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NBTC seeks AIS, True plans to end 2G, 3G
Bangkok Post
|July 29, 2025
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) board has assigned Advanced Info Service (AIS) and True Corporation to submit clear plans to wind up their 2G and 3G mobile phone systems as part of the regulator's bid to terminate both systems by the third quarter of 2026.
The move seeks to address an aspect of online fraud, which utilises false cellular base stations to exploit the technical vulnerabilities of the two systems to send fraudulent text messages to people's mobile phones.
According to Trairat Viriyasirikul, acting secretary-general of the NBTC, the closure of the two systems also follows the board’s resolution earlier this year to stop the import of 2G and 3G devices and related transmission equipment.
Mr Trairat said there are fewer than 3 million SIM cards in Thailand using the 2G and 3G networks.
Important forms of usage include the use of device-to-device communication such as tracking systems and the operation of ATMs.
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