Thailand soars ahead with 5G rollout in Southeast Asia

By Joe Devanesan

 

++ With the pandemic interfering with 5G rollout plans in ASEAN, Thailand took the surprising lead with commercial 5G networks introduced before their neighbors

++ COVID-19 helped accelerate commercial 5G rollouts, kicking off with hospitals in major cities around Thailand

++ The top network operators are now introducing 5G in other commercial districts including shopping malls and the financial district

 

2020 was looking like the year 5G exploded across the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, and Southeast Asia in particular.

 

Following the successful rollouts of 5G networks and infrastructure in several trend-leading APAC countries – 2019 saw large-scale infrastructure introductions in China with 57 5G-connected cities, South Korea with 85 cities, Australia with 40-plus cities and townships, while Japan introduced commercial 5G this year – most expected Southeast Asian players like Malaysia and Singapore to be next, with numerous 5G pilot projects and trials taking off across the area, in a varied range of sectors including manufacturing, mobility, smart city projects, and more.

 

Analysts had been predicting that APAC will lead the way in 5G networks and applications, and with 1.14 billion subscribers would account for up to 65% of global 5G subscriptions by 2024. Those estimates were dramatically set back earlier this year when the coronavirus pandemic set in, starting with the Asia Pacific region.

 

Full story: https://techwireasia.com/2020/06/thailand-soars-ahead-with-5g-rollout-in-southeast-asia/

 

-- TECHWIRE ASIA 2020 06-11

Who really need 5G ?

7 minutes ago, apophyss said:

Who really need 5G ?

Me, when I'm five minutes into a movie, just getting to the good bit , after the pizza has been delivered and it starts to buffer

I don't really need it so I will buy another 4G phone later in the year.  I don't download movies,  only sometimes surf farcebook ETc,   get maybe 5 local calls a month.  Talk to the Billy Lids on Whatsapp....  I am guessing I could get by on an old 3G phone. ????

Edited June 11, 20206 yr by Grumpy John
Smelling

With Huawei devices, hmmm

once again Thailand is bowing to the chinese masters and getting the china brand 5g rushed through, imagine huawei will be giving "gifts" to those in charge for doing what they were told

They finally might have beat Cambodia.  Cambodia had 4G running long before Thailand did.   Given how close cha cha is with China, no surprise that Thailand is first .

4 hours ago, webfact said:

++ COVID-19 helped accelerate commercial 5G rollouts, kicking off with hospitals in major cities around Thailand

Anyone who stated that online over the last three months would have been called a tin-foil hat wearing conspiracy theorist. 
And yet - here we are. 

5 minutes ago, connda said:

Anyone who stated that online over the last three months would have been called a tin-foil hat wearing conspiracy theorist. 
And yet - here we are. 

No, the conspiracy theory was that 5 G causes Covid 19

This story is about Corvid 19 causing 5 G

Don’t have idea why this people wants 5G while in my village in North Chiang Mai with a big populations, with a simple rain drop they cut down light or water every days.. Make me restoring or repairing computers, aircons, freezer, phones wash machines, TV., lamps.. 

 

5G living like in a 3 world ? ????

Edited June 11, 20206 yr by Tarteso

I wonder when people start to look into EMF health problems.

They are well documented. From military all around the world.

The problem is known for a very long time and not secret at all.

 

And there are quite some Scientists and Doctors who see a possible connection between

EMF Technology and what most call Covid-19 [I am still waiting to see any scientific evidence that somebody has isolated the virus though]

4 minutes ago, Tarteso said:

Don’t have idea why this people wants 5G while in my village in North Chiang Mai with a big populations, with a simple rain drop they cut down light or water every days.. Make me restoring or repairing computers, aircons, freezer, phones wash machines, TV., lamps.. 

 

5G living like in a 3 world ? ????

Exactly why we need 5g.  The telephone lines are unreliable, and this bypasses that requirement.

 

Next:  Cheap solar solution for everyone, bypass electric lines.

2 hours ago, apophyss said:

Who really need 5G ?

Thais?

3 hours ago, apophyss said:

Who really need 5G ?

Need got nothing to do with it.

 

Who needs BMW? Or designer coffee? Or big screen TV?   Want and can pay for is what drives demand.

donald wont be happy

3 hours ago, CorpusChristie said:

Me, when I'm five minutes into a movie, just getting to the good bit , after the pizza has been delivered and it starts to buffer

That is normally got to do with the traffic on the site and not your very capable download speed.

3 hours ago, apophyss said:

Who really need 5G ?

I surely do.  

3 hours ago, yellowboat said:

They finally might have beat Cambodia.  Cambodia had 4G running long before Thailand did.   Given how close cha cha is with China, no surprise that Thailand is first .

Thought that Thailand had 4G in 2013 and Cambodia in 2014.

 

Maybe I'm wrong, or......?

3 hours ago, Grumpy John said:

I don't really need it so I will buy another 4G phone later in the year.  I don't download movies,  only sometimes surf farcebook ETc,   get maybe 5 local calls a month.  Talk to the Billy Lids on Whatsapp....  I am guessing I could get by on an old 3G phone. ????

 

The target market for the 5G are mostly the youngsters, not the 50+ technology challenged.

4 hours ago, apophyss said:

Who really need 5G ?

Doesn’t matter what your opinion is you will be exposed to it regardless if you use it or not. Welcome to the new normal.

4 hours ago, apophyss said:

Who really need 5G ?

Similar question was probably asked about the 3G not so long ago.

32 minutes ago, Venom said:

Doesn’t matter what your opinion is you will be exposed to it regardless if you use it or not. Welcome to the new normal.

 

To be honest, I am still undecided on the long term health effects of EMF Smog, and I feel that there is not enough information yet to know for sure. But you are correct that we do not get a choice as to whether or not we want to be involved in the experiment.

I need 5G because my oven does not work well so when I need to cook a roast I will just set it next to a 5G router and with-in a few hours the roast will be cooked.....

Edited June 11, 20206 yr by redwood1

1 hour ago, sscc said:

I surely do.  

Yes we could all use some extra radiation......24/7.........

4 hours ago, seajae said:

once again Thailand is bowing to the chinese masters and getting the china brand 5g rushed through, imagine huawei will be giving "gifts" to those in charge for doing what they were told

5g is not any kind of brand its a level of technology. Subsequent to 4g and 3g.

 

There's a clue there for the observant.

5 hours ago, apophyss said:

Who really need 5G ?

Not me! Huawei and QR codes-OMG!!!! I am happy with my 3G Samsung mobile.

let's see what 5G does when active on the thai people who are addicted

 

2x the radiation of microwave ovens next to your BRAIN

 

well, if you ain't have one, it will not do much damage

 

EMF radiation is like vaccine's.... everybody that have $$$ interests say it is safe

 

a bit like the smoke industry that had proof it caused cancer, but paid enough & pretended they did not know for 30 years after science said it was bad, but until that: your MD smoked CAMEL...

13 hours ago, Traubert said:

5g is not any kind of brand its a level of technology. Subsequent to 4g and 3g.

 

There's a clue there for the observant.

actually ... it is not 5G

 

it is 2x 2.4 G , so it works at  4.8 GIGAHERTZ... but hey, that does not sound as sexy as 5G

 

look up some experts that say that the increase of amplitude is more dangerous 

As AIS likes to put it on prominently displayed posters, "The future is coming for you".

 

20 hours ago, papao123 said:

With Huawei devices, hmmm

Plenty of other brand devices 5g capable already in the stores