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While in some countries cell phone towers are prohibited from being placed within a certain range of populations to minimise exposure, Thailand’s safety measures only include exposure limits used by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP).
The agreement is in line with efforts by regulator NBTC to promote telecom infrastructure sharing in the nation.
DTAC also confirmed that it has reached an agreement with state-owned CAT Telecom to set up joint ventures (JVs) to manage shared telecoms towers and fibre-optic infrastructure. As reported by CommsUpdate yesterday, Tower JV Co and Fibre JV Co will both be 51% owned by DTAC and 49% by CAT, which issued DTAC’s original build-transfer-operate (BTO) 2G mobile operating concession running until 2018. A total of 15 ongoing arbitration disputes between CAT and DTAC (on issues including BTO network asset ownership) will reportedly be ended to facilitate the network sharing partnership.