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Challenges ahead for telco firms
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 29/12/2010
» The new Frequency Allocation Act has failed to keep up with technology according to an NTC commissioner while all the major telcos agree that concession conversion is needed for a level playing field and to prepare the industry for imminent AFTA and WTO trade liberalisation.
Survey reveals huge redundancy
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 29/12/2010
» Thailand is already swamped with fibre-optic cables connecting every district and does not need to spend on yet another next generation network (NGN) project. Instead, work should focus on using the idle existing networks and building out the last mile to the villages and homes, according to academics from Thammasat University's Faculty of Economics.
Symantec boosts authentication
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 17/11/2010
» After 27 years of providing security for end points, Symantec has launched a new logo and acquired a number of companies that together will provide the trust, strong identity and encryption it needs to protect a world where servers are virtualised and are somewhere in the cloud outside of the company's data centre and where CIOs need to be responsible for data that flows readily to their employee's personal smart phones.
Brocade mulling move into IP networking space
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 17/11/2010
» BALI, INDONESIA : Brocade, ruler of the SAN (storage area network) in the data centre is looking to move into the IP networking space to bring data-centre class resiliency, security and performance to the greater Internet as the explosion of connectivity continues.
Peering through the dust that's settled over 3G
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 06/10/2010
» So now that the 3G dust is settling, one is left to ponder what happened. Finally, after almost two years of dithering, ToT is moving ahead with its 3G network.
The task of restoring investor confidence
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 01/09/2010
» Thailand has a unique history when it comes to the telecommunications sector.
Marketing depts ready for change
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 04/08/2010
» Every marketing department agrees that social media is changing marketing, but few are quite sure what the change will entail. Speaking to journalists in Bangkok, Nick Smith, global managing director for marketing transformation at Accenture, spoke of a survey of 400 CMOs (chief marketing officers), 20 percent of which are in the Asia-Pacific region, and how only 18 percent believe they are ready for change.
Amendments needed to avert 3G disaster
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 21/07/2010
» It will be a disaster if the 3G bid goes ahead now without amendments. Operators have a choice either to boycott the auction, or to sign a document they have no intention of abiding by - in other words, doing things the Thai way. The problem stems from three clauses added at the last moment, after the last hearing and appearing in the final draft for the auction information memorandum (IM) calling for the return of frequency; for no core network and for no roaming from 2G to 3G.
Johnsen calls for clarification
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 21/07/2010
» There is a need to restructure the telco industry and move on from the era of concessions and revenue sharing. It should happen now, before the 3G auction, as the cost of proceeding with an auction on top of this regulatory mess now to fix it at a later date will be much higher than a six-month delay today.
Thailand needs more than propaganda stunts
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 14/07/2010
» Last week, two leaders each separately took their own big steps to crowdsourcing - tapping into public intelligence - to find a way out of the mess they were in.