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Ignoble honours
Database, Published on 19/05/2010
» The government wants the Council of State to rule that it can cancel the satellite concession of Thaicom Plc of Shingapore, formerly known as Shin Satellite; the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Censorship, Sue Lor-uthai, was truckling to Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban, founder of SuthepNet, the country's fifth most powerful mobile phone company also known as Thai Mobile; Mr Suthep had suggested he wouldn't mind cancelling the Shingaporean company's satellite monopoly, although it doesn't have the power to do that _ yet.
Plunge in arrivals spells B7.5bn loss
Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 01/05/2010
» The Thai tourism industry lost about 7.5 billion baht in March and April due to political unrest, according to estimates by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).
Tweet and peep
Database, Published on 28/04/2010
» Your TOT announced plans to set up a 3G network to provide service to tourists; luckily for some TOT executives, the planned network will cost 20 billion baht, shared among a consortium of Ericsson, Nokia, Siemens and, well, you should be ashamed of having such a suspicious mind; the tourist-only network would cover Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Phuket if TOT gets permission, and the controlling company would be the No 5 yuppiephone network SuthepNet, aka Thai Mobile.