Thailand's National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) is stepping up its efforts to curb illegal activities facilitated by mobile telecom signals along the country's borders. This comes in light of a rise in criminal activities like call center fraud and unlawful online gambling which negatively affect the economy, national security, and international relations.

 

The NBTC recently held an urgent meeting with private telecom operators, asking them to adjust or remove mobile signal directions to ensure coverage is strictly limited to Thailand. This is meant to prevent criminals residing near the border areas from using these signals for illegal activities. Additionally, telecom operators have been asked to keep track of and report any abnormal increases in internet traffic, especially in areas notorious for these criminal activities.

 

These new measures form part of a larger government strategy to control cybercrime, necessitating regular weekly updates from operators on their compliance. The action is in response to an national directive issued on 1st April which calls for definitive action and measurable results in combating the prevalent problem of online fraud. This problem has recently come under increased scrutiny due to a rise in online fraud complaints all over the country.

 

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-- 2024-05-06

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17 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

asking them to adjust or remove mobile signal directions to ensure coverage is strictly limited to Thailand.

Almost completely impossible  to limit electromagnetic signals to a countries border.

Enclosing the whole of Thailand in a faraday cage would work  but not so good for the tourism industry.

Of course they know its impossible  but will use this excuse along with any other to impose more stringent controls on phone users internet users and the service providers.

13 hours ago, johng said:

Almost completely impossible  to limit electromagnetic signals to a countries border.

Enclosing the whole of Thailand in a faraday cage would work  but not so good for the tourism industry.

Of course they know its impossible  but will use this excuse along with any other to impose more stringent controls on phone users internet users and the service providers.

yes its  just another step down the dreadful digital highway where everything you do, think, write or breath is known so they can constantly get back at you, wise up avoid this digital spying

It is possible to reduce the overspill of the base station signal over the border by careful adjustment of sectoral antennas.

 

Most of those call centers are operating from North Myanmar.

That sucks for us non-criminals though. I like to have Thai mobile connectivity in the border areas and somewhat beyond.