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Challenges ahead for telco firms
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 29/12/2010
» The new Frequency Allocation Act has failed to keep up with technology according to an NTC commissioner while all the major telcos agree that concession conversion is needed for a level playing field and to prepare the industry for imminent AFTA and WTO trade liberalisation.
Thai robots clash for shot at world championship
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 08/12/2010
» The Asian Institute of Technology played host to the Thailand iNexus robot championship that would select representatives to compete in the global championships at Techfest, hosted by the Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai on Jan 7-9.
Let the humanoid race begin
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 08/12/2010
» Applicants are now being accepted for the national round of the Robocup humanoid soccer championship, with 1.7 million baht of backing from Seagate. The winner will represent Thailand in the world Robocup Soccer 2011 championship in Turkey.
Salesforce as Goliath vs IBM as David
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 29/09/2010
» The world of enterprise software is not unlike Thai politics. One day, you have Marc Benioff, CEO of salesforce.com, and his team of merry men lashing out at Oracle, with some of his staff calling the Oracle-Sun merger a marriage of dinosaurs.
Amendments needed to avert 3G disaster
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 21/07/2010
» It will be a disaster if the 3G bid goes ahead now without amendments. Operators have a choice either to boycott the auction, or to sign a document they have no intention of abiding by - in other words, doing things the Thai way. The problem stems from three clauses added at the last moment, after the last hearing and appearing in the final draft for the auction information memorandum (IM) calling for the return of frequency; for no core network and for no roaming from 2G to 3G.
Johnsen calls for clarification
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 21/07/2010
» There is a need to restructure the telco industry and move on from the era of concessions and revenue sharing. It should happen now, before the 3G auction, as the cost of proceeding with an auction on top of this regulatory mess now to fix it at a later date will be much higher than a six-month delay today.
The few hopes and many frustrations of a telco boss
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 16/06/2010
» Everything stopped after the latest round of public hearings. The key points that have led to the delay are the mixed political signals regarding concession conversion (ending 2G concessions and turning them into licenses) and the migration to 3G, and the effect this would have on the revenue streams of CAT and ToT. Then there was the question of the legitimacy and power of the caretaker National Telecommunications Commission (NTC). This had to be referred to the Council of State and things got bogged down there.