Total Access, Advanced Win Thai Mobile Permits for $754 Million
- Each company secured one license in the 1,800 MHz band
- There were no bids for another seven permits on offer
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Advanced Info Service Pcl, Thailand’s biggest wireless operator, and third-placed Total Access Communication Pcl won licenses in the country’s spectrum auction for a combined 25 billion baht ($754 million).
Each firm won a single 1,800 MHz permit for 12.5 billion baht, the National Broadcasting & Telecommunications Commission Secretary General Takorn Tantasith said after the conclusion of the auction on Sunday in Bangkok. The other major operator, True Corp., sat out the sale of the 15-year licenses.