How is the growth in mobile traffic affecting the requirements for network upgrades?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Wichian Mektrakarn, CEO, Advanced Info Service (AIS) from The Report: Thailand 2012
Articles & Analysis | More, please: Upcoming 3G auction to help meet rising demand for data services from The Report: Thailand 2012
While still facing a degree of regulatory uncertainty in 2011, the telecoms sector continued to expand rapidly during the course of the year, backed by strong demand for voice and data services. By the close of 2011 voice penetration had reached 15% in fixed-line (9.8m subscribers) and 109% in mobile (73.7m), according to the Ministry of Information...
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Anudith Nakornthap, Minister of Information and Communication Technology from The Report: Thailand 2012
How is the ministry seeking to accommodate the rapid growth in demand for data services?
Articles & Analysis | Growing up: Services play an increasingly important role in a market that already has a strong hardware segment from The Report: Thailand 2012
The economy’s sizeable industrial cluster of electronics production has contributed to making Thailand’s IT sector one of the most dynamic, even by the region’s high standards. Its global leadership in hard drive and computer production, for instance, has provided fertile ground for software developers. Meanwhile, local demand continues to signal a...
Articles & Analysis | Expanding broadband: Moves afoot to enable the sector to reach its full potential from The Report: Thailand 2012
While the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) has promoted ADSL connections since the first national information and communications technology (ICT) plan (2002-08), significant growth in broadband services only started in 2006 as fixed-line operators extended their copper network in larger urban areas. “Broadband penetration...
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Suphachai Chearavanont, President & CEO, True Corporation from The Report: Thailand 2012
What is the outlook for mobile penetration in Thailand over the medium term? To what extent is growth in the data services segment outpacing the voice portion of the market?