Thailand measures to respond and mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in the digital sector - 29/05/2020
National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC)
TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Asia & Pacific | Thailand
Ensuring access to ICT: 1. Providing high speed broadband internet: CAT provides high quality internet with the speed up to 1 Gbps for medical personnel and people to be able to access information via internet and to connect CCTV system for patient monitoring to minimize direct contact with patient.2. Providing broadband access subsidies: TOT SIM for Work with free text messaging and SMS Service (...)

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Measures on social distancing for workplace and applications supporting work from home - 29/05/2020
National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC)
TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Asia & Pacific | Thailand
1. Work from home” Measure: Ministry of Digital Economy and Society in collaboration with Microsoft, Cisco, Google, Line, TOT Public Company Limited, CAT Telecom Public Company Limited, and Telecom operators has developed Work from Home platforms to allow officers and employees to work remotely minimizing their risk of COVID–19 infection by: a. Developing communication platforms: Microsoft Team, (...)

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Sustaining public health response and ensuring timely provision of assistance - 29/05/2020
National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC)
TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Asia & Pacific | Thailand
1. Thermometers for government agencies to help screen people before entering the buildings or offices, minimizing risk in terms of spread of COVID-19. 2. AI Assistant Solution, Ministry of Digital Economy and society, together with Huawei Technology (Thailand) Co. Ltd. providing AI – assisted solution with 5G technology to a hospital aiming to help diagnosis result automatically, quickly, and co (...)

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Government policy on “Working From Home” - 29/05/2020
National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC)
TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Asia & Pacific | Thailand
Office of the national Broadcasting and Telecommunications CommissionTo support the Government policy on “Working From Home”, the Office of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has worked with five telecommunication service providers to provide the following assistance during the COVID-19 outbreak to mobile users: 1. Providing extra 10GB to mobile phone users who cur (...)

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Measures to alleviate the burden of public mobile phone users during the COVID-19 period - 20/04/2020
National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission
TELECOM/ICT Policy Makers and Regulators | Asia & Pacific | Thailand
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission announced new distance learning measures through digital television. Given the spread of COVID-19, the Office of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission has allowed the Ministry of Education to use frequency bands in the broadcasting and television businesses, broadcasting in standard definition (SD) on 17 channels for (...)

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