NBTC looks to third quarter of next year for 1,800MHz auction

The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission has tentatively set the third quarter of next year as the period in which it will call bids for the 1800MHz spectrum, its telecom committee chairman Settapong Malisuwan said Tuesday.

The 1,800MHz concession contracts granted to TrueMove and Digital Phone Co (DPC) by CAT Telecom will expire this September, upon which the NBTC hopes to reclaim the spectrum from CAT for reallocation.

The telecom committee is expected to set up a panel tasked with drawing up the auction plan in the middle of this year, said Settapong.

The Nation