Low 3G bids heighten odds of legal challenge

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Low 3G bids heighten odds of legal challenge

Market had predicted higher prices for slots

Published: 17 Oct 2012 at 00.00
Newspaper section: Business

Analysts and investors breathed a cautious sigh of relief at yesterday's successful auction of third-generation (3G) mobile network licences.

Tablet PC and smartphone makers can expect a jump in sales as customer demand increases with the rollout of genuine 3G service. PATIPAT JANTHONG

But the relatively low prices fetched from the sale are sure to fuel concerns about the prospect of court challenges against the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC).

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jackfruit
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Discussion 3 : 18 Oct 2012 at 03.213
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when you have an auction with no competition, then market mechanisms don't apply. So we will never know the market price for the licenses.
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Discussion 2 : 17 Oct 2012 at 12.492
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If the market expected higher prices then the market was wrong...not for the first or last time !
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Discussion 1 : 17 Oct 2012 at 12.001
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Thailand is becoming some what of a joke, it is way behind everyone else now and not only in telecommunications , I have lived hear for 4 years now and I can not name 1 thing that has been done right 1st time around, some decision making in Thailand is just school boy stuff made up in a play ground nothing is ever thought out properly, chok dee with your 3G you will need it.
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