Jasmine International and True Corporation have won the two 10-megahertz 4G licences at the world's record prices of 75.65 billion baht and 76.30 billion baht respectively in a marathon auction that ended...
Jasmine's victory will pave the way for its first foray into mobile internet. The company currently provides landline broadband services under the 3BB brand.
The four-day auction, which ended in the 199th round, will bring in 151.95 billion baht in state revenue, bringing the total from mobile spectrum bids this year to 232.73 billion.
The auctions for the 900-MHz spectrum will go down in world history as being the priciest, breaking the previous record set in Hong Kong.
However, if based on per MHz per head of population, Thailand comes in second after Hong Kong.
“Bidders who fail to win a 900-MHz licence this time will have to wait another decade for the next low-band auction,” said Prawit Leesathapornwongsa, a commissioner of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications...
“Low band will be in very limited supply in the future,” he said.
Another NBTC commissioner, Korkij Danchaivichit, said: “Bidders for the 900-MHz licence enjoy higher profit margins than the global average by telecom concerns, at over 10%, thus affording them the chance...
Industry analysts, meanwhile, said the prized 900-MHz licences could undermine future growth and dent the bidding winners’ income.
Most industry veterans said mobile operators were buying with the future in mind to reap the benefits of lucrative revenue streams stemming from 4G wireless technology.
Source - Bangkokpost
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