Swedish national nabbed in Thailand on 20 million krona fraud case

BANGKOK, Aug 4 – Thailand’s immigration police on Thursday arrested a Swedish man who has been hiding in the kingdom for nine years after eluding warrants in Scandinavian countries on 20 million krona fraud case. Carl-Gustav Alexander Tartagni was arrested in Prachuab Khiri Khan’s seaside resort of Hua Hin after concerned agencies in Scandinavian countries […]

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Thailand Names ‘Hua-Hin’ as its ‘LUXURY MICE’ Destination to the World

Bangkok/ Thailand – Successfully positioning the Thai MICE industry on the world stage, the Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau, (TCEB), today announced “Hua Hin” as one of the five carefully selected luxurious destinations, in its latest MICE marketing initiative, especially designed for untapped niche markets. This is in parallel with the bureau’s ‘Connection Plus 2011’ […]

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AIS goes 3G in spite of legal jams

Advanced Info Service (AIS), Thailand’s largest mobile operator, has started commercial 3G wireless broadband services as part of its 10-billion-baht network expansion this year. The 3G services – running on HSPA, Edge plus and WiFi systems – will be available initially in Bangkok and nine major areas: Chiang Mai, Chon Buri, Hat Yai in Songkhla, […]

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Thailand’s DTAC Finally Approved for 3G

It’s taken 3 years with lots of accusations thrown about resulting in hurt feelings all around but CAT has now approved DTAC’s request to go live with a commercial 3G service. Up until now, DTAC has been conducting limited 3G “testing” at 36 approved sites while AIS and True Move had already received approval from […]

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