AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Telecom Network Usage Rights New Barrier in Thai Deregulation Talks.
Oct. 1--Just when private telecommunication companies and the government were inching toward agreement on a framework for converting state concessions to contracts, a new stumbling block has arisen over compensation to the government.
The Chulalongkorn University Intellectual Property Institute drafted new guidelines at the request of the Transport and Communications Ministry after a previous proposal by the Thailand Development and Research Institute failed to satisfy the private operators.
The Chulalongkorn team is due to submit its proposals to the ministry soon. Key points include compensation that each operator must pay the state telecommunications agencies.
The institute proposed that compensation be counted from the day when the concession is converted to a shareholding agreement until market deregulation, scheduled in 2006.
Private operators said it should be counted from the day of the conversion to the day when the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) is formed to regulate the industry.
Other guidelines include the continual payment of revenue to the state until deregulation, contradicting the TDRI's proposal that revenue payments stop immediately in exchange for compensation in a lump sum to the agencies.
The amounts would be based on annual revenue paid to the state throughout the concession period.
- New TOT Corp president to seek compromise with private operators.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire January 13, 2005 700+ words
...deliver ADSL high-speed internet service and offers of compromise solutions to lingering disputes with private operators, the Bangkok Post reports. TT&T had sought approval of its ADSL business plan for a long time but was ignored...
- Thailand: TOT Plc and Cat Telecom Plc ask for revision of concession contracts...
- News wire article from: Thai Press Reports January 12, 2007 700+ words
...phone concession contracts with private operators as they believe existing extensions may be scrapped, the Bangkok Post reports. The two state telecom...negotiation with all of its private operators simultaneously. He said the...
- Thailand: CAT Telecom wants talks with TOT and private operators to resolve...
- News wire article from: Thai Press Reports June 16, 2009 700+ words
...negotiating with TOT and private operators in its bid to resolve...access charges, the Bangkok Post reports. The move...themselves and with private operators so they could move...with TOT and two private operators, DTAC and True...
- Bangkok Post, Thailand, Business Briefs Column.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News October 11, 2001 700+ words
Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business...cost, and drew complaints from the two private operators -- TelecomAsia and Thai Telephone and...of 5.1 times. To see more of the Bangkok Post, or to subscribe to the newspaper...
- Bangkok Post, Thailand, business briefs column.
- Newspaper article from: Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand) July 5, 2005 700+ words
...Internet congestion Private operators should be allowed...NTC) to permit private operators to offer the expanded...To see more of the Bangkok Post, or to subscribe...Copyright (c) 2005, Bangkok Post, Thailand Distributed...
- The Bangkok Post, Thailand, In Brief Column.(Column)
- Newspaper article from: Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand) May 17, 2007 700+ words
...Transport ministries are encouraging private operators of city buses under licences from the...ext 2720-3. To see more of the Bangkok Post, or to subscribe to the newspaper...bangkokpost.com. Copyright (c) 2007, Bangkok Post, Thailand Distributed by McClatchy...
- Bangkok Post, Thailand, executive agenda column.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News June 24, 2004 700+ words
Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune...both urban and rural areas. For private operators, the business case for investment...great impact on the willingness of private operators to make investment commitments...
- Private operators say NTC on questionable legal ground.
- Newspaper article from: Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand) June 1, 2005 700+ words
...CAT Telecom have private operators under their control...the same status as private operators so that they can...technically, the private operators had no networks under...To see more of the Bangkok Post, or to subscribe...
- Bangkok Post, Thailand, Arnat Leemakdej Column.
- News wire article from: Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand) December 7, 2001 700+ words
...substantially. However, I should caution that the success of such a bureau depends on perfect competition in the market. If private operators continuously develop their systems to better serve the public and the customers (government), the scenario I envision...
- Thailand: Cabinet allows private operators to dredge canals on public land.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire September 15, 2005 700+ words
...reduce the government's flood prevention budget, the Bangkok Post reports. Deputy Prime Minister Phinij Jarusombat, who...Conservation Department _ to amend relevant laws to allow private operators to dredge waterways on public land. Danuporn Bunnakan...