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Big plans for Big Data Institute
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 22/12/2025
» The Big Data Institute (BDI) under the Digital Economy and Society Ministry has laid out its strategic direction for advancing Thailand through data and artificial intelligence (AI).
Thais look to the state for lower prices, living costs
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 12/11/2025
» More than a third of Thais expect the government to reduce living costs or control the prices of consumer goods, according to a National Statistical Office (NSO) survey.
Multiple SIM owners told to register
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 10/02/2024
» People holding more than 100 mobile SIM cards per person, comprising a group with a combined 5.89 million cards, were told to register their identity through their mobile phone operator service centre or app by Feb 14 to avoid the cards being terminated.
NBTC tightens SIM rules
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 21/11/2023
» The Office of National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) will implement new regulations by early next year requiring all mobile phone users who have more than five registered active SIM cards to re-register or verify those SIM cards at mobile operators' service centres.
Ministry, BMA panel to tackle overhead cables
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 05/07/2022
» The Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) have agreed to set up a joint committee to ramp up efforts to move overhead telecom cables underground.
NBTC reverses course on telecom infrastructure funds
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 29/11/2021
» The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) board has reversed its stance on its requirement for telecom infrastructure funds to seek telecom licences, saying these funds are just financial tools to raise capital.
State mulls ID linkages for social media
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 31/05/2021
» Security agencies and the Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry are seeking ways to supervise usage of social media and are considering linking users' registration on platforms with their ID cards as a way to combat fake news, illicit content and fraud.
AIS debuts at-home mesh WiFi
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 10/01/2020
» Advanced Info Service's (AIS) fixed broadband business, AIS Fibre, is striving to gain a foothold in the market by rolling out a new router it says ensures full speed of 1 gigabit per second on WiFi with a strong signal that covers the entire home.
National Telecom targets Q2 2020
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 05/09/2019
» The new company formed by the merger of TOT Plc and CAT Telecom is expected to start operating by the second quarter of next year, says the Digital Economy and Society (DE) Ministry.
Smart port switch flicked
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 12/01/2019
» Laem Chabang port plans to kick off a transformation process to become a smart port in 2020, starting from operations management of truck queuing via digital solutions, to lessening traffic congestion inside and around the port.