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Office highlights significant shift in population structure
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 16/02/2026
» Thailand is facing a significant shift in population structure as the growth rate has decelerated to only 0.42%, according to the National Statistical Office.
IoT tech to collect real-time weather data
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 04/08/2022
» The Meteorological Department is gearing up to adopt Internet of Things (IoT) devices to collect weather-related data which can be reported in real time, and work with the telecom regulator to send weather warnings to people via SMS messages.
MCOT asks NBTC to pay off Playwork
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 02/02/2021
» State-owned public broadcaster MCOT has requested the telecom regulator deliver partial compensation for the 2600-megahertz spectrum recall to its former pay TV partner Playwork directly, instead of letting it be responsible for dividing and providing the sum to the company.
Dodgy ads under new fire
News, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 21/01/2021
» The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) is teaming up with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in a new fight to curb exaggerated advertisements, which are on the rise again.
Firms leery of draft for satellite slots
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 08/12/2020
» A draft plan for the allocation of rights to use satellite orbital slots has come under fire for several loopholes that some potential bidders said make them reluctant to join the bids.
FB told to apologise for 'mistranslation'
News, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 31/07/2020
» The Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry has sent an urgent letter to Facebook in Singapore and Thailand, demanding the social media giant take responsibility over a mistranslated headline from English into Thai about the live broadcasting ceremony to celebrate the King's birthday seen on several media Facebook pages on Tuesday.
NBTC warns AWN on data breach
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 27/05/2020
» The telecom regulator has handed an official warning letter to a subsidiary of Advanced Info Service (AIS), urging it to strictly ensure cybersecurity and data protection after the firm accidentally exposed its database of 8 billion internet records online without a password during a scheduled test earlier this month.
DES grilled over high WiFi scheme budget
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 11/02/2020
» The Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry has come under heavy fire after it sought a high budget of 7.5 billion baht for the five-year maintenance of its WiFi hotspot project covering 24,700 remote villages, known as the Net Pracharat scheme.
Siri slates autonomous car test drives for last quarter
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 07/08/2019
» Siri Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of property developer Sansiri Plc, is set to launch the country's first commercial test drives for autonomous cars by the fourth quarter, in collaboration with AIROVR, a Thai autonomous car developer, and the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA).
Sansiri adds AI, IoT and blockchain
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 08/03/2019
» SET-listed developer Sansiri Plc plans to spend 600 million baht to leverage new technologies -- artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT) and blockchain -- for operations this year with its partners.