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Thailand
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Lack of Interest in becoming TOT MVNO after 3G licensing
Thai state-owned communications provider TOT has seen interest from potential partners for a long-term MVNO deal on TOT’s 3G network wane following the issue of three 2.1 GHz 3G licences.
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Malaysia’s TuneTalk expands to Thailand
Malaysia TuneTalk is launching in Thailand after entering into agreement with Loxley and re-branding its existing i-Kool 3G network.
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True Move, AIS want quick 2G licensing auctions :: Bangkok Post
Third-ranked mobile operator True Move is urging the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) to open a licensing auction for its 2G concession once it expires next year.
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CAT claims TrueMove, DPC customers as ‘legally its own’
CAT Telecom yesterday maintained that the combined 18 million cellular subscribers of TrueMove and Digital Phone Co (DPC) “legally belong” to the state agency, and that it needs to keep possession of the companies’ 1,800MHz spectrum bands after the concessions end in September 2013 in order to continue providing a service to these customers
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CAT-TOT roaming deal progresses :: Bangkok Post
CAT Telecom and TOT Plc are negotiating a possible network roaming agreement to share infrastructure with each other ahead of their concessionaires’ expiring mobile concessions.
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Loxley joins Malaysia’s Tune Talk in wireless pact :: Bangkok Post
Loxley Plc is forming an alliance with Tune Talk, Malaysia’s mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) controlled by AirAsia founder Tony Fernandes, to serve TOT Plc’s third-generation (3G) wireless broadband service nationwide.
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TOT awards Samart I-Mobile MVNO contract for 40% of 3G resale capacity
Mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) I-Mobile Plus, a subsidiary of Samart Corporation, has been awarded a five-year contract by state telco TOT for exclusive rights to 40% of 3G network capacity to be resold to end-users under TOT’s new business model.
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CAT aims to attract MVNOs for 3G, 2G services
CAT Telecom has revealed plans to strike deals with additional mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) to operate 3G services using its 850MHz frequencies, once the state telecom enterprise has completed necessary amendments to its existing 3G network contracts with True Corp, which have been found to violate telecoms legislation.
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Celcom’s broad plan to clinch top position
After spending more than six years rebuilding its foundation, Celcom Axiata Bhd, the country’s second largest mobile operator, believes it now has what it takes to clinch pole position.
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NBTC sub-committee wraps up CAT-True investigation, rules deal illegal
A sub-committee of Thailand’s National Broadcasting & Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has reached a conclusion that the 3G marketing partnership between state-owned CAT Telecom and private sector operator True Corp violates the country’s Frequency Allocation Act.
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True to continue CAT partnership ‘at own risk’ as state telco officially suspends 3G activity
Thailand’s ICT minister Anudith Nakornthap has warned True Corp that if it chooses to continue investing in its 3G mobile partnership with CAT Telecom, it must do so at its own risk.
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Samart reviving mobile marketing :: Bangkok Post
Samart Corporation is stepping up marketing efforts to promote its third-generation (3G) mobile broadband service after slowing activities for four months.
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TOT3G looks on track for massive losses :: Bangkok Post
TOT3G Co, a subsidiary of the state-owned TOT Corporation, is under heavy scrutiny for failing to reach targets for financial performance and subscribers.
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Small firms’ fate worries True
TrueMove is concerned that if the planned licensing of the 2.1-gigahertz spectrum promotes the emergence of small players in the third-generation cellular market, they might be taken over by the bigger players as a way of acquiring additional bandwidth capacity.
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TOT may seek partners to operate core services :: Bangkok Post
TOT Plc may seek strategic partners to manage and operate its telecom services.
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Thailand’s smartphone market to grow 50% – study
Thailand’s mobile phone market did not escape the devastating impact of the floods during the last quarter of 2011, but the market showed remarkable resilience as demand bounced back strongly after the flood waters subsided.
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True Move H contract might be scrapped, hints ICT minister (but admits it could take years)
True Move H nominally operates as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), effectively allowed True to begin operating 3G services outside of its state revenue-sharing build-transfer-operate (BTO) concession, unlike rivals AIS and DTAC which offer 3G services over their BTO networks while waiting for full 3G licences later this year.
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Samart makes broadband play with new acquisition
Samart Corporation says it will acquire a local software firm next month, a strategic move aimed at spearheading third-generation (3G) wireless broadband and mobile content services.
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Interview: Jason Lo, CEO, TuneTalk, Malaysia :: Mobile Industry Summit
There was a sense of celebration that there is an event which showcases the role of MVNOs in a new market such as Malaysia – do you agree and do you think that this is an important step for the ‘start up’ successes of MVNOs in the APAC region?
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CAT’s True Move H deal ‘illegal’ says senate committee
A senate committee has decided that the network resale deal struck by CAT Telecom and True Corp in January 2011, which spawned the True Move H’ 3G mobile service, is ‘illegal’.
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