Finally Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, in his capacity as junta chief, used Article 44 in mid-April to bail out the troubled broadcasters. Nor is it true at present that Thailand must urgently embrace 5G, Somkiat pointed. Further more, the argument that 5G bidding should proceed now to generate money to compensate digital TV operators was like “a dark joke”. He called into question the logic behind suspicions over why Article 44 came into play. There is widespread speculation about the digital TV compensation, and yet the NBTC has thus far offered no formal explanation, she said.

Source: The Nation Bangkok June 01, 2019 14:23 UTC