The chief executive of a major mobile operator who requested anonymity says the newly formed National Telecom (NT) should focus on telecom infrastructure-sharing and serving the government’s public-concentrated Universal Service Obligation (USO) projects, rather than joining the contentious telecom service battle.
NT, which is a merged unit of state telecom enterprises TOT and CAT Telecom, was launched on Jan 7.
Digital Economy and Society (DES) Minister Buddhipongse Punnakanta said NT aims to be among the top three mobile operators in Thailand by the end of this year.
The chief executive said NT’s goal of the top three is impossible because its management and operational fundamentals were not designed for competition…
