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| Friday, 25 February 2005 | |
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Thailand's National Telecom Commission (NTC) has selected the consortium of Ericsson Thailand and Baker & McKenzie as its consultant to draw up guidelines for new telecommunications licensing rules. Five consortiums bid for the contract: Prime Consultant International-Squire Sanders, Suvitech-BT Teleconsult, the engineering faculty of King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Lad Krabang-Gartner, and Capmaxx-Spectrum. The winning consortium proposed a consultant fee of Bt 9.5 million against the NTC's budget of Bt 10 million. They now have twelve weeks to complete the guidelines that the NTC will use to create licensing regulations. "We know that the job is tough and the timeframe is very tight, but it's a good reference for us," Dhiraphol Suwanprateep, managing partner of Baker and McKenzie said. According to the NTC, the guidelines must focus on the number and types of telecommunications providers entitled to telecom licenses, the standard method of calculating the license prices, the prevention of monopolies and the promotion of equal access. The consultant will also have to study license pricing and free trade agreements worldwide. The study must also detail how the NTC should set interconnection charges. In July, TOT Corp and CAT Telecom will be the first operators to receive new licenses, according to the NTC’s timeframe. The Senate set the NTC’s development in motion last August when it appointed seven members to deregulate the market and award new licenses. Intelecon Research & Consultancy Ltd. 25/02/2005 |
