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CK Power earns regional recognition from FinanceAsia
Published on 18/07/2025
» CK Power Plc, a leading renewable energy producer in Southeast Asia, has been awarded the Bronze Award for Best Managed Company in the Asia’s Best Companies Poll 2025 by FinanceAsia, a financial publication based in Hong Kong.
Telecom spectrum in few private hands sparks national concern
Published on 11/07/2025
» As digital technology becomes the backbone of Thailand’s economy and society, the nation’s telecom spectrum—deemed a strategic public asset under Section 60 of the Constitution—is increasingly concentrated in the hands of just a few private companies. This shift, driven by recent mergers and spectrum auctions, has raised alarms over consumer rights, service quality, and national security.
Specialists urge revamp of state procurement process
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 04/07/2025
» Technical experts have urged an overhaul of the bidder qualification criteria for government auctions to prevent registration system collapses for state projects with a massive amount of registrants.
Department of Land Transport warns against fake licence plates available on social media
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 02/07/2025
» The Department of Land Transport (DLT) is cautioning the public about a proliferation of fake licence plates being sold on social media platforms, particularly through live streams on Facebook and TikTok.
Trade deal optimism lifts Asian shares
Published on 28/06/2025
» RECAP: Most Asian stock markets rose on Friday, and a gauge of global equities reached another record high, on trade-deal optimism and increased expectations for US interest-rate cuts this year.
Thailand's cleaner grid is within reach
Oped, Rapeepat Ingkasit, Published on 11/06/2025
» Thailand is approaching a pivotal moment in shaping its energy future. The draft Power Development Plan 2024 (PDP2024) -- currently awaiting finalisation -- outlines the country's power strategy for the next two decades. But as it stands, the draft leans heavily on legacy thermal infrastructure, including continued reliance on fossil fuels.
Top Thai wind power firm plans B65bn expansion
Published on 29/05/2025
» Thailand’s largest wind power producer plans to spend 65 billion baht to almost triple generating capacity over the next 12 years, and will go public to fund the expansion.
Thailand's Administrative Court can't make ex-PM Yingluck pay rice compensation
Published on 26/05/2025
» The Administrative Court says it has no authority to order former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to pay 10 billion baht in compensation for her administration's failed rice-pledging scheme, noting that it is the responsibility of other authorities to do so.
Mobile operators need competition
News, Published on 31/03/2025
» Thailand's mobile communications market has two service providers with an equal share of customers. In economic terms, it is a symmetric duopoly. This is the worst market structure because the two can easily discipline each other to limit competition: "I'll match any lower price you set; I'll limit 5G and 6G investment if you do." This reciprocity limits competition in price and quality, which helps the carriers' shareholders but harms consumers, especially in the long run, through slower innovation in a critical infrastructure industry.
Oil auctions herald new Thai supplies
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 07/03/2025
» Authorities are hopeful for the development of nine new petroleum fields to increase long-term energy supply in Thailand, following an official invitation for investors to apply for an auction for onshore petroleum exploration and production licences.