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National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission
สำนักงานคณะกรรมการกิจการกระจายเสียง กิจการโทรทัศน์ และกิจการโทรคมนาคมแห่งชาติ
Enabling Act
Act on Organization to Assign Radio Frequency and to Regulate Broadcasting and Telecommunications Services B.E. 2553 (2010)
Scope
Independent regulator of broadcasting (radio, TV) and telecommunications (mobile, fixed-line, internet, spectrum). Allocates spectrum, licenses operators, sets retail-and-wholesale rules, and supervises consumer protection.
Key Powers
- • Auction and assign radio-frequency spectrum
- • License broadcasting and telecommunications operators
- • Set interconnection rates and number-portability rules
- • Mandate SIM-card registration (national-identity-linked under post-2014 framework)
- • Investigate and sanction unlicensed operators or illegal broadcasting
- • Resolve consumer complaints via the NBTC contact channel
Enforcement Examples
- Spectrum-misuse fines published in NBTC monthly bulletins
- Operator-licence suspensions for repeated consumer-protection breaches
Publication Channel
Royal Gazette + NBTC notifications at nbtc.go.th
Contact Channel
1200 (NBTC hotline) · [email protected]
How Foreigners Interact
Foreigners interact with NBTC mainly via SIM-card registration rules (passport-linked since 2014) and consumer complaints about mobile / internet service; foreign telecom operators serving Thailand require NBTC licensing.
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