PUBLISHED : 23 Oct 2023 at 04:30
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) targets allocating the rights to use unsold satellite orbit slots by March 2024, three months later than originally planned.
The package of the 50.5° East and 51°E orbital slots, together with the 142°E slot, remain unsold. They are two of the five packages the NBTC auctioned off in January.
NBTC commissioner AM Thanapant Raicharoen said the allocation process for the three unsold slots should occur by March 2024.
The NBTC is planning optional methods of granting rights other than an…