ICT Minister Uttama Savanayana said his ministry would submit this plan to the Ad Hoc National Digital Economy Committee, which is chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, in its next round of meetings next month.
Nearly two years ago after the military seized power in a coup, its National Council for Peace and Order froze the USO Fund's spending plans as part of its suspension of all state projects worth over Bt1 billion.
If the panel approves the project, the USO Fund will be able to use its money for this mission.
According to the USO Fund's original spending plan, it will use Bt16 billion to install the broadband access service nationwide with download speed of 30 megabits per second and upload speed of 5mbps, and Bt1.8 billion for launching public phone service. The projects will cover five years.
The NBTC's major telecom-licence holders are required to contribute a certain amount of revenue to the USO Fund to develop telecommunication services in remote areas