Thailand

Access to capital hampers smart city creation in the region (Bangkok Post)

Access to capital is the most critical barrier for developing smart cities in Asean nations, including Thailand, as countries struggle to find alternative sources of investment for infrastructure projects with...

Thailand

NTT aims to stay on leading edge (The Nation)

NTT Communications (Thailand) will set up an innovation lab to provide artificial intelligence (AI), internet of things (IoT) and blockchain solutions to support the manufacturing and security insurance industries. This...

Thailand

Thailand’s depa signs deal with 6 Singaporean IoT innovators (FutureIoT)

Thailand’s Digital Economy Promotion Agency (depa) has signed agreements with six regional Internet of Things (IoT) innovators for the exchange of know-how and technology. The agreements are expected to boost the agency’s Digital...

Thailand

Thailand's investment agency nods to Bt2.28 tn investment (Eleven Myanmar)

The Board of Investment (BOI) has approved investment proposals by both Thai and foreign firms of about Bt2.28 trillion for four years, with 54 per cent of them targeting the...

Thailand

Strong career prospects for digital talent: report (The Nation)

“Thailand 4.0 will continue to have a positive impact on the country and [its] employment landscape,” summed up Kristoffer Paludan, regional director at Michael Page Thailand. “We foresee a specific...

Thailand

Documents take on new meaning in digital era (The Nation)

A long-established leader in copying and document solutions, Fuji Xerox has turned to the “smart work innovation” concept to help implement the government’s policy for Thailand 4.0 and Asean Industrial...

Indonesia

Kominfo Commits to Digital Infrastructure Development (Tempo)

The Communication and Informatics (Kominfo) Minister Rudiantara revealed Indonesia’s digital infrastructure development plans in terms of investment for the next two years. “I can assure that the investment for the...

Southeast Asia

Huawei remains confident to drive digital economy in SE Asia (Eleven Media Group)

Despite the challenges it has been facing since last year, Chinese giant Huawei Technologies Co fully believes in their capability to lead the development of the fifth generation of wireless...

Thailand

Thailand tops global digital rankings (Bangkok Post)

Thailand ranked No.1 for mobile banking users, second for ownership of cryptocurrency, and third in mobile commerce, according to the Global Digital Report 2019. There are 92 million mobile subscribers, 133%...

Thailand

Central Group invests US$200 million in Grab Thailand (The Nation)

Central Group Executive Chairman and CEO, Tos Chirathivat commented, “We are pleased to announce our strategic partnership with Grab Holdings Inc, by investing US$200 million in Grab and acquiring a...

ASEAN

Summary of Discussions from Asia IoT Business Platform 2019, Singapore

Asia IoT Business Platform hosted 2019 launchpad regional event in Singapore on 15 January 2019, gathering government representatives and key enterprises from Southeast Asia. The gathering was kick-started by the keynote...

Thailand

Smart buses a priority for Democrats (Bangkok Post)

The Democrat Party rolled out its policy platform Sunday, aimed at upgrading Bangkok residents' quality of life, including a smart bus project to push for 5,000 electric buses in seven...

Southeast Asia

Powering Smart City Developments in South East Asia

Southeast Asia is expected to become the world’s 4th largest economy by 2030 with projected growth rates of 5.2% between 2018 and 2022. As urbanisation and industrialisation in ASEAN increases,...

Thailand

ETDA plans digital workforce (Bangkok Post)

The Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA) aims to attract 1 million teenagers to join the e-commerce workforce and 200,000 micro-SMEs to go online this year to boost the online economy. ...

Thailand

Grab awaits legal progress amid domination (Bangkok Post)

Ride-sharing service Grab plans to expand to key areas in Thailand in 2019, most notably Chiang Rai, hoping to achieve nationwide service in the next 2-3 years, a goal that could...

Thailand

IoT Development in Thailand - AIBP Singapore 2018 Throwback

Thailand 4.0 aims to hasten the pace of economic transformation in Thailand, shifting forward her economy to a value-based and innovation-driven economy. Under this initiative, the Thai government has identified...

Southeast Asia

The Key to TRUE Global Connectivity?

In Thailand, around 58% of the population have internet access. Most of the population that do not have internet access live in rural areas. New satellite technology may be the solution...

Thailand

Public Health Ministry pushes use of emerging technology by state hospitals (The Nation)

Hospitals under the Public Health Ministry supervision are encouraged to tap the power of emerging technologies such as IoT, Big Data and AI which could improve health services and operational systems including patient data...

Thailand

Telecoms offer digital hand to improve business performance (The Nation)

The digital transformation in Thailand is expected to attain macroeconomic scale and impact in 2019 and beyond as organisations accelerate their transformation to become a “Digital Native Enterprise”, says Phanchanok...

Thailand

Schneider Electric expanding with IoT (Bangkok Post)

France-based Schneider Electric has committed to expanding its business presence in Southeast Asia with an Internet of Things (IoT) concept called EcoStruxure. Thailand was chosen as the first country in this...