Bangkok advances plan to open telecom sector

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Thailand is opening the local telecommunications industry to the private sector. Changes in the country's telecommunications policy are being mulled over, while details of a privatization system are also being threshed out. Two telecommunications firms, the Telephone Organization of Thailand and the Communications Authority of Thailand, are slated for privatization. This move toward free enterprise in the rapidly growing industry is seen to result in much uncertainty and risk, but is also expectedto bring opportunities to local and foreign investors.

Thailand, Economic policy, Deregulation

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In Japan, NTT is target of drive to restructure telecom industry

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The Japanese government is facing mounting calls for a radical overhaul of the country's telecommunications sector, starting with the breakup of the monopoly being exercised by Nippon Denshin Denwa KK (NTT) over the industry. Specifically, the clamor is for NTT to be divided into several local, regional and international product and services companies. The matter is still being studied by the Third Telecommunication Council, which is made up of representatives from industry, government and the academe.

Telecommunications systems, Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Corp., Corporate reorganizations

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Proposed telecom regulator may undermine NTT role

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Officials at Japan's Ministry of Posts and Telefcommunications have agreed to establish a new body that will regulate the telecommunications industry. In part, the body was created to promote fair competition in the telecommunications industry. The ministry had been accused of favoring Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp, the former telephone monopoly in Japan.

Japan, Government regulation, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone International

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