Tag: Regulatory capture

    Official NBTC announcement on displaying the formal voting split between NBTC commissioners regarding the mobile virtual mobile network operators (MVNO) and aggregator (MVNA) services hearing.
    June 16, 2026

    NBTC Public Hearing – A New Low for Regulatory Transparency

    The NBTC’s public hearing notice reveals a deepening institutional divide. Discover how internal conflicts are undermining competition in Thailand ...
    Headquarters building of Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) in Bangkok.
    May 24, 2026

    Thailand’s Telecom Regulator Keeps Growing While Competition Collapses

    Thailand’s Parliament is openly attacking the NBTC over telecom consolidation, rising consumer costs, bloated budgets, and regulatory failure ...
    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 ...
    A large, metallic bear trap with carved legal and justice symbols, including a gavel and scales, sits in a grassy field. A dirt path runs through the trap toward a modern city skyline under a dramatic, cloudy sunset. The field is filled with dozens of broken and decaying tombstones shaped like vintage mobile phones, some with Thai text inscriptions. The imagery suggests a regulatory system in Thailand has trapped and destroyed mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs).
    September 19, 2025

    Thailand’s MVNO Scandal – How the Regulator Blocks Competition

    Thailand’s telecom regulator NBTC is blocking MVNOs. Discover how short license extensions and denied network access kill telecom competition ...