TCI launches call checker mobile application in Thailand

BANGKOK, 8 September 2011 (NNT) – The Telecommunications Consumer Protection Institute (TCI) has launched ‘TCI Call Checker’, a new mobile phone application allowing users to analyse their suitable mobile phone usage and appropriate promotion. According to TCI Director Medical Doctor Prawit Leesatapornwongs, the application is designed to enable consumers to analyse their mobile phone usage […]

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Thailand will have 80-85% high-speed internet coverage in four years

BANGKOK, Sept 5 -The Thai government plans to develop high speed internet service to help facilitate government services in various fields and aims to extend internet networks to cover 80-85 per cent of the country within the next four years, according to Minister of Information and Communication Technology Group Capt Anudith Nakornthap. In a seminar […]

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China Moves Toward Permanent Space Presence

China is expected to launch its Tiangong 1 space laboratory in the coming days. A country that only eight years ago put its first taikonaut (astronaut) into orbit could, in eight more years, be the only country to possess a permanently-crewed space station. Chinese media report that the Tiangong 1, or “Heavenly Palace”, is being […]

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Google Street View is Coming to Thailand

During a press conference this afternoon, the Governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and Google announced a partnership for “Promoting Thai Tourism through the use of Google Street View”. Street View in Google Maps lets you explore places through 360-degree street-level imagery, whether you’re looking at locations in your town or across the […]

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Wikileaks crashes under cyber attack

Wikileaks today announced via twitter that its website has crashed under an apparent cyber-attack; this following the recent release of tens of thousands of US State Department cables. Sources in the US say the mass-disclosure of cables is causing diplomatic setbacks, and embarrassed, for the administration of Barak Obama. These previously unreleased cables are said […]

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