NTC may not allow Intel to import multi-spectrum chip
The telecommunications regulator has yet to approve a request by Intel to import wireless chipset equipment that can be used with an unallocated spectrum.
Suranan Wongvithayakamjorn, secretary-general of the National Telecommunications Commission, said yesterday that the NTC told the giant chipmaker to modify the equipment to be compatible with only the 2.4GHz spectrum, as the NTC had yet to grant the right to any party to use the 5GHz spectrum. The equipment Intel wants to bring in can work with both bands. "If the company cannot do as requested, the NTC cannot allow the planned import," Suranan said. The NTC is also considering whether it can permit broadband Internet provider Advanced Datanetwork Communication (ADC) to build its own network to be linked with an international Internet gateway (IIG) network. ADC was granted a type-2-licence from the NTC to operate an IIG service. A type-2-licence can be given to an operator with or without its own network but ADC's licence is for an operator with no network. Suranan said ADC had learned that its rival Sky Office had won a similar licence but Sky Office's licence allows it to use its own network. Then ADC made a proposal to the NTC to start its own network to be linked with an IIG network.
Usanee Mongkolporn The Nation
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