The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) initially set a minimum bid of Bt4.5 billion per five MHz. Evaluated by an ad hoc committee from the Faculty of Economics at Chulalongkorn University. List of bid winners will be officially announced in three days and operators must expand 3G coverage.The service should be launched in major cities within three months or six months at the most after a license is issued, probably in March-April.