Pheu Thai urges the Prime Minister to not pretend to release True-DTAC, merge, tick, monopolize all businesses

On March 27, Mr. Saran Timsuwan, Member of the Loei Provincial House of Representatives and the Pheu Thai Party Economic Working Group The Extraordinary Commissioner to consider the impact of the telecommunications merger between True and DTAC, said he wanted to call for General Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister, has suspended the merger of True – DTAC to prevent monopoly. which is currently published in the news as The merger has been completed. both at the latest The NBTC Superboard has petitioned the acting chairman of the NBTC, stating that the True-DTAC merger unlawful in many respects In addition, the potential impact of the merger between True-DTAC’s telecommunication business will widen in many related businesses. and increase the opportunity to monopolize the market in other business sectors besides telecommunication for example retail business There has been a controversy in the merger between CP and Lotus, after the merger dominated 75.8% of the retail-wholesale market. The new committee of the NBTC to replace the current committee, who has been in duty since 2014, is at risk of causing damage to the people. Especially when the leader himself does not understand and does not listen to advice from others at all.

Mr. Saran added that at the meeting of the Extraordinary Commission to consider the impact of the telecom merger case between True and DTAC, cases of telecommunication mergers in many countries have been raised in the past to compare and consider the impact. but such information It is very different from the True-DTAC merger. No country has ever allowed To have a merger that will lead to a market share of more than 30%, but in the case of a merger, True-DTAC will cause a market share of more than 52% and will cause the Thai telecommunication market to dominate the market from competitors only. 2 cases, higher than 90% of the market, but various agencies The relevant could not clearly answer that. How much can the impact of the merger be controlled or prevented? How to protect people who are consumers? And people are at risk from the impact that usage data may be exploited without knowing.

on issues that may cause market monopoly in other business sectors Government agencies do not consider the impact that will occur after the merger between True-DTAC, because today telecommunications and Internet service providers are like the infrastructure of the digital world. especially in Thailand access to opportunities, development of customer groups of various businesses At present and the services of the government itself They rely on access through telecommunication channels and the Internet. If allowed to dominate the telecommunications market With the market share of the two major players exceeding 90%, the future will be severely impacted on businesses that use telecom data components. such as retail or digital wallet services. Which is becoming more and more popular nowadays, it creates the risk of dominating the market in other business sectors. further in the future whereby the government and the country’s leaders are unable to maintain the interests of the people

“So I would like to call on General Prayut have studied the matter in detail Do not let personal relationships affect the interests of the nation and its people. and must protect and eliminating monopoly of all kinds, not only this True – DTAC, in order not to take advantage of the people who are consumers It must also allow small businesses to develop and grow in the future. not to be excluded by monopoly businesses that currently exist in many businesses,” Mr. Saran said…