/PRNewswire/ Disruptions in the global supply chain brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic are motivating manufacturers to shift their production facilities.
Mavenir Powering the First Smart City in Thailand With 5G Open RAN Integration Across mmWave Private Network 21 May 2021
BANGKOK
Mavenir, the Network Software Provider building the future of networks with cloud-native software that runs on any cloud and transforms the way the world connects, announced today that it’s working with National Telecom Public Company Limited (NT), a state-owned telecommunications company, 5GCT, a local partner specialized in delivering end-to-end 5G Smart Cities and Cisco Systems (Thailand), a leading networking company, to launch the first 5G Open RAN Smart City in Ban Chang, Thailand.
The launch of the 5G Smart City creates synergies between public and private sectors for a fully functional smart city. The city of Ban Chang, is connected to a motorway linking Thailand’s two largest cities: Pattaya and Bangkok. The location is within close proximity to U-Tapao International Airport, Map Ta Phut Industrial Zone and
FTREIT aims to sustain 15% revenue growth
Health, e-com sectors to drive up demand
published : 13 May 2021 at 04:00
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Frasers Property Thailand Industrial Freehold & Leasehold REIT (FTREIT) aims to sustain growth in revenue of 15% in the fiscal year ending on Sept 30 this year, as the industrial sector remains robust while planning to invest 2 billion baht to buy new assets this year.
Bhumpharn Arunthammakul, vice-president of investment and investor relations, said FTREIT expects to generate 3.3-3.5 billion baht in revenue in the fiscal year 2021, up 10-15% from 3.05 billion baht in the fiscal year 2020. Key strategies are active asset management and acquisition growth, he said. We will seek tenants whose business is on the rise like in medicines, medical supplies and e-commerce. The latter grows over 10% per year.
DRIVING THAILANDâS ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION
published : 12 May 2021 at 16:16
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âThe BOIâs activities are about much more than granting tax and non-tax incentives to attract investment. With the ongoing technology disruption and the highly uncertain world, Thailand needs to be resilient.
One of the BOI’s objectives in this respect is to ensure our incentive policies are used as a tool to transform Thailand’s economic structure in the face of these rapid changes.”
Ms Duangjai Asawachintachit
BOI Secretary General
The emergence of new digital technologies such as big data, the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning, robotics, 3D printing and biotechnology, along with growing concerns over climate change, have shaped both people’s ways of life and business’s activities worldwide, sparking rapid changes in consumer behaviours, product innovations and company productivity. As