Thailand to launch 5G service at international airports next year
Commercial 5G wireless broadband service will be launched at Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports by May 2020 as the first sites for ultra-fast wireless internet adoption in the country.
Ultra-fast wireless broadband service using 5G networks is to be provided to visitors once they arrive at Suvarnabhumi airport. (Photo: bangkokpost.com)
Bangkok (VNA) - Commercial5G wireless broadband service will be launched at Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueangairports by May 2020 as the first sites for ultra-fast wireless internetadoption in the country.
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) plans tosign a memorandum of understanding with Airports of Thailand on Nov 27 forcollaboration to facilitate infrastructure preparation for mobile operators todeploy 5G networks at the airports.
The NBTC has announced that the 5G spectrum licence auctions will be held onFebruary 16, 2020. NBTC secretary-general Takorn Tantasith said the 5G spectrumbidders will be pushed to consider the two airports as a first priority for 5Gadoption, rather than the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), which is not readyfor 5G service among vertical industries.
Several use cases for 5G tech will be developed at the two airports,particularly in airport operations, ranging from face-recognition tech to smartsecurity, from smart logistics to a smart hospital, as well as transport, hesaid.
The EEC project is a good location for 5G adoption to cater to verticalindustries gearing up for innovation adoption and to new S-curve businesses,Takorn said, but "the two international airports will be the pioneertargets for adoption".
Apart from the two airports, mobile operators could deploy 5G tech on the2600MHz range at four major universities that will serve as 5G testbeds incollaboration with the NBTC. The four universities are now running the 5Gtestbed on the 26GHz range.
The NBTC plans to auction the 700MHz, 1800MHz, 2600MHz and 26-28GHz rangesmeant for 5G networks in February next year. The NBTC is also in talks with theDigital Economy and Society Ministry to recall the 3400-3700MHz range for thesecond batch of 5G licence auctions by 2020./.
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Ultra-fast wireless broadband service using 5G networks is to be provided to visitors once they arrive at Suvarnabhumi airport. (Photo: bangkokpost.com) 
