As Thailand's natural gas runs low and as oil imports increase, the country is aggressively promoting new sources of energy and encouraging the increased use of alternative fuels. Furthermore, over time, Thailand’s alternative energy goals have become more ambitious. The Renewable Energy Development Plan (REDP), released in 2009, called for 20%...
Is there scope for investment in Thailand’s downstream petrochemicals and refining industry?
The telecommunications market in Thailand is one of the more complicated in the world. Because of its history and the way it evolved with changing technologies – and changing politics – a regulatory bottleneck formed that held back development and kept the market from advancing as fast as its regional competitors. However, despite complications...
What are the prospects for the launch of a 4G network in Thailand and what impact will it have?
After years of rapid economic expansion and population growth, Thailand’s education system is facing strong challenges in areas such as quality and enrolment, the rural-urban divide, links between business and academia, and policy continuity. Recognising the scale of these challenges, the education minister, Chaturon Chaisaeng, commented in...
transferring data via fibre wire as opposed to copper wired ADSL services. Moreover, for the fixed-line market, broadband nodes are being located closer to households than ever before, meaning the speeds on offer have increased notably.
In terms of the wireless market, the jump in data activity that has arisen from the growing penetration of...
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