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July 10th, 2006, 19:12
The big news of the week is that Blackberry mobile internet has arrived in Thailand http://www.bangkokpost.net/050706_Datab ... acol01.php (http://www.bangkokpost.net/050706_Database/05Jul2006_datacol01.php)
Another interesting service is VOIP www.jajah.com (http://www.jajah.com) which offers free calls via the internet phone to phone, phone to mobile and phone to computer. You have to use it carefully to get it completely free but even the charges are muniscule about US$0.25 a minute. I'm glad I didn't pay US$3 billion for www.skype.com (http://www.skype.com).
TV Programmes on demand!
WAVE OF THE FUTURE, Internet protocol has telecoms aflutter
New technology to allow customers to watch video on demand on TV, computer. Despite having only a few loyal customers, Thai telecom operators are hopeful that their fledgling Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) service will soon be the flagship service of the future. True Corp Plc's director and general manager for broadband broadcast and multimedia, Paisit Vatjanapagorn, said that IPTV was the latest choice for broadband Internet subscribers and was the future of entertainment. The technology enables broadband Internet subscribers to access television programmes and an extensive library of video-on-demand content via the Internet protocol network. They can do this by personal computer or a television aided by a set-top box. The key lies in its interactivity, which can be deployed to offer new kinds of services to the viewers. Thailand's IPTV harbingers include telecom operator True and Advanced Datanetwork Communication (ADC), while TT&T Plc plans to enter the market early next year.
"It's a quickly developing global trend in the telecom sector. We don't have to diversify to do it but can offer the service on the existing facilities," said Prasitchai Kritsanayunyong, TT&T's vice president for finance. Unlike pay-television service, IPTV subscribers can select one or many of their favourite channels and pay a monthly fee for only what they view, but they will have to pay a one-time charge for the modem and the set-top box.
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Another interesting service is VOIP www.jajah.com (http://www.jajah.com) which offers free calls via the internet phone to phone, phone to mobile and phone to computer. You have to use it carefully to get it completely free but even the charges are muniscule about US$0.25 a minute. I'm glad I didn't pay US$3 billion for www.skype.com (http://www.skype.com).
TV Programmes on demand!
WAVE OF THE FUTURE, Internet protocol has telecoms aflutter
New technology to allow customers to watch video on demand on TV, computer. Despite having only a few loyal customers, Thai telecom operators are hopeful that their fledgling Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) service will soon be the flagship service of the future. True Corp Plc's director and general manager for broadband broadcast and multimedia, Paisit Vatjanapagorn, said that IPTV was the latest choice for broadband Internet subscribers and was the future of entertainment. The technology enables broadband Internet subscribers to access television programmes and an extensive library of video-on-demand content via the Internet protocol network. They can do this by personal computer or a television aided by a set-top box. The key lies in its interactivity, which can be deployed to offer new kinds of services to the viewers. Thailand's IPTV harbingers include telecom operator True and Advanced Datanetwork Communication (ADC), while TT&T Plc plans to enter the market early next year.
"It's a quickly developing global trend in the telecom sector. We don't have to diversify to do it but can offer the service on the existing facilities," said Prasitchai Kritsanayunyong, TT&T's vice president for finance. Unlike pay-television service, IPTV subscribers can select one or many of their favourite channels and pay a monthly fee for only what they view, but they will have to pay a one-time charge for the modem and the set-top box.
More at The Nation