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Call for digital rejig to unlock full benefits of AI
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 30/12/2025
» Thailand needs to address structural bottlenecks to improve its digital competitiveness, create innovation and fully leverage the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI).
Thailand slips in digital competitiveness index
Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 07/11/2025
» Thailand has slipped one spot to 38th out of 69 economies in the World Digital Competitiveness Ranking 2025 by the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), attributed to a slide in the country’s technology ranking from 23rd to 29th.
Digital reciprocity on the horizon
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 28/10/2025
» The US-Thailand framework for an agreement on reciprocal trade is expected to establish a robust foundation for digital reciprocity, empowering American investments in Thailand -- including strategic data centre deployments.
Online complaints surge by 20% as threats spread
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 18/09/2025
» The Electronic Transactions Development Agency (Etda) has reported a sharp rise in online complaints during the first eight months of 2025, with more than 27,000 cases filed, an increase of 20.1% year-on-year.
Thailand dips in innovation index
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 18/09/2025
» Thailand's ranking in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2025 dropped to 45th out of 139 economies from 41st last year, attributed to changes in the methodological framework, the rapid improvement of competitor economies, and declining rankings in some sub-indices.
Line Man Wongnai diversifies to beauty
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 09/09/2025
» Line Man Wongnai has diversified into a new frontier -- the beauty and wellness industry -- through its recent acquisition of JERA Cloud, tapping a market worth close to 100 billion baht, while it also plans to expand into on-demand beauty services, retail and tutoring in the future.
Tools for Humanity explains it is not gathering personal data
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 04/09/2025
» Tools for Humanity (TFH), a contributor to the World project, has clarified its human verification technology does not collect people's personal data.
KMITL, AWS roll out scholarship programme
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 07/08/2025
» King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL) and Amazon Web Services (Thailand) Ltd (AWS) have jointly launched the Advanced Data Center Engineering Excellence Scholarship Programme to empower Thailand's next generation of digital engineers, enhance R&D capabilities, and position the nation as a regional leader in digital infrastructure.
BoI gets extra B10bn to cushion blow of US tariffs
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 06/08/2025
» The Board of Investment's (BoI) Competitiveness Fund has received additional funding of 10 billion baht to minimise the impact of both US reciprocal tariff policies and new global minimum tax rules from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
True IDC lands Alibaba Cloud deal
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 05/08/2025
» True Internet Data Center Co Ltd (True IDC), a local data centre and cloud services provider under Charoen Pokphand Group (CP), has been appointed the authorised distributor and managed services provider (MSP) of Alibaba Cloud in Thailand.