Three NT board members step down

Three board members of National Telecom (NT) have resigned as the company is still stuck in limbo about its plan to move its 5G business forward.

The trio are ML Chayotid Kridakon, the board chairman, and two directors Ariya Banomyong and Pongsit Chaichutpornsuk, according to an NT source who requested anonymity.

ML Chayotid submitted his resignation letter through the board’s secretary in July, followed by the other two.

Mr Ariya and Mr Pongsit were among four people added to the board in April. ML Chayotid was among the first batch of five nominated as board members in January this year when NT was formed through the merger of CAT Telecom and TOT, both state telecom enterprises.

The source said Mr Ariya, who was the former president of Channel 3 operator BEC World Plc, was invited by ML Chayotid to join the NT board to streamline operations through the firm’s…