Communications policy and administration

The Information and Communications Technology Minister Uttama Savanayana, on September 12, will hold a meeting with relevant state agencies to discuss ways to reform the satellite industry, following the Cabinet’s recent acknowledgement of its reform proposal. The reform includes the ministry’s plan to bring the existing ...

Thaicom’s commercial satellites operating under the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission’s licensing regime will be under an Information and Communication Technology Ministry concession as well, an ICT source said. The satellites under NBTC licensing regime include Thaicom satellites 7 and 8. Any future commercial satellites to ...

The challenge to press freedom is still of concern this year, said the re-elected president of the Thai Journalists Association on 4 March. Keep reading ...

The Cambodian government has contracted the private sector to build a third submarine communications cable linking Cambodia to a major international telecommunications artery in a bid to significantly increase internet speed while helping to bring down prices. The Ministry of Post and Telecommunication signed a 25-year ...

Thailand ranked fifth out of 25 countries in Asia for cyber security risks last year, says Romanian internet security software company Bitdefender. Globally, the country’s exposure to cyberattacks was ranked 11th. The rankings were based on the quantity of malware detected, said Michal Dominik, managing director ...

The Lao language can be used in domain name systems and on the internet after the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approves its use in the middle of the year. The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and the ICANN discussed the issue at ...

Thaicom Plc’s launch of its eighth communications satellite runs the risk of being aborted by the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Ministry’s fresh order to scrutinise procedures again.  Keep reading ...

Journalists in Magwe blocked from parliament for the past five years have had their hopes of entering the chamber dashed. The previous hluttaw, dominated by Union Solidarity and Development Party representatives, refused to grant them access. But at the opening of the Magwe Region Hluttaw on ...

Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) is expected to revoke the licences of cash-strapped Thai TV Co’s two channels without further notification on 8 February. Secretary-general Takorn Tantasith said the regulator had offered the company many chances to solve its financial problems. Keep reading ...

Government officials defended Cambodia’s record on internet freedom on 3 December, despite concerns that recent and proposed legislation could curtail the rights of those speaking out online. Addressing a conference on the issue in Phnom Penh, Meas Sophorn, undersecretary of state at the Ministry of Information, ...