BANGKOK, May 8 – The official website of Thailand’s Office of the Prime Minister was hacked today with the name and title of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra replaced with messages attacking the premier herself. Impolite messages written in English were posted by anonymous hackers identifying themselves only as “Unlimited Hack Team!!!”. The group however denied […]
BANGKOK, April 24 – Information technology and software on logistics will be more accessible to Thai industrialists to reduce their costs and prepare them for regional trade when Southeast Asia becomes a single economic community in 2015, it was reported today. The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) and the Software Industry Promotion Agency (SIPA) announced […]
Bangkok police have started to take drunk driving more seriously. Apart from traffic tickets issued at checkpoints, drunk drivers will now likely face public embarrassment, as their photos will be posted on Facebook. Read more: coconuts.co
BANGKOK, 19 April 2013 (NNT) – The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has not been able to endorse the 3G licenses of three mobile phone service providers as conclusions are yet to be drawn on three issues related to their services. The three issues concerning the 3G licenses which the NTC was unable to conclude consist […]
TrueVisions screens will turn blank on April 19, from midnight to 8am, for a new channel lineup, according to a commissioner of the National Broadcasting Telecommunications Commission. Supinya Klangnarong said in her tweets that the cable TV operator asked for the temporary service halt on the day. Read more: The Nation
BANGKOK, 29 March 2013 (NNT) – The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has urged all mobile network operators to be prepared for an energy crisis in April after Myanmar announced to close its gas pipelines for maintenance. NBTC Secretary-General Thakorn Tanthasit said the commission had sent a letter to all wireless service providers to […]
Riding on the popularity of last month’s launch of iSnap, the Nation News smart-phone application has recorded 300,000 downloads, making it one of the most popular news apps in Thailand. Part of the Nation Multimedia Group’s three national newspapers – The Nation, Kom Chad Luek and Krungthep Turakij – iSnap augments the newspaper experience by […]
BANGKOK, 26 February 2013 (NNT) – Radio Thailand celebrates its 83rd anniversary of radio broadcasting in Thailand on Tuesday, under the slogan “83rd year of radio broadcasting, stepping towards ASEAN”. Activities were held this morning at the National Broadcasting Station of Thailand on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road to celebrate the event. They included a religious merit-making […]
