Mr Mehrotra declined to speculate on the consequences once bigger rivals launch 5G services on mobile devices using the 2600MHz range. DTAC secured two licences on the 26GHz range, each containing 100MHz of bandwidth, in Sunday's auction. "Acquiring 5G spectrum is just the start of the journey, with much more to come every quarter this year," he said. According to Mr Mehrotra, DTAC plans to expand cell sites for the 2300MHz range from 17,000 base stations to more than 20,000 this year. DTAC could also target the 1800MHz range for 5G service, the analyst said, but it has only 10MHz of bandwidth on the range.

Source: Bangkok Post February 18, 2020 23:26 UTC