BANGKOK, Dec 23, 2010 (Xinhua via COMTEX) — With the rising popularity of digitally mobile devices, Thailand now turns to hand-held electronic equipment to promote its tourism. The state Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) on Thursday officially launched its mobile application to promote the country’ s tourism, a campaign known as “Amazing Thailand”, on popular […]
Capping off a year of stellar growth in Thailand, Facebook just hit a major milestone in passing 6.5 million members in the country. The stat is significant as it means that more than one in ten of Thailand’s population (officially 63.5 million) is – on average – registered on the service, a huge increase which […]
Fernandes promises region-wide service AirAsia is jumping into the telecom business in Thailand with the aim of revolutionising the industry under the tagline “Now Everyone Can Talk”. Asia’s largest low-cost airline signed a 49:51 joint-venture deal last week with a group of Thai investors to establish Tune Talk Thailand Co. The company, with 100 million […]
Bangkok, Dec 13, 2010 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) Alcatel-Lucent announced today that True, Thailand’s leading telecommunications conglomerate, successfully conducted a field trial carrying 100 gigabit per second Ethernet (100GE) traffic, over its existing IP/MPLS network, which is based on Alcatel-Lucent service routing technology. The trial successfully demonstrated that Alcatel-Lucent’s 100GE interfaces support and sustain 100Gbps, […]
A hard up University computer science graduate set up a fake Facebook account using a celebrity’s name and defrauded many victims of several hundred thousand baht. Bangkok, the 4th of December 2010: At 10.00 pm on Saturday, Police Colonel Wattana Yee Jin and his team announced the arrest of Miss Sukanya Saichompoo, 23, on charges […]
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 24 (UPI) — Thailand has ordered seven military aircraft and a missile system from Sweden in a deal worth nearly $288 million. The purchase is the second phase of the military cooperation agreement between the two countries which began in 2008, when Thailand placed its first order for six Gripen fighters. Sweden’s […]
Facebook Messages Bridges Email, texting and Chat Facebook is rolling out a transformational new feature called Facebook Messaging that combines email, texting and chat in a way that takes advantage each platform’s strengths, yet remains part of a single conversation. Of course messaging has always been a part of Facebook. You’ve been able to send […]
BANGKOK, 11 November 2010 (NNT) – The Royal Thai Air Force has set up a panel to investigate into a charge that one of its officer has committed a serious offence of lese majeste. Air force spokesman Monthon Satchukorn has disclosed that one of its officers, Sqn Ldr Chanin Khlaikhlung, of the Aeronautical Engineering Directorate, […]
