BANGKOK, Dec 15 – The governments free wifi service will cover 80 per cent of Thailand by May next year, according to the Information and Communications Technology Ministry (ICT). ICT Minister Anudith Nakornthap said the ministry was allocated a new budget of Bt831 million to expand the free wifi coverage which is currently available at […]
BANGKOK, Dec 12 – Tech-frenzy Thailand has up to 10.2 million LINE users, an increase of 1,150 per cent in just one year. This intriguing number, a large chunk of the total 85 million users worldwide, has grown rapidly. Lee Jin-woo, LINE Business Office senior manager of NHN Corp. and overseeing business in Thailand, stated […]
BANGKOK, Dec 8 – Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has resolved to issue third generation (3G) wireless licences to three mobile phone operators with a condition they reduce the service fees by at least 15 per cent, according to a senior committee member. Col Settapong Malisuwan, chairman of the Telecommunications Committee which is […]
BANGKOK, Dec 6 – Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has threatened to revoke the third-generation (3G) wireless licences for any of the three bid winners who refuse to lower mobile phone service fees by 15-20 per cent, a commission executive said. NBTC secretary general Takorn Tantasit said the NBTC will meet today and […]
ANGKOK, Dec 3 – Thailand’s Administrative Court today refused to rule on a request to suspend the allocation of 3G licences by the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) to three bid winners. The Office of the Ombudsman earlier asked for the court’s decision not to issue the 3G licences to the bid winners, charging […]
Research in Motion (RIM) will launch the BlackBerry 10 operating system on January 30, with BlackBerry 10 devices coming on stream within the first quarter, the company announced today at its “BlackBerry Jam Asia” event in Bangkok. Urpo Karjalainen, senior vice president and regional managing director for RIM Asia-Pacific, said BB10 was a completely new […]
Japanese multinational company Fujitsu launched a website for a dog pedometer which allows customers to monitor their dog’s health online. The device measures data while attached to the dog’s collar. Customers are also able to add more data to the website manually, then it displays the complete set of data graphically. Fujitsu launched the website […]
The music video for “Gangnam Style”, a song by South Korean artist Psy, has become the most viewed YouTube video of all time. The video, which now has over 816 million views since being uploaded in July, became the most watched after overtaking the music video for “Baby”, a song by Canadian singer Justin Bieber, […]
