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Pact set to boost Thai-US ties
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 30/10/2025
» Thailand's digital economy is expected to gain momentum through new trade initiatives under the US-Thailand framework for reciprocal trade and the development of the Asean Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA).
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.
McKinsey analysis homes in on 13 frontier tech trends
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 22/08/2025
» Agentic artificial intelligent (AI), application-specific semiconductors, and robotic and bioengineering innovations are emerging as the key technological forces transforming the business landscape in 2025, according to the latest report released by McKinsey & Company.
Stocks fall, oil jumps after Israeli strikes on Iran
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee & Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 14/06/2025
» RECAP: Stocks fell in most Asian markets yesterday and oil prices jumped as investors rushed to safe-haven assets after Israel attacked Iran's nuclear sites in a major escalation of tensions in the Middle East.
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.
Google tops internet table again
Business, Published on 28/12/2024
» Google has maintained its position as the most popular internet service in the world, according to the cloud connectivity company Cloudflare, which handles 25% of global internet traffic.
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.