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Communications war room set up in the South
News, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 27/11/2025
» Digital Economy and Society Minister Chaichanok Chidchob has ordered a 24-hour war room be set up to monitor flooding in the South — particularly in Hat Yai district of Songkhla — and ensure uninterrupted telecommunications services for people seeking assistance.
Thailand rejects Starlink offer due to ownership hurdle
Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 14/11/2025
» The Digital Economy and Society Ministry has rejected a proposal from SpaceX to provide Starlink low-orbit satellite internet services in Thailand through a 100% foreign-owned company, citing national security concerns and legal restrictions.
US calls for access to Thai telecom market
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 29/08/2025
» Management of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) disagrees in principle with a US demand that Thailand should fully open up the local telecom market to foreigners, especially satellite services, as part of recent tariff negotiations.
Ministry tackles LEO satellite misuse
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 18/02/2025
» The Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry will consider as an urgent agenda item the case of scammers using low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellites to create internet connectivity for their operations.
Call for probe of criminal use of satellites
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 17/02/2025
» A member of parliament is urging the government to set up a working group to study the potential impacts of low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity from two large companies, noting that call centre gangs on Thailand's borders might use them to connect to the internet and support their activities.
NBTC official bullish on spaceport potential
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 05/09/2024
» A commissioner of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) is encouraging Thailand to become a rocket launch site for sending satellites into space, aiming to pave the way for the country to become Asean's first spaceport.
Fraud raid seizes 58 satellite devices
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 19/06/2024
» The Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry and related agencies have seized 58 sets of Starlink satellite equipment that fraudsters intended to use for receiving and transmitting high-speed internet signals via satellite, as part of efforts to crack down on online crime.
NBTC approves Starlink internet project
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 02/01/2024
» The board of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has approved Starlink conducting a trial project to provide a high-speed internet service with Prince of Songkla University on a Ku-band satellite channel.
NT to utilise ground station facilities
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 18/07/2023
» State-owned telecom enterprise National Telecom (NT), in partnership with low earth orbit (LEO) satellite company OneWeb, has requested the telecom regulator's permission to provide gateway station facilities to serve a foreign satellite.
TOT chipping in with SpaceX funding
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 07/10/2020
» State telecom enterprise TOT, through collaboration with strategic satellite business partner Mu Space and Advanced Technology, plans to invest 10 billion baht in the next funding round of US rocket company SpaceX's low Earth orbit (LEO) Starlink satellite project in early 2021.