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TKC targets Thai smart city development
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 08/06/2023
» SET-listed digital solutions provider Turnkey Communication Services (TKC) is joining forces with three European technology companies to tap smart building and smart city development in Thailand, in line with the government's digital transformation roadmap.
Building a brand identity
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 05/02/2022
» National Telecom (NT) is crafting a niche as an infrastructure-sharing provider, seeking partnerships to develop sustainable revenue streams in the future as its spectrum-sharing contracts with three major mobile operators are slated to expire in 2025.
DES pushes digital community centres
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 25/08/2020
» The Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry is gearing up efforts to support 2,000 digital community centres nationwide to facilitate public service access and online learning to help people have greater opportunity in the online economy.
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.
Thailand Post waives festive mail charges
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 24/12/2019
» Thailand Post will waive postage charges for New Year's cards and letters from Dec 25 to Jan 5 to rekindle the traditional way of sending best wishes via the written word as well as boost the company's image, says Digital Economy and Society (DES) Minister Buddhipongse Punnakanta.
Putting society up front at the DES Ministry
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 09/11/2019
» Without an entrenched tech background, Buddhipongse Punnakanta acknowledges that he had to study hard and learn vigorously from various experts before assuming the role of digital economy and society (DES) minister in July.
Aid for Thaicom customers raised
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 13/09/2019
» Assistance measures may need to be provided for customers of Thaicom satellites 4, 5 and 6 if the Digital Economy and Society (DE) Ministry fails to lure companies to buy the rights to these satellite assets and control stations after Thaicom's concession expires in September 2021, says the telecom regulator.
Digital Economy and Society Ministry monitoring 'suspicious' accounts
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 27/08/2019
» About 10 accounts on social media platforms are being monitored for suspicion of generating and sharing fake news that could affect the public, says Buddhipongse Punnakanta, minister of Digital Economy and Society (DE).
Minister wants to see policy continuity
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 28/05/2019
» Pichet Durongkaveroj, the digital economy and society (DE) minister, is urging his replacement to continue the government's digital infrastructure push along with its roadmap of promoting digital literacy, Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) projects and e-commerce.
DE Ministry, providers create best practices for social media
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 05/03/2019
» The Digital Economy and Society (DE) Ministry is collaborating with global social platform providers to help create best practices and handle information on social media.