Academics and consumer protection groups have called on the previous NBTC to wait for the new board to consider the deal. As a first measure, the meeting resolved to set up four panels to consider the issue, Trairat said. A third measure will see the NBTC assign its working panels and advisory committees both in the country and abroad to study possible impacts of the merger, Trairat said. “The NBTC will carefully and comprehensively study the merger plan and it will allow public participation in the study,” Trairat vowed. “It will also study legal technicalities and both negative and positive impacts by taking into account the interest of the public and the telecom industry.

Source: The Nation Bangkok April 27, 2022 07:57 UTC