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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Cp and telenor challenge regulator | History Defined

Sigve Brekke, left, chief executive of Telenor of Norway, the parent of DTAC, addresses a news conference together with Suphachai Chearavanont, chief executive of Charoen Pokphand Group, the parent of True, at a Bangkok hotel on Friday. (Photo supplied)

The bosses of the parent firms of True Corp and Total Access Communication (DTAC) insist the country’s telecom regulator has no power to approve or reject their giant mobile business merger, but can only impose conditions to govern it.

The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) could be sued in the Central Administrative Court if  it resolves to reject the deal, the executives said, though the two companies do not want it to come to that.

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