NBTC vice chairman Settapong Malisuwan said the preparations for the country’s transition to the 5G wireless broadband era, from the 4G landscape, were a key challenge. He told a seminar that he expected to see trials of a 5G service this year or the next. He noted that South Korea had announced the country was ready to launch commercial 5G services next year. The NBTC is expected to enact the regulations governing IoT services in the next two months, Settapong added. The NBTC last month approved plans to hold public hearings on the three draft regulations related to the allocation of 920-925MHz for IoT use.

Source: The Nation Bangkok August 15, 2017 18:11 UTC