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Bitter pill for True, DTAC

Activists picket as they demand the NBTC reject the True Corp and Total Access Communication (DTAC) merger deal at the NBTC’s head office on Thursday. (Photo: Apichart Jinakul)

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.

The measures are also meant to support reform in the industry, the regulatory sources said.

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