Tag: Duopoly

    Official NBTC meeting minutes and evaluation reports demonstrating the systemic postponement of the MVNO regulation agenda item for over two years.
    May 20, 2026

    NBTC Finally Releases MVNO Promotion Draft for Hearing After 2-Year Slumber and 55 Postponements

    The NBTC board finally advances the MVNO draft regulation to a public hearing after freezing and postponing the agenda item over 55 times across two ...
    A vintage-style humorous illustration of a man caught with his pants down in a public or professional setting, used as a metaphor for the NBTC's regulatory transparency and the exposure of internal board minutes
    February 2, 2026

    Telecom Regulator Caught With Its Pants Down: What the Meeting Minutes Really Reveal

    From technical gaslighting, licensing traps, and margin squeezes to 50 missed agendas, see how the NBTC's own records show a regulator caught with its pants ...
    infographic illustrating "1,000 Days of Regulatory Slumber" following the finalization of the True and DTAC merger on March 1, 2023. It depicts a timeline from Day 1 ("Merger Acknowledged") to Day 1,000 ("Competition Extinct"). Key impacts listed are: Market Structure change from Triopoly to Duopoly, Deal Value (An $8 Billion Consolidation), and the Result (Higher bills, stagnant service, and zero accountability).
    November 25, 2025

    Today marks 1,000 Days Since a Telecom Watchdog Vanished

    1,000 days after the True-DTAC merger, Thailand’s telecom market is a duopoly. The NBTC has failed to enforce regulation & merger conditions ...
    An illustrative image depicting a large, ornate gate with a digital sign that reads "SPECTRUM CRISIS! AUCTION WINNERS ONLY." A man in a suit stands in front of the gate, which is open to a highway leading into a city skyline. Two sleek, colorful race cars, one green and one red, labeled "AIS" and "TRUE" respectively, are speeding through the gate. Behind them, a slow, old bus and a group of three motorbikes are stopped and blocked by the man, unable to pass. The image symbolizes a telecom regulator's auction that only benefited the two dominant operators, leaving out state-owned and smaller competitors.
    September 22, 2025

    How The Illusion of Spectrum Crisis Paved the Way for Duopoly Dominance

    In Thailand, a recent spectrum auction is presented as a solution to a "spectrum crisis," but instead it killed all competition ...
    A dark, futuristic image of a Thai factory floor with robotic arms and a centralized 5G network symbol, representing how Thailand's telecom duopoly controls industrial automation and private network innovation.
    September 8, 2025

    The Private Network Sham: Factories Get Free 5G? No — Telcos Get a New Monopoly

    Thailand's 5G private network initiative: a controlled ecosystem that benefits a telecom duopoly, not industry innovation.Presented as a bold step toward industrial innovation, an initiative ...
    NBTC Approves Its Own Auction Amid Legal Challenges & MVNO Crisis
    July 7, 2025

    NBTC Approves Its Own Auction Amid Legal Challenges & MVNO Crisis

    The NBTC approves Thailand's controversial spectrum auction amidst a looming legal challenge and the devastating collapse of the nation's MVNO sector ...