True Corporation chief Suphachai Chearavanont says the telecommunications industry should be treated on an equal footing with the digital TV sector, if the state decides to push forward with its aid for broadcast operators.
"Telecom and digital TV both use the country's frequency, and both participated in licence auctions that were unduly high," Mr Suphachai, chairman of the executive committee of True Corporation, told the Bangkok Post. "Prices for 2015's 4G spectrum auction were the second-highest in the world, after the US.
"It's about fairness and preventing discrimination. If the government gives assistance to digital TV operators, then True Move and Advanced Info Service [AIS], winners of the 4G licence auction, should get assistance too."
