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Thailand cuts all internet links to Cambodia
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/06/2025
» Thailand’s telecom regulator has has ordered all Thai operators to stop providing broadband and mobile internet connections to Cambodia, while requiring reports of SIM card sales every 15 days.
Government salutes AI industry
News, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 02/05/2024
» The government is moving to fully embrace and support the artificial intelligence (AI) industry and pave the way for digital infrastructure in the future, according to Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin.
Tackling populism at its roots
News, Diane Coyle, Published on 10/01/2024
» As Western democracies become increasingly polarised, rural and small-town voters are regularly pitted against their counterparts in larger urban centres. While this is not a new phenomenon -- and certainly not the only factor affecting voting patterns -- the rural-urban divide is a significant driver of today's culture wars. This dynamic, which economist Andres Rodriguez-Pose evocatively described as the "revenge of the places that don't matter", suggests that the ongoing populist surge largely reflects geographic disparities.
Video game competitions should be in Olympics
News, Adam Minter, Published on 30/09/2023
» The hottest sports ticket in the Asia-Pacific right now isn't for a soccer match, an NBA exhibition game or even a swim meet. It's for the medal event debut of competitive video gaming, or esports.
Maoist or not, football looks ripe for revolution
News, Matthew Brooker, Published on 28/02/2023
» It's a fair bet that not everyone will be a fan of the government's proposed English football revolution, which will create an independent regulator and push for a more equitable sharing of the revenues generated by the world's most popular soccer league. When the idea was floated in 2021, the chief executive officer of Premier League club Leeds United decried redistribution as "Maoist collective agriculturalism". That's a little rich. If you want to see an example of a sporting industry that truly embraces egalitarian principles, try starting in that well-known socialist country, the United States of America.
SBN wants end to ban on broadcast
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/11/2022
» Super Broadband Network (SBN), the provider of the AIS Playbox service, yesterday submitted a request to the Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court to revoke its order prohibiting the network from broadcasting the World Cup 2022 on its IPTV service.
New petition filed over footy broadcasting rights
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 29/11/2022
» A fresh petition has been filed with the Central Administrative Court over the broadcasting of World Cup 2022 after it was revealed that the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) signed an agreement awarding the exclusive broadcasting rights to True Corporation.
Court orders AIS Playbox not to air Fifa matches
News, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 27/11/2022
» The Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court has ordered Super Broadband Network (SBN), the provider of AIS Playbox service, not to broadcast the World Cup 2022 on its IPTV service, to protect against violation of broadcast rights held by True Corporation.
Huawei urges collaboration to unleash power of 5G
News, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 26/10/2022
» Global tech powerhouse Huawei Technologies is calling for strong collaboration among ICT players to capitalise on the power of 5G to lead a global economic recovery as businesses continue to struggle in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Youth jobless rate in region set to spike amid virus fallout
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/08/2022
» The unemployment rate among people in the Asia-Pacific aged 15-24 is projected to climb to 14.9% this year, the International Labour Organization (ILO) says.