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Published on August 17, 2007

DTAC had requested 3 million additional numbers from the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), said NTC secretary-general Suranan Wongvithayakamjorn yesterday.

The allocation came to the relief of DTAC, which is concerned about its shortage of mobile-phone numbers.

An NTC source said the licensing body was expected to consider a request from Advanced Info Service (AIS) next week for an additional 3 million mobile-phone numbers.

DTAC has complained that the NTC takes too much time to allocate additional phone numbers, making it difficult to serve market demand.

In a separate matter, Suranan said the NTC had set a deadline of September 5 for TOT and DTAC to finish negotiations on forging a bilateral interconnection-charge agreement. TOT will face a fine if it fails to meet the deadline.

Usanee Mongkolporn

The Nation