Takorn Tantasith

Takorn Tantasith is the Secretary General of Thai Sang Thai Party , Chairman of the Committee on Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, The House of Representatives and also the Member of the House of Representatives of Thailand . Previously, he served as the first Secretary-General of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), Thailand. Being Secretary-General, he holds the highest executive position at the Office of the NBTC, having roles and responsibilities as stipulated by the Act on Organization to Assign Radio Frequency and to Regulate the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Services B.E. 2553 (2010). Takorn was appointed Secretary-General of the NBTC on 5 January 2012, for a five-year term, and in late 2016 was reappointed for a second term starting 5 January 2017. Prior to this, he was Acting Secretary-General of the NBTC, and Secretary-General of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC)from 2009-2012.

One of the accomplishments of Takorn as Secretary-General of the NBTC is the two spectrum auctions organized by the Office of the NBTC in 2015. The first auction, held in November for the 1800 MHz spectrum, concluded after an unprecedented two-day bidding battle and generated more than 80 billion baht in public revenue. The second auction, held a month later for the 900 MHz spectrum, lasted over four days with the final revenue reaching over 150 billion baht. Earlier in 2015, Takorn also spearheaded a nationwide campaign to register all mobile SIM cards in Thailand, and ordered a temporary suspension of Thai TV's licence following the channel's non-payment of its digital television licence fees.

Following a great achievement in 2015 that unleashed 4G mobile internet and transformed Thai economy landscape, the Office of NBTC under Takorn's leadership organized auctions in 2018 for the expiring 1800 MHz and 900 MHz spectrum bands which generated a total revenue of 50 billion baht. In 2019, the Office of NBTC held an auction for 700 MHz in advance to prepare Thailand for 5G era. The total revenue earned was 56 billion baht this time. For 2020, under his direction, the Office of NBTC plans to release 5G spectrum in these following bands: 700 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2600 MHz and 26 GHz to the private sector in February.