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Small vendor scheme tacks on 25 provinces
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 09/02/2023
» An additional 25 provinces will be included in the Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry's programme aimed at supporting small vendors to leverage digital tools to improve their business, says DES Minister Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn.
Thai student takes on the world
Life, AKIN, Published on 30/03/2016
» Natthapol Pusa, a student from Chiang Mai University, recently won the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Olympic Thailand Competition 2016 and will participate in the 2016 Worldwide Competition in Florida in August this year.
Teaching technology
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 10/12/2014
» In a time when the young generation are enthusiastic about social media, Chao Suwanchol has turned his social network craze into a passion for learning.
Digital Gains
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 06/04/2012
» Are we the only ones who think that some people use social media - Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and all that interwebs jazz - rather pointlessly?
Going for gold
Database, Published on 24/11/2010
» Juti Krairiksh, Minister of Internet Censorship in Thailand (MICT), told your ToT and your CAT Telecom to cool the plans to pour huge money into new networks; for example, your CAT wants to put six billion baht into a fibre-optic project; for example, your ToT wants to throw 13 billion baht into a next-generation network, and you know what that is, right? (neither do we); Mr Juti suggested strongly that the duopoly hold off because it looks redundant to him, and so far as CAT's plan to upgrade the CDMA 2000 1X network _ well, that should cost less than four billion baht.
Future tense
Database, Published on 10/11/2010
» 'Whoops, our bad," said your ToT when asked if it really, seriously intends to have a 3G wireless network up and running by New Year's Eve as it stated; a director of your ToT's board said that it now seems that the promise to the government to deliver a 3G network in three months is inoperative; the new estimate on when the country will have a functioning 3G system is... some time in the future; the director, who obviously wanted to remain unnamed in the media, said that maybe, possibly by January, the ToT will start to consider bids from companies that want to build 3G facilities _ not actually get them built and operating; and, you know, all this paperwork and stuff, ToT might not be able to meet the January contract deadline, either.
Secured URLs
Database, Published on 06/10/2010
» Sometime ago you reviewed the Chrome browser and said it was now worth a second look. I was somewhat sceptical but gave it a try. Almost immediately I felt right at home. The way it does bookmarks is great and is much faster on my set-up than anything else I have tried.
Murky lead-up
Database, Published on 01/09/2010
» Members of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) turned out to be the suspicious type; the Magnificent Seven disclosed they are afraid that the companies who want to bid at the auction for 3G licences might now get together and actually share information about their prospects at the end of the month; in fact from Monday, it will be collusion, it will be a criminal offence for any of the companies to even issue a press release on what its plans might be for 3G; the companies have put in papers to pre-qualify to take part in the auction on Sept 20, along with deposits of 1.28 billion baht apiece, and that money will be seized if any company tries to share its plans with any other; the NTC has asked the Ministry of Internet Censorship in Thailand (MICT) to coordinate collusion by law enforcement agencies to make sure there is no collusion by the phone companies, top agencies called in as monitors include the DSI and Amlo - Department of Special Investigation and the Anti-Money Laundering Office.