Thailand’s broadcast regulator, National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) continues to grapple over the issue of providing Thaicom 8 with a licence. Thaicom 8 is one of the satellites slated to be launched by the Thai satellite operator, Thaicom.
According to Settapong Malisuwan, chairman of the NBTC’s telecom committee, the broadcaster has asked the Information and Communications Technology Ministry’s opinion on couple of specific issues when it comes to Thaicom 8 licence. The committee first wants to know if the country’s minister will allow Thaicom 8 to orbit in 78.5 degrees East longitude slow. This is a problem only because currently Thaicom 5 and 6 are currently occupying that very same slot.
NBTC has noted that the ministry has not provided answers to its problems as of yet and hence the licencing has come to a standstill for now. In the meantime, this year, Thaicom was able to successfully launch Thaicom 6 in January into space. It also will be launching Thaicom 7 this year.
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