Microsoft Friday reminded business and consumers in Thailand with PCs still running Windows XP that it will officially retire service and support for Windows XP in six months time, on April 8, 2014. More than 5.7 million PCs in Thailand, or 28 per cent of PCs in Thailand, are still running on Windows XP, an […]
BANGKOK, Oct 11 – Thailand is collaborating with a Geneva-based science laboratory to set up Southeast Asia’s first centre on computing grid, it was announced yesterday. The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) will sign an agreement to work closely with three Thai academic institutions – the National Science and Technology Development Agency, Chulalongkorn University […]
BANGKOK, 8 October 2013 (NNT) – The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) is preparing to hold a digital television auction by the end of this year. Speaking at the celebration of the second anniversary of NBTC, Chairman of NBTC Air Chief Marshal Thares Punsri explained that after the digital signal bidding, licenses would be […]
Total Access Communication (DTAC) officially kicked off its “1 Million Hours for Thai Children – Internet for All” project last week, an initiative to provide Internet access to 200 schools covering 80,000 students next year. The initiative is part of DTAC’s goal to provide high-quality third-generation Internet access to all Thais within the next three […]
BANGKOK, 28 September 2013 (NNT) – The National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission (NBTC) has announced that over 11 million mobile numbers across Thailand are using 3G service. According to NBTC Secretary-general Thakorn Tantasit, more than 11 million people have switched to using 3G on 2.1 GHZ since the service was offered on May 7th this […]
BANGKOK, Sept 26 – Thailand’s three telecommunications operators are honoring a price reduction requirement for their 3G services on the 2.1 gigahertz (GHz) spectrum, a senior official of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) said today. Thakorn Tantasith, NBTC secretary general, said the three companies were instructed to lower fees for voice and non-voice […]
The national telecom regulator has rejected a proposal by Total Access Communication (DTAC) to run its fourth-generation (4G) mobile broadband service under the existing concession. Read more: Bangkok Post
Tarit Pengdith, Department of Special Investigation (DSI) chief, yesterday warned Thai women to be careful of foreigners wooing them via Facebook and then duping them into wiring money. The DSI recently found that some 1,000 victims had been lured into wiring a total of Bt60 million to a Nigerian gang. Read more: The Nation By […]
