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Thailand crowns leading smart cities
Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 21/06/2024
» Phuket has been ranked as the top province-based smart city, while the Wang Chan Valley in Rayong province was named the leading city-based smart area in the country, according to the Thailand Smart City Competitiveness Index 2023.
Radio stations face new regime amid digital rejig
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 08/06/2024
» Roughly 3,900 community radio stations will have to stop airing broadcasts after this year as analogue stations transition to a licensing regime and a digital audio broadcasting (DAB) scheme.
NBTC preps rights for satellite slots
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 23/10/2023
» The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) targets allocating the rights to use unsold satellite orbit slots by March 2024, three months later than originally planned.
Master plan amendment greenlighted
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 27/09/2023
» The board of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) voted unanimously on Sept 21 for a resolution to amend the master plan for the allocation of rights to use the country's satellite orbits.
Office mulls cloud rental fee benchmark
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 15/09/2023
» The Office of National Digital Economy and Society Committee (ONDE) is studying ways to determine benchmark rental fees for state organisations to rent cloud services from private cloud providers to facilitate their digital transformation.
NBTC preps shift to digital broadcasting
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 06/09/2023
» The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) is planning a transition of existing analogue radio stations to the digital audio broadcasting (DAB) system under its planned licensing regime.
NBTC to install digital networks at border clinics
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 15/06/2023
» The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) plans to install telecom networks in sub-district hospitals in border areas, with a budget of up to 3.8 billion baht under its Universal Service Obligation (USO) scheme.
Board of NBTC scraps telehealth
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 23/05/2023
» Board members of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) last week voted 4:3 to scrap the regulator's plan to develop the telehealth project valued at 3.8 billion baht on the grounds that the project is not in line with the objective of the NBTC's budget spending under its Universal Service Obligation (USO) project.
NBTC prioritises digital radio shift
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 26/04/2023
» The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) is pushing for the transition of analogue radio stations to digital radio from 2025, aiming to improve service standards and help stakeholders handle digital disruption.
Government preps space economy master plan
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 05/04/2023
» The government, through the Office of National Digital Economy and Society Commission (ONDE), plans to implement the first national master plan for the space economy by the end of this year.