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CDS, mobile operators pioneer Credit Sim
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Loan service targets unbanked sectors
published : 6 Apr 2021 at 04:09
1 Ms Sinipha, left, and Mr Pakorn, at the launch of Credit Sim . The company expects the service to break-even within three years.
CDS Venture Co is working with mobile operators to provide mobile SIM cards, called Credit Sim, in which user payment habits are gauged to provide credits, targeting informal workers and university graduates in the 3-billion-baht lending market. We see the potential of personal loan service in Thailand. There is still a problem with loan sharks and strong demand from unbanked users, said Sinipha Kittipatrakul, chief executive of CDS Venture.
Delay in 5G licence payment on cards
published : 9 Mar 2021 at 04:00
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The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has been ordered to study a proposal to delay 5G spectrum licence payment in a move to help alleviate the financial hardship of the winning bidders which have been hard hit by the pandemic.
According to a source from the Government House who requested anonymity, a meeting of the national committee to drive 5G technology chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday agreed to assign the NBTC to study the possibility of delaying the 5G spectrum licence payment and other appropriate solutions.
The NBTC was required to propose the solutions at the next meeting which is not yet scheduled. More details are unavailable.
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All eyes on next NBTC board
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Another recruitment delay could jeopardise plans put forward by the regulator
published : 8 Mar 2021 at 06:11
1 The new round of recruitment for the NBTC board kicks off this month as the agency risks a delay in its 2021 agenda. (Photo by Kitja Apichonrojarek)
With the new round of recruitment for the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) board scheduled for this month, players in the telecom, broadcasting and innovation industries are monitoring the process as another derailment three times in three years could jeopardise previous plans put forward by the regulator.
The first delay took place in 2018 when senators voted against the proposed candidates, recruited in line with the 2017 NBTC law.