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Out of their league
Database, Published on 24/03/2010
» Some companies sponsor football teams to boost their image and get their name out; No 1 yuppiephone network Advanced Info Service of Shingapore is going to sponsor an entire football league to try to get the country over all that bad image the Supreme Court's decision about Thaksin Shinawatra poured on the firm; the AIS Regional League will gather 74 clubs nationwide, play 1,500 matches in total, and every member of the championship team will get a huge prize - one year of free mobile phone calls.
Dtac announces network upgrade
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 17/03/2010
» Dtac has launched its Apple iPhone 3G and 3G offerings along with the announcement of the completion of a network upgrade that means it is now the first telco to have EDGE in every cellsite nationwide, with top speeds of 120 to 200 Kbps. The telco has also launched a new series of price plans that together will see it shift over a hundred thousand iPhones to the Thai market this year.
All up in the air
Database, Published on 03/03/2010
» The most efficient and honoured minister of Information and Communications Technology in more than a year asked Chinese companies if they could design a satellite to replace the original Thaicom One; the request, signed by the Defence Ministry as well as by Ranongruk Suwanchwee herself, would call a Chinese-designed bird a Thai name, and use it to replace the satellite that Shin Corp, now of Shingapore, refuses to replace; assuming the Chinese are willing (haha) to design a satellite and deal with the canny minister, it remains to be seen whether they also would like to build, fit, launch and perhaps maintain the bird, and how that would fit in with the Defence Ministry's contention since September, 2006, that foreigners should not be involved in Thai telecoms.
3G demand surges across Indochina
Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 27/01/2010
» A surge in demand for 3G licensing in the Indochina region has brought accelerated expansion in investment from Internet gateway providers to address new market potential and present Thailand as a connecting hub in Asean.
The 3G saga continues... for the worse
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 20/01/2010
» It has been more than a month now since Thailand joined the civilised world when the Turtlephone Organisation of Thailand launched its 3G network in Bangkok and the surrounding areas. I signed up one day after launch. So, how has the experience been? How is the network? How is the customer service and billing?
Direct links with Brussels seen as untapped opportunity
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 04/01/2010
» Many of the passengers flying out of Brussels to Asia travel to and from Bangkok, creating a currently untapped opportunity for point-to-point flights, says Bernard Gustin, co-chief executive of Brussels Airlines.