The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has given five mobile phone operators until Friday to scrap the expiry date on prepaid mobile credit.
NBTC secretary-general Thakorn Tantasit said on Monday he had informed each mobile operator -- Advanced Info Service (AIS), Total Access Communication (Dtac), True Move, TOT Plc and CAT Telecom -- to remove the expiry period on refills for prepaid numbers or face a 100,000 baht fine per day.
However, the NBTC will later allow each operator to propose an expiry date for its prepaid services, but did not say when that will be introduced. The proposed dates will be considered and then the number of days will be decided with the agreement of all the operators.
The watchdog also ordered the phone operators to register prepaid customers' personal data by recording their 13-digit ID numbers. Violators are to be fined 20,000 baht a day.
The regulation under which mobile phone calls made from Jan 1, 2013 are set by law to a maximum rate of 99 satang/ a minute will also take effect this Friday.
Earlier this month, the NBTC fined the five mobile phone operators a total of 140.32 million baht for failing to properly register prepaid SIM cards as well as failing to revoke the expiry date on prepaid mobile services.
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