DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/03a9e6/thailand_key_sta) has announced the addition of the "Thailand - Key Statistics, Telecommunications Market and Regulatory Overview" report to their offering.
This report provides an overview of the telecommunications market in Thailand, together with a selection of the most recent available key indicators for the sector. The country's telecom industry has entered a strong growth phase. The mobile market has been a case in point; growing by substantial amounts annually, it has passed the 100% penetration milestone; although growth slowed as the economy turned down in 2009, there had still been a solid annual growth rate of around 10% in the mobile market during the 2009/2010 period.
While the country was getting considerable benefit from a liberalised telecoms sector, there remained much work to be done on regulatory reform. It was broadly perceived that the government was no longer giving telecoms the priority it needed. Sorting out the ongoing role of the two government-owned telcos, for example, remained a major challenge.
After many delays, the government had launched the National Telecommunications Commission in 2004 and this authority drove some reform. But by 2010 the industry was waiting on the establishment of a new regulator, the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission. This move was generally seen by the industry, and foreign investors in particular, as a backward step for the overall reform process in Thailand.
Key Topics Covered:
1. Synopsis
2. Key statistics
3. Telecommunications market 3.1 Overview of Thailand's telecom market 3.1.1 Political turmoil and its impact on the telecom sector 3.1.2 Analysis: The 3G licensing debacle 3.2 Analysis: Thailand and the Global Financial Crisis - 2008/2010
4. Regulatory environment 4.1 Regulatory reform 4.1.1 Background 4.1.2 Telecommunications Act 2001 4.1.3 Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (MICT) 4.1.4 National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) 4.1.5 Concession conversion 4.1.6 Taxation 4.1.7 Privatisation 4.1.8 Foreign ownership 4.1.9 Interconnection charges 4.1.10 National numbering scheme 4.1.11 Internet gateways 4.1.12 Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) 4.2 Regulatory developments 4.2.1 Third generation (3G) mobile licences 4.2.2 WiMAX 4.2.3 Registration of prepaid mobile services 4.3 Regulatory disputes
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