New bid to halt 3G auction

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Published: 7 Oct 2012 at 14.42
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An independent telecom specialist will file a legal challenge in the Administrative Court on Wednesday against the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission, saying its plan to auction 3G licences on Oct 16 does not benefit Thais.

The filing will ask the court to suspend the auction until the NBTC issues more conditions that give the most benefit to the Thai people, complying with constitutional law that rules frequencies are a national limited resource. Therefore the auction must give the most benefit to the people.

Anuparp Thiralarp, an independent telecom specialist, said the auction's conditions do not have four important items needed to benefit the people.

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Lazarisbk
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Discussion 8 : 07 Oct 2012 at 20.328
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Discussion 2 : if thaksin is so great then how did he get caught for tax evasion?
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Discussion 7 : 07 Oct 2012 at 20.087
As far as I attend some public hearing, these four questions have been answer. There are also other mechanism to measure quality of services, etc.
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Discussion 6 : 07 Oct 2012 at 18.456
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The money from this should be able to go to flood relief.That is if there is any to share after the "costs" involved . Transparency is needed here.
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Discussion 5 : 07 Oct 2012 at 18.075
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What a joke! Why file a petition only now - a few days before the auction takes place? The NBTC has announced the bidding process for months now and if Anuparb had any legal or social responsibility concerns about the whole process, he should have made his move much earlier.
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Discussion 4 : 07 Oct 2012 at 17.074
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Instead of bidding why doesn't the government set a rental rate for all channels and lease on 5 yr rentals,allowing each company 15 channels each. Thailand continues to own the channels, and has a confirmed amount of income. Then they can start with 4g AND 5g and catch up with the rest of the world! Sorry is that to open?
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Discussion 3 : 07 Oct 2012 at 16.423
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The benefit of Thai people is the last thing on the mind of our politicians and people in power.
The benefit of individuals are far more important here every educated or non-selfish person knows!

@wewanttsback:
We should not talk about fugitives here.... We should accept the fact that the fast majority of politicians and people in power (Red, Yellow, green... whatever....) don't care very much for our country! Greet, money, power, face, benefits is more important!
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Discussion 2 : 07 Oct 2012 at 16.352
We would have had both 3G and 4G if Thaksin had been in charge....nobody else has the necessary determination and vision to get things done!!
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Discussion 1 : 07 Oct 2012 at 15.421
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I can see Thailand being stuck with 2G for many years to come. By the time Thailand gets through all the red tape and agrees to crawl up to 3G, the rest of the world will be using (15)G or some kind of new technology that does not exist yet. Vested interests rule! OK!
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