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No sex please, We're Thai
Brunch, Andrew Biggs, Published on 28/02/2010
» As I write this, a Thai soap opera is going on in the background on my non-flat television. A handsome man in a dirtied shirt is staggering and holding a gun. He is clearly distressed - not through any acting talents, god forbid, but his shirt isn't tucked in and that's a dead giveaway in any Thai soap. His hair remains perfectly combed, and facial features remain as rigid as those of a khunying shuffling out of an Emporium botox clinic.
Revolution through theatre
Outlook, Samantha Deavin, Published on 17/02/2010
» The word revolution brings to mind mutiny and rebellion. While there are no guns blazing, revolution is exactly what Khru Chang, owner of Moradokmai Home School and founder of the Pathum Thani International Theatre Festival, is trying to achieve - one of the education system.
Mobile apps set for meteoric rise
Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 17/02/2010
» Smart phone fever, spread over a number of platforms, is opening new opportunities for mobile operators and software developers to gain revenue from applications.
Out of the blue
Database, Published on 17/02/2010
» PM's Office Minister Sathit Wongnongtoey decided right out of the blue to call on the Magnificent Seven to get their act together and press ahead with an auction of third-generation phone bandwidth, and to heck with the consequences, constitution and so on; the National Telecommunications Commission, in his opinion, needs to move along because the public needs 3G. The National Telecommunications Commission chuckled at Mr Sathit, and made another decision to delay another project, this one the application by No 1 yuppiephone network Advanced Info Service of Shingapore to fire up its proposed roaming service with your TOT; the problem was so important that the NTC gave it to a deputy secretary, Thakorn Boonyasith, who said the proposed new TOT-AIS hookup could violate the terms of the old TOT-AIS concession; AIS wants to suck up most of the TOT's 3G bandwidth, such as it is, in return for which it will allow other customers to use AIS facilities for calls outside the small corner of Bangkok where 3G is actually available.
Getting creative
Database, Published on 10/02/2010
» No 1 yuppiephone network Advanced Info Service of Shingapore issued an "Oh yeah?" challenge to you No 1 state-owned G3 provider, TOT, to wit: If you don't let AIS use your 3G services, we won't let any of the TOT subscribers use AIS networks for calling outside the 3G area - meaning about 99.8 percent of Thailand; to rehash the story up to now: AIS has no 3G service but lusts after it, while TOT has installed some 3G carriers for a few thousand users in a couple of corners of Bangkok, and may have some service in Pattaya within a few months, or so.
GM says Nokia's future lies in selling experiences
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 10/02/2010
» Nokia has launched its new X6 smart phone with its first finger-friendly capacitative touch screen aimed at music-sharing youth and firmly painted its future as a services company, not just a phone maker.
Maemo is like a PC in your pocket, but it cries out for a mouse
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 03/02/2010
» Nokia has pinned its future hopes on two platforms. First, the new Symbian, not to be confused with the current commercial Symbian that Nokia bought, and the other, Maemo, which has been through a few iterations already in a series of Internet tablets before finding its home in its first proper phone, the AIS-exclusive N900.
Sars wars - The death of a Zombie
Brunch, Andrew Biggs, Published on 31/01/2010
» It is 9:30am in a hotel in the far, far northeast of Thailand, last Sunday to be exact. In 15 minutes I have to be onstage to give a speech, and I have detoured into the hotel's all-you-can-eat buffet breakfast.
New media to continue growing inimportance
Database, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 20/01/2010
» New media will play a more significant role in people's daily lives and offer new opportunities to society, but privacy and security will become matters of greater concern.
Voiz+ package makes life easier for travellers
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 20/01/2010
» Voiz+ has just made life a whole lot easier for businessmen who travel a lot to avoid roaming charges with its anti-roaming service that combines VoIP, normal pre-paid phones and smart phone capabilities to help save you money.