Bangkok--14 Jan--Aziam Burson-Marsteller
CAT Telecom Plc and True Move Co., Ltd, jointly announced the trial of a High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) mobile phone service following a CAT Board resolution allowing True Move to use the 800 MHz frequency in order to improve its current cellular network to support HSPA. The collaboration, which falls under True Move’s concession with the CAT, is a milestone in the development of Thailand’s telecommunications industry and the first step in offering Thai people faster and more convenient communications services on a world-class standard. Mr. Kajornsak Singhaseni, Senior Executive Vice President, CAT Telecomm Plc. , said that the Board of Directors of CAT Telecom Plc issued a resolution during a meeting on December 11, 2008, authorizing True Move Co., Ltd to run test services in Bangkok based on HSPA technology. This will be a non-commercial trial project to test equipment and study the implementation of the upgraded network. CAT Telecom Plc has agreed to work together with True Move in line with the Private Participation In State Undertaking Act B.E. 2535. Mr. Supachai Chearavanont, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director of True Move Co., Ltd, said he is delighted that CAT and True Move can form a business alliance to offer HSPA-based mobile phone services for Thai consumers. True Move will import equipment to upgrade its network to use the 800MHz frequency range to provide HSPA services in Bangkok. The collaboration will not only add value to customers with faster and more efficient communications, but will also bring the Thai telecommunications industry up to a higher level of international standards. About TrueMove TrueMove, a subsidiary of True Corporation Plc, Thailand's only fully-integrated communication solutions provider and leader in convergence lifestyles, offers innovative and high-quality wireless communications services on its nationwide 1800 MHz GSM network to 13.7 million subscribers (September 2008) throughout Thailand. TrueMove’s vision is to create a pioneering wireless hi-speed lifestyle where people can communicate as well as access knowledge, information and entertainment wherever, whenever, and however they wish. The company delivers superior coverage coupled with quality, best value and unique integrated products and services, which make TrueMove more than just a mobile phone operator. TrueMove subscribers can always stay connected at over 16,000 Wi-Fi by TrueMove hotspots all over Thailand or via its nationwide EDGE/GPRS network. For more information, please visit www.truemove.com.
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