Two options tabled for overseas-call prefixes
The Nation (15 October 2007)
A meeting on Friday between the national telecom regulator and private operators devised two options to pave the way for a further opening up of the overseas-call market. One option is for the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to allocate the 006 prefix to True International Communications and the 004 prefix to DTAC Network, said the agency's interconnection-charge institute director, Pitjapol Jantasaro. CAT Telecom surrendered the 004 prefix to the NTC last week. Both True and DTAC Network have received licences but are yet to receive a prefix. The only one available is 006. The NTC will wait for CAT and TOT to return inactive prefixes. Pitjapol said TOT would return the 002 prefix, which will be handed to TT&T. If TOT does not surrender the prefix, another option is 102. The second option would see the commission replace all overseas-call prefixes with four-digit ones, he said. An NTC source said it expected to approve the first option because the second involved additional promotional costs for the companies.
The Nation (15 October 2007)
A meeting on Friday between the national telecom regulator and private operators devised two options to pave the way for a further opening up of the overseas-call market. One option is for the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to allocate the 006 prefix to True International Communications and the 004 prefix to DTAC Network, said the agency's interconnection-charge institute director, Pitjapol Jantasaro. CAT Telecom surrendered the 004 prefix to the NTC last week. Both True and DTAC Network have received licences but are yet to receive a prefix. The only one available is 006. The NTC will wait for CAT and TOT to return inactive prefixes. Pitjapol said TOT would return the 002 prefix, which will be handed to TT&T. If TOT does not surrender the prefix, another option is 102. The second option would see the commission replace all overseas-call prefixes with four-digit ones, he said. An NTC source said it expected to approve the first option because the second involved additional promotional costs for the companies.
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