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Thai Mobile will hit a new landmark as it gears up its plan to support the third generation protocol and become the first 3G service operator in Thailand.

 

3G is the most efficient packet-based technology that uses a wireless platform to deliver uninterrupted, high speed data communications.

 

More and more operators are upgrading their existing platform to a 3G technology to offer a more reliable and better quality service to their customers. Thai Mobile seems to follow this boom. The migration is with a hope to offer Advanced Info Service.

 

According to Djit Laowattana, a TOT board director and spokesperson, England's Vodafone and France's Alcatel (News - Alert) are interested in constructing the network for Thai Mobile with their 3G technologies. Investment funds from China and Russia are volunteering to extend long-term loans for Thai Mobile.

 

Offering services for more than 6 years, Thai Mobile is a joint venture between TOT (58 percent) and CAT Telecom (42 percent) and is the only operator using 1900 megahertz, a global 3G cellular-technology platform.

 

The entire journey of migration from the existing 2G to 3G will be carried out in three phases and would cost TOT 17.38 billion for the entire process. Phase I would involve investing around 1.4 billion baht to upgrade the existing 533 base stations and core network from GSM to WCDMA or 3G technology. The second phase will be covered using 15.5 billion baht for nationwide investment, and the last phase would need another 400 million baht for six major provinces in Nakhon Ratchasima, Khon Kaen, Chiang Mai, Phuket, Nakhon Sawan and Surat Thani.

 

 

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