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 […]
BANGKOK, 13 September 2013 (NNT) – The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has confirmed that it is not authorized to launch a probe into a cable television company’s claim that Apple Inc violates its rights to broadcast the upcoming season of English Premier League football. Cable company CTH filed criminal charges against Apple Inc and […]
Thai Airways, Thailand’s national carrier, will equip its airplanes with WiFi connections to be used by passengers inflight. The country’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission has signaled to give the green light for WiFi to be operated on international flights, expected to start from September 2013. Read more: investvine.com
Early last night, massive attacks targeted China’s Internet, slowing access to a crawl. The Chinese .cn domain was targeted in the latest of many denial of service attacks against China. According to the China Internet Network Information Center, which manages the .cn domain, this attack was the largest of its kind. The domain was attacked […]
German non-profit organization Definetz announced on Friday the development of the ‘Defikopter’: a medical drone, launched by smartphone app, designed to be able to fly defibrillators to heart attack victims in remote areas quicker than an ambulance. The Defikopter is to be launched by an app that sends out the GPS coordinates of the victim. […]
