PETALING JAYA: Thai authorities have barred IDD roaming services for all Malaysian-registered handphones in the southern provinces of Narathiwat, Yala and Pattani.
Celcom eastern region general manager Datuk Sulaiman Ahmad said Malaysian phones could not be used in the three provinces but IDD roaming was still available in the other provinces.
The Thai move was apparently due to suspicions that some bombings in southern Thai had been triggered by Malaysian-issued prepaid handphones.
An industry source added that another reason was that the Thai authorities wanted to prevent those living in southern Thailand from using the services of Malaysian telcos as the mobile rates were much cheaper.
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