Xinhua Silk Road - Belt and Road Portal, China's silk road economic belt and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Website Xinhua Silk Road - Belt and Road Portal, China's silk road economic belt and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Website
Subscribe CustomBlackClose

Belt & Road Weekly Subscription Form

download_pop

Research ReportCustomBlackClose

The full edition of the report is available at Xinhua Silk Road Database. You can click the “Table of Content” to have a general understanding of it.

Click on the button below to create your account and get immediate access to thousands of articles.

Start a Free Trial

Xinhua Silk Road Database
InfoQuest

Thai telecommunication authority and operators announces 45-day free service

May 06, 2020


Abstract : Thailand's National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission (NBTC), together with the six operators has announced that they are all ready to provide 100-minute toll-free telephone services for 45 days to help customers cut expenses during the COVID-19 outbreak.

InfoQuest (May 6, 2020) -- According to Mr. Thakon Tanthasit, secretary-general of Thailand's National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission (NBTC), the Commission, together with the six operators, AIS, True, DTAC, CAT, TOT and Penguin, has announced that they are all ready to provide 100-minute toll-free telephone services for 45 days to help customers cut expenses during the COVID-19 outbreak. The free service starts on May 1, 2020.

From 8:00 on May 1 to 24:00 on May 15, people can apply for the above free services by dialing *170*, entering the 13-digit valid ID number they used when registering the SIM card, and then pressing the # key. The service become available in the following 45 days upon receipt of the confirmation code.

The free service will be unavailable to SIM cards registered by foreigners and those registered by enterprises. In addition, each person using a prepaid SIM card or a monthly-paid SIM card is entitled to the free service of one operator once. If you have the numbers of three operators, for example, all your three numbers are entitled to the services, provided that they were registered before March 31, 2020.

The target population of the project is prepaying mobile phone users and monthly paying users who use voice call services. Data shows that 70% of the prepaying mobile phone users live in provinces except Bangkok or live in cities and need to make a call to their family. During this period when they cannot go home, they can call their parents, relatives, siblings, or inquire about their latest status and chat with them through the voice call system. It is estimated that about 50 million numbers will be entitled to these free services.

"The government, the NBTC and the six operators expect the project to cut the expenses of mobile phone users during the COVID-19 pandemic. People can talk to their families and maintain family ties even if they are in home quarantine. With these services, they can feel at ease working from home.

Mr. Thakon also said that the government, the NBTC and five operators jointly implemented a project to provide a 10GB traffic pack and increase the speed of the home network to 100Mbps so people can contain the spread of COVID-19 by supporting the "work from home" policy and get the telecommunication services they need to keep life and work going while at home. The target population of the project is people who do office work and live in cities. Thus far, 15.94 million numbers have applied for the services and 14.66 million of them succeeded. These include 8.56 million AIS users, 3.51 million TRUE users, 2.41 million DTAC users, 1.64 million CAT users and 4,580 TOT users. People have until 24: 00 today to do so.

Source: InfoQuest, by Saowalak Ouypron/ Sasithorn, translated by Xinhua Silk Road.

Notice: No person, organization and/or company shall disseminate or broadcast the above article on Xinhua Silk Road website without prior permission by Xinhua Silk Road.

Scan the QR code and push it to your mobile phone

Keyword: InfoQuest Thai telecommunication

Reading:

OIE: MPI drops by 11.25 percent in March and drops by 6.63 percent year on year in Q1, 2020

COVID-19: Bangkok government plans to unseal eight categories of venues, closure of bars extends to late May

DEB: Thailand's fuel consumption drops by 7.5 percent in the first three months amid economic interruption caused by epidemic

Thai cabinet approves exemption of factories from annual charges

10 million Thai farmers to get 5,000-baht monthly relief grant

Most Read

Write to Us belt & road login close

Do you want to be a contributor to Xinhua Silk Road and tell us your Belt & Road story? Send your articles to [email protected] and share your stories with more people.

Click on the button below to create your account and get im http://img.silkroad.news.cn/templates/silkroad/en2017te access to thousands of articles.

Start a Free Trial

Ask Us A Question belt & road login close

If you have any questions, please enter them in the box below.

Identifying code Reload

Write to Us belt & road login close

Do you want to be a contributor to Xinhua Silk Road and tell us your Belt & Road story? Send your articles to silkroadweekly@xinhua.org and share your stories with more people.

Click on the button below to create your account and get im http://img.silkroad.news.cn/templates/silkroad/en2017te access to thousands of articles.

Start a Free Trial