Thailand Ministry of Information and Communication Technology
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Abbreviation
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 ICT), was established on the 3 October 2002. The Ministry is headed by a Minister of State, currently Anudith Nakornthap of the Pheu Thai Party.

Public Companies

  • TOT Public Company Limited
    TOT (Thailand)
    TOT Public Company Limited is a Thai state-owned telecommunications company. Originally established in 1954 and corporatized in 2002, TOT used to be known as the Telephone Organization of Thailand and TOT Corporation Public Company Limited. TOT's main line of business is fixed line telephony,...

  • CAT Telecom Public Company Limited
    CAT Telecom
    CAT Telecom Public Company Limited is the state-owned company that runs Thailand’s international telecommunications infrastructure, including its international gateways, satellite, and submarine cable networks connections. As of February 2008, it had 5,562 employees.-Services:Until recently, CAT...

  • Thailand Post Company Limited
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Looking forward

Following the 2011 Thai general election victory of the Pheu Thai Party, the new Minister, Group Captain Anudith Nakornthap, voiced readiness to push forward the ICT policy of his party. Prime Minister (and former president of Advanced Info Service
Advanced Info Service
Advanced Info Service PCL is Thailand's largest GSM mobile phone operator with 28.8 million customers as of February 2010. Founded in April 1986, AIS started off as a computer rental business...

) Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra
Yingluck Shinawatra
Yingluck Shinawatra , or nickname Pu , is a Thai businesswoman and politician, member of the Pheu Thai Party, and the 28th Prime Minister of Thailand following the 2011 general election...

 envisions building internet data centres nationwide to accommodate emerging smart card
Smart card
A smart card, chip card, or integrated circuit card , is any pocket-sized card with embedded integrated circuits. A smart card or microprocessor cards contain volatile memory and microprocessor components. The card is made of plastic, generally polyvinyl chloride, but sometimes acrylonitrile...

 technology. IDCs could help citizens with smart ID card
Identity document
An identity document is any document which may be used to verify aspects of a person's personal identity. If issued in the form of a small, mostly standard-sized card, it is usually called an identity card...

s to access different state agencies. The smart ID card was a project of her brother, former Prime Minister Thaksin
Thaksin Shinawatra
Thaksin Shinawatra is a Thai businessman and politician, who was Prime Minister of Thailand from 2001 to 2006, when he was overthrown in a military coup....

.

The party campaigned on a pledge of free public WiFi
WIFI
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 and One Tablet per Child
Tablet computer
A tablet computer, or simply tablet, is a complete mobile computer, larger than a mobile phone or personal digital assistant, integrated into a flat touch screen and primarily operated by touching the screen...

. Thai Internet technology companies hope the project will promote Thailand as a tablet manufacturing base exporting to Asean, and that the new ICT Minister will push for broadband internet prices of 300 baht
Thai baht
The baht is the currency of Thailand. It is subdivided into 100 satang . The issuance of currency is the responsibility of the Bank of Thailand.-History:The baht, like the pound, originated from a traditional unit of mass...

 (11 USD) per month, half the current rate, to increase accessibility and support the local ICT industry at large. Somkiat Ungaree, honorary president of the Association of the Thai Software Industry
Software Park Thailand
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 (ATSI), applauded the government's school tablet project in expectation of benefit to local software development.

The new ICT Minister also went record to declare (in translation)

See also

  • List of ministries of Thailand
  • Censorship in Thailand
    Censorship in Thailand
    Freedom of speech in Thailand was guaranteed in the articles 39, 40, 41 in the 1997 Constitution.According to those articles, censorship may be imposed to preserve national security, maintain public order, preserve the rights of others, protect public morals, and prevent criticism of the royal...


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