Telecom Regulations Thailand Archives - Formichella & Sritawat

Beyond the Thai Partner: Control and Accountability in Thai Telecommunications Licensing

Naytiwut Jamallsawat 13 July, 2026

The regulator does not license a partnership. In Thai telecommunications, satellite, gateway, cloud-connectivity, IoT, and digital-infrastructure projects, foreign operators often start with a straightforward question: can we do this through a Thai partner? The question makes sense. A Thai partner

Why so few MVNOs? It’s the economics. An in-depth look at MVNOs in Thailand Under the NBTC Type 1 License?

John Formichella 18 August, 2025

Thailand’s telecom regulator, the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), has introduced the Type 1 telecommunications license to encourage more competition among service providers, including Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs). These operators, by design, don’t own their own telecommunications infrastructure