THE TELECOM regulator will start slapping a daily fine of Bt2.5 million on Advanced Info Service's subsidiary Advanced Wireless Network on Tuesday if by Monday the company fails to cooperate in completely transferring mobile-phone subscribers who want to shift to True Corp.
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission gave the order last Friday.
AWN has yet to finish transferring 300,000 subscribers who have asked to be moved to True while retaining their existing phone numbers. Most of these subscribers made the number-portability requests at 7-Eleven convenience stores.
AWN and Total Access Communication's subsidiary DTAC TriNet have complained to the NBTC that requests for phone-number portability at 7-Elevens went against the commission's regulation governing number portability. But the NBTC ruled that it did comply with the rules.
DTAC has reported to the NBTC that it has already filed all the request orders for transfers to True's network, while AWN has said some 300,000 requests remain, citing the lack of some required information from these subscribers.
The NBTC then decided to fine AIS alone.
The NBTC's order came while AIS and True have still not cleared up two issues before the new auction for a 900-megahertz licence takes place on May 27.