Regulator orders network expansion to support working from home in Thailand

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By Subhabhong Rarueysong

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) and the Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry have instructed telecom operators to oversee the quality of their network bandwidth to support more users working from home.

 

NBTC acting secretary-general Trairat Viriyasirikul said mobile and internet service providers have to ensure the availability of an internet signal to support people working from home and field hospitals following a fresh wave of infections.

 

He said communication is important during crisis and service providers must scale capacity as well as maintain and repair equipment to ensure networks are continuously available.

 

Meanwhile, DES Minister Chaiwut Thanakhamanusorn said the ministry had directed National Telecom (NT) to support the installation of WiFi and IP Phone systems as well as CCTV cameras at field hospitals catering to Covid-19 patients. The installation of such equipment was made at 11 field hospitals countrywide from April 17-18.

 

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[Surelynot]

In terms of connectivity Thailand seems to be up there with the rest.......much better than the UK.

[brucegoniners]

So after all these years they realized they have a problem? That's hilarious!

 

If you people would allow private companies to build an international gateway the internet would be much faster.

 

Instead we're all beholden to the government's gateway, which aint great.

[bangon04]

So now they can order an improvement to the wifi / internet connectivity / coverage??? The question is why do they need to be ordered to do this, and why have they refused/failed to bother to do this before?