The Thai government has approved the national broadband expansion plan drafted by the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT), according to media reports.
The plan aims to provide broadband coverage to 80% of the country’s population…
The Thai government has approved the national broadband expansion plan drafted by the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT), according to media reports.
The plan aims to provide broadband coverage to 80% of the country’s population by 2015 and to 95% by 2020 with an Internet access speed of 100 megabits per second.
The budget includes Bt 20bn (US$670m) for state-owned telcos TOT and CAT to help in the project.
Meanwhile, the country’s 3G auction process is currently on hold after CAT and TOT applied separately to the Supreme Administrative Court to stop it, claiming that under its current rules the NTC does not have the authority to award licences.
CAT and TOT also argued that the 3G auction could impact their revenues.
