A former Supreme Court judge says the NBTC chair, Dr Soran, lost his authority after the Central Administrative Court dismissed his case on 25 September 2026, so the board meetings called for 1–2 October are unlawful. The board has failed to reach quorum 12 times in the past month, leaving 198+ agenda items pending. For a Thai business this matters only if you depend on NBTC decisions (licences, spectrum, telecom or broadcast rules), where delays are likely to continue. This is one commentator's legal view; the outcome is not settled.