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Cops plot '191' number for all emergencies
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 05/12/2018
» Royal Thai Police and the telecom regulator plan to launch 191 as a single national emergency smart telephone number in early 2020 to consolidate all critical emergency calls into a single platform, embedded with location-based applications and connected to nationwide CCTV.
Whiff of populism in latest schemes
Business, Published on 10/12/2018
» A tranche of seemingly populist policies has been sprouting forth from the military-led government, pointing to something much more than a bid to boost domestic demand amid a murky economic outlook.
Thai Oil poised to start Clean Fuel Project
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 06/12/2018
» SET-listed Thai Oil Plc (TOP), Thailand's biggest oil refiner by capacity, aims to proceed with investment in the Clean Fuel Project (CFP) after several years on the drawing board.
FPO proposes debt test to screen welfare smartcard recipients
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 14/12/2018
» The Fiscal Policy Office (FPO) has floated the idea of adding debt burden to the criteria in screening recipients for the government's welfare and subsidy scheme for the poor in an effort to weed out cheats.
Forcepoint: 2019 sees IoT attack surge
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 14/12/2018
» Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) attacks on a large scale through cloud infrastructure and over-reliance on artificial intelligence (AI) in cybersecurity systems are two critical risks for enterprises in 2019, says Forcepoint in its outlook for the coming year.
Revenue Department to use blockchain for probes
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 05/11/2018
» The Revenue Department plans to adopt blockchain and machine learning for tax avoidance probes, says the department chief.
Squabbling over telecom survival
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 05/11/2018
» The proposed merger of TOT and CAT Telecom is seen as the latest government effort to help the two troubled state telecom enterprises survive after the previous plan of splitting them into two new companies failed.
'Taobao Village' model sought for poor
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 07/11/2018
» Thailand plans to apply the Taobao Village model to help tackle poverty and raise community income via e-commerce and digital technology.
Smokers' shift to hike tax on loose tobacco
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 08/11/2018
» The Excise Department is going to raise the tobacco tax after dozens of smokers have switched to hand-rolled cigarettes, prices for which are far cheaper than factory-made cigarettes following enforcement of a new excise tax structure last year.
NBTC asks WHO for clarity on telecom base health risks
Business, Published on 13/11/2018
» The telecom regulator is urging the World Health Organization (WHO) to clarify whether radio-frequency electromagnetic fields emitted by telecom base stations have any effect on public health.