-TV business with Playwork Co Ltd through a 15-year contract under which MCOT will receive the revenue sharing and Playwork will be the entity that invests.
Meanwhile, MCOT is willing to return some of its holding 2600MHz band-|width to the NBTC for auction in the |near future while requiring the broadcasting watchdog to pay its compensation in return.
An NBTC source said that according to this interpretation, whether MCOT would be compensated under the new law would depend on whether or not the NBTC rules that MCOT retains rights over the 2.6GHz spectrum.
The NLA committee also determined that in cases where compensation to state agencies is justified, the NBTC would use the proceeds from its spectrum auctions to pay them.
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