Bangkok, Feb. 6 -- Thailand's Office of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) is drafting rules to govern the import of SIM card operating boxes in an effort to suppress cybercrime and fraudulent call centres.

Trairat Viriyasirikul, acting secretary-general of the NBTC, said that the import of these devices, whether in part or in whole, will require declared documentation and approval from the NBTC office.

Currently, the boxes can be imported without applying for the NBTC's permission. They are used to provide call centre services for enterprises.

Trairat emphasised that the rules will be attached to the amended draft of the emergency decree to combat technology crime.

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