|
 Thailand - Broadband Market
Synopsis
Thailand seems to have shrugged off its earlier hesitation about the Internet. There are signs that it is energetically embracing everything online in the marketplace. After a period of heavy dependence on dial-up, the country has finally been making a strong push into broadband services. Most significantly, some of the players have started committing significant capital to build infrastructure. There are also changes afoot in the wireless broadband market as the WiMAX licensing process gains momentum and network rollouts are started. An important start has been made on the restructuring of the regulatory side of the Internet market. Once the government's changes to the regulatory regime start to impact, there should be even greater opportunity for broadband Internet to flourish. This report takes a general look at the Thai broadband Internet market.
Last Update: 19 Oct 2009 Number of Pages: 14
Single User: USD $90.00 ex-GST View Table of Contents
Thailand - Broadcasting
Synopsis
The TV broadcasting industry in Thailand continues to wait for the country's proposed new broadcasting regulator to be put in place. Over the last few years, the government has become bogged down in the process of setting up the National Broadcasting Commission, a key element proposed in the Broadcasting Frequencies Act of January 2000. While the country already has a competitive open market, there are numerous issues to be addressed as operators continue to struggle. Issues of convergence with the telecom sector also need attention. This report presents a market overview and some relevant statistics. There is also some information on developments in Thailand's IPTV market.
Last Update: 19 Oct 2009 Number of Pages: 11
Single User: USD $80.00 ex-GST View Table of Contents
Thailand - Fixed Networks and Major Operators
Synopsis
Fixed-line services were outnumbered by mobile phone services in Thailand by a ratio of around nine to one. Nonetheless, with a teledensity of 11% in 2009, fixed-line services remain an integral part of the telecommunications environment in the country. The Ministry of Information & Communications Technology's effort to promote DSL broadband services initiated in 2004 was to see the start of a potentially enhanced role for the copper network. While reasonably good infrastructure has been put in place to support data communication services, this segment of the market only began to experience significant growth during 2006/07 and by 2009 broadband Internet penetration was still only around 3%. This report provides an overview of voice services in Thailand and looks at some of the sector's major operators.
Last Update: 19 Oct 2009 Number of Pages: 24
Single User: USD $90.00 ex-GST View Table of Contents
Thailand - Internet
Synopsis
Thailand has started to energetically embrace Internet in its many forms across the marketplace. Over the last eight years, admittedly starting from a very low base, the estimated number of Internet users in Thailand has increased sixfold. ISPs also seem to be recovering from their earlier reputation for unreliable performance and a failure to invest in improved infrastructure. Now that the government has taken the first steps to fix the regulatory regime, with CAT being sidelined from the activities of the ISPs and, most importantly, the international Internet gateway market having been opened up, there should be increased opportunities for the development of the Internet in Thailand. There is still further work to be done on the regulatory front, however. This report looks at the Thai Internet market and some of the major players involved.
Last Update: 19 Oct 2009 Number of Pages: 19
Single User: USD $90.00 ex-GST View Table of Contents
Thailand - Key Statistics, Telecommunications Market and Regulatory Overview
Synopsis
This report provides an overview of the telecommunications market in Thailand, together with a selection of the most recent available key indicators for the sector. The country's telecom industry has entered a strong growth phase. The mobile market has been a case in point; growing by substantial amounts annually, it had reached the 100% penetration milestone by mid-2009; although growth had slowed as the economy turned down in 2008/09, there had still been a solid 10% annual rate of expansion in the mobile market during first half of 2009. While the country was getting considerable benefit from a liberalised telecoms sector, there remained much work to be done on regulatory reform. It was broadly perceived that the government was no longer giving telecoms the priority it needed. Sorting out the ongoing role of the two government-owned telcos, for example, remained a major challenge. After many delays, the government had launched the National Telecommunications Commission in 2004. This at least set some reforms in train, but the industry is carefully watching and waiting for the overall direction of the reform process in Thailand.
Last Update: 12 Apr 2010 Number of Pages: 16
Single User: USD $110.00 ex-GST View Table of Contents
First Page | Previous Page | Next Page | Last Page
|
