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Merger to push on as tender scrapped

True Corporation and Total Access Communication (DTAC) have vowed to continue pursuing their amalgamation, although two affiliates of the pair scrapped their plans to conduct tender offers to acquire the two telecom operators' shares to create a path for the merger.

Bangkok Post · Nov 22, 2022

True open to reallocation of matches

True Corporation has no objection to the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) reallocating a quota of football World Cup matches.

Bangkok Post · Nov 22, 2022

DTAC-True telecom merger faces delay, Norway's Telenor says

The planned merger of telecoms firms DTAC and True Corporation will not take place as planned this year, but may still go ahead in the first quarter of 2023, DTAC's majority owner Telenor said on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post · Nov 22, 2022

Accelerating Business Solutions: true digital technology enables ‘smart-able’ ways to achieve energy efficacy

The quarantine period going back two years brought the energy world digital reliance. As over 70% of world citizens worked, learned, healed, entertained and shopped from home, electricity consumption increased and massive greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint was generated on Earth.

Bangkok Post · Nov 10, 2022

True introduces 5G digital hub for gamers in mall

SET-listed telecom operator True Corporation, real estate and retail developer Siam Piwat Group and content producer Kantana Group have invested 300 million baht in "True 5G Pro Hub", a new site for youngsters that aims to capture the lifestyle trends of gaming and future skills.

Bangkok Post · Oct 26, 2022

Telenor calls for clarity on telecom merger conditions

OSLO: Norway's Telenor called on Wednesday for clarification from Thailand's telecommunications regulator on conditions imposed on a merger deal between its DTAC and rival True Corporation.

Bangkok Post · Oct 26, 2022

Brokerages bullish on proposed merger

Market analysts believe all telecom operators should benefit from a merger of True Corporation and Total Access Communication (DTAC), although the looming lawsuit against the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission's (NBTC) decision to endorse the deal could delay its completion, which is expected in January next year.

Bangkok Post · Oct 25, 2022

TDRI slams DTAC-True merger plan

Somkiat Tangkitvanich, president of the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI), has slammed a decision by the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) regarding the planned merger of True Corporation and Total Access Communication (Dtac).

Bangkok Post · Oct 22, 2022

Bitter pill for True, DTAC

Despite providing tacit approval for the merger of True Corporation and Total Access Communication (DTAC), the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has prescribed harsh remedial measures that could mean lower margins for the new firm, according to people associated with the regulator.

Bangkok Post · Oct 21, 2022

Court urged to halt merger

The Thailand Consumers Council (TCC) and the opposition Move Forward Party (MFP) will ask the Administrative Court to issue an injunction against the planned merger between telecom operators True Corporation and Total Access Communication (Dtac), citing monopoly concerns.

Bangkok Post · Oct 21, 2022