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ETDA defends royal decree regulating digital platforms
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 17/03/2022
» The Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA) has defended the merits of the draft royal decree meant to regulate digital platforms, saying the legislation will help strike a balance between consumer protection and business interests in the country.
Echoes of overregulation in new digital platforms law
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 16/03/2022
» A draft royal decree meant to regulate digital platforms could become an impediment to them if it imposes overregulation or makes unnecessary demands, say legal experts.
Washington takes on Uber with its own taxi app
AFP, Published on 13/12/2014
» WASHINGTON - Washington is developing a smartphone app to enable its taxis to compete head-on with Uber and other ride-sharing services, the US capital's taxi commission said Friday.
Gee, it's about time
Business, Published on 15/09/2014
» When fourth-generation (4G) technology became a hot topic earlier this year, industry reception was positively optimistic.
Operators call for delayed fee payments
Business, Saengwit Kewaleewongsatorn, Published on 06/08/2014
» Digital TV operators called on the national telecom regulator to allow them to delay their second payment on licence fees and network rents, citing lower than expected earnings due to the delayed distribution of subsidy vouchers.
Operators brush off 4G delay
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 19/07/2014
» The junta’s order of a one-year suspension of the fourth-generation (4G) spectrum auctions has come as no surprise to mobile operators and the national telecom regulator, who said Thailand was not ready for what they called an immature technology.
NCPO delays 4G auction by a year
Published on 18/07/2014
» The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has postponed for one year an auction for fourth-generation (4G) mobile phone bandwidth, potentially causing billions of dollars of lost investment and sales in a sector that accounts for a tenth of the economy.
Net yourself a bargain in the Thailand Online Mega Sale
Life, AKIN, Published on 02/07/2014
» Consumers can now avail of special prices for more than 1,000 products and services at the Thailand Online Mega Sale 2014, a project originated by the Ministry of Commerce’s Department of Business Development in collaboration with partners such as the Electronic Transactions Development Agency, Thailand Post, the Tourism Authority of Thailand, Krungthai Bank, Kasikorn Bank, Siam Commercial Bank and the Thai e-Commerce Association.
Suspended 4G auctions hit telecoms
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 19/06/2014
» Thailand will face opportunity loss of up to US$4 billion due to the junta's temporary suspension of the fourth-generation (4G) spectra auctions, say leading research firms and industry analysts.
Samsung takes the high road
Business, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Published on 19/06/2014
» Thai Samsung Electronics Co, the local distributor of Samsung electrical appliances, has resumed marketing activities as consumer sentiment has improved considerably, helping to drive sales in the second half of this year.