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Parties to forgo auction for orbital slots

Other methods for unsold packages

Satellite dishes at Thaicom’s headquarters in Pathum Thani. Space Tech Innovation, an affiliate of Thaicom, won one orbital slot package for 380 million baht and another for 417 million.

All private and public stakeholders in the satellite business have agreed that the allocation of rights to use two unsold satellite orbital slots be accomplished by any method except an auction.

A source on the board of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) who requested anonymity said the NBTC office recently held a focus group meeting to hear opinions on methods to allocate the two orbit slot packages.

The first package comprises the 50.5° East and…

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