CAT TELECOM plans to ask the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission again to consider permitting it to upgrade its idle 20 megahertz of bandwidth on the 1,800MHz spectrum to provide fourth-generation wireless broadband servic
The NBTC recently declined its request on the upgrade pending CAT's obtaining consent from Total Access Communication (DTAC) first
CAT has granted 50MHz of the 1,800MHz spectrum to DTAC, which currently uses only 25MHz. Of the remaining idle bandwidth, 5MHz was been allocated to the NBTC for reallocation by auction.
We plan to be a 4G network provider. We're looking at wholesaling 4G bandwidth to our MVNOs [mobile virtual network operators], which might want to offer 4G as well as 3G service," he said. Sanpachai said that besides providing cloud services and a submarine cable network service, CAT needed to provide 4G service in order to serve the government's "digital economy" policy
CAT is preparing to present to the Information and Communications Technology Ministry its plan to set up a joint venture with DTAC to run telecom towers under a concession contract. The CAT board has approved it and is waiting for the State Enterprise Policy Commission to consider it.