Cable thieves blacked-out Pattaya-Rayong motorway

CHON BURI: Police have arrested two men for the theft of power cables along the Pattaya-Rayong motorway that shut down the CCTV system along the inter-provincial highway last month. Cable theft gang busted in Ubon Ratchathani CHON BURI: Police have arrested two men for the theft of power cables along the Pattaya-Rayong motorway that shut […]

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Removal of overhead cables to begin on Bangkok’s Charoen Krung Road

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has joined hands with the Metropolitan Electricity Administration (MEA) to reorganise overhead cables along Charoen Krung Road, by removing unused cables, in a renewed bid to improve Bangkok’s environment. Overhead cables in Bangkok being moved underground The attempt by the city administration to relocate the cables underground has stalled, after […]

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Overhead cables in Bangkok being moved underground

BANGKOK (NNT) – Messy overhead cables that have long been a familiar sight in Thailand’s cities are becoming less and less noticeable. The Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry is continuing to work with the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to replace overhead telecom cables with their underground counterparts. This effort will reportedly ease internet service […]

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Cable theft gang busted in Ubon Ratchathani

UBON RATCHATHANI: Three men have been arrested for stealing cables and wires from various spots in the Nakhon Ubon Ratchathani Municipality and selling them to junk shops, Pol Col Thanapan Padungkan, commander of the Muang police station, said at a press conference on Monday. He said the first man in the gang, Thammasat Buachoom, 38, […]

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Electrical lines and cables going underground in Korat

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Workers on Saturday began removing power poles from some main roads in Nakhon Ratchasima as part of a project to move electrical wires and cables underground. Chumphon and Ratchadamnoen roads are the first two locations chosen by the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) for the “wireless city” project in the Northeast’s largest municipality. Full […]

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