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Programmers create unlikely IT boom in Belarus
AFP, Published on 09/12/2015
» MINSK - Despite its state-controlled economy, Belarus has become an unexpected top performer in information technology, with its programmers developing such worldwide hits as the World of Tanks game and mobile messenger app Viber.
Netflix moves HQ to Netherlands from Luxembourg: premier
AFP, Published on 20/05/2014
» US video streaming service Netflix is moving its European headquarters to the Netherlands from Luxembourg, Prime Minister Xavier Bettel said on Tuesday.
Telenor to pour B34bn into Thailand
Business, Srisamorn Phoosuphanusorn, Published on 21/11/2013
» Telenor of Norway, the major shareholder of Total Access Communication (DTAC), has allocated 34 billion baht for network investment in Thailand over the next three years after the local operating unit reported continued high performance.
Italian probe alleges Google underpaid tax: report
AFP, Published on 29/11/2012
» A probe by Italian tax authorities into US Internet giant Google's Italian arm has found it failed to declare income of 240 million euros ($310 million) and pay value added tax of 96 million euros.
Belarus imposes tough new Internet curbs
AFP, Published on 06/01/2012
» Ex-Soviet Belarus unveiled tough new Internet restrictions on Friday that limit public access to opposition websites and impose fines on providers for failing to monitor their clients.
The final nail, not a new era
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 01/12/2010
» As Thailand celebrates one year of ToT's 3G network, others will mourn the passing of the Frequency Allocation Act. Instead of marking the beginning of a new dawn in Thailand's telecommunications saga, the act marks the final nail in the coffin for our short-lived attempts to reform the telecommunications sector from a 90s-style state-run concession to a modern, deregulated licensed one.
A cloudy future
Database, Published on 17/11/2010
» The House of Representatives approved the amended version of the bill which will eventually set up the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) to regulate telecoms in Thailand; the MPs voted 228-2 to pass the 13-year-old issue back to the senate, where it is possible _ don't get excited, but it is possible the bill could move forward; the new NBTC rules will be 11 members, appointed from various public and government sectors, aged below 70; it now appears there is no major hurdle to legislation setting up this body _ which by law was supposed to exist in 1997; the next hurdle will be picking the 11 very powerful, highly tempted members of the NBTC, which might not take another 13 years.
The fallout from Thaksin's judgement day and how it affects Thailand's telcos
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 10/03/2010
» Judgement day has come and gone and now mankind is left in the wake of seven hours of court judgement in minute detail of what our former Prime Minister has been up to and been found guilty of, and a lot of that revolves around the telecommunications sector.