RELEASED: 24 Apr 2023 at 04:30
State-owned National Telecom (NT) is set to introduce a “single last-mile service” this year that enables telecom and broadcast operators to lease its fibre-optic network to access their home consumers.
A pilot task has actually been released along a number of paths, consisting of Nak Niwat Roadway and Khaosan Roadway in Bangkok, together with some parts of Pattaya beach.
Morakot Thienmontree, senior executive vice-president at NT, stated the relocation lines up with the business’s efforts to end up being a neutral last-mile operator. The service is anticipated to produce a sustainable income stream for the business, he stated.
NT is set to begin last-mile service on Yaowarat Roadway in June and surface associated system advancement there by year-end.
Mr Morakot stated the pilot task on Nak Niwat Roadway got an excellent action as 70% of the overall capability of NT’s last-mile facilities had actually been leased by personal operators. The rental charge is in between 90 and 120 baht each month per home accessed.
Under the principle of a neutral last mile, all associated celebrations need to collectively select one company to end up being the single last-mile supplier entirely accountable for accommodating fiber connections to homes. Then telecom operators pay a rental charge to the single last-mile supplier to utilize such facilities.
The neutral last-mile operator needs to run under a service level arrangement that makes sure the quality requirement of operations and upkeep.
In locations where telecom operators or broadcasters have actually currently installed their own fibre-optic networks for homes, NT may think about buying these networks, running and offering upkeep to the networks, he stated. The telecom operators or broadcasters would pay a rental charge to NT for such networks.
NT likewise owns avenues along 4,360 kilometres of roadways nationwide, of which around 3,500 km remain in Bangkok. Mr Morakot stated NT remains in talks with the Metropolitan Electrical Power Authority and Provincial Electrical energy Authority about putting their overhead power cable televisions into NT’s underground avenues.
