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Thailand Approach to bridge the Digital Divide: the Role of
Telecenter
paper presentedAPEC Telecenter Training Camp
24-29 January 2005
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Outline of the Presentation
• The Digital Divide Situation• Bridging the Digital Divide
– Legislation– Policy– Initiatives/Projects
• Telecenters in Thailand
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Telecommunication
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Telecommunication
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Telecommunication
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Telecommunication
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Computer Usage
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Computer Usage
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Computer Usage
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Internet
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Internet
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Internet
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Laws and Regulations
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• The Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand 1997 article 78: state’s responsibility to provide information infrastructure
• The Act on the Organization to Assign Radio Frequency and to Regulate the Broadcasting and Telecommunication B.E. 2543 (2000): the instigation of NTC and NBC
• The Telecommunication Business Act B.E. 2544 (2001): NTC and USO
• The National Education Act B.E. 2542 (1999): role of technologies in education
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ICT Development ProgramICT Development ProgramFlagships and Infrastructures in IT 2010
EconomyEconomy SocietySociety
QuantityQuantity QualityQualityTelecommunication Infrastructure
Science and Technology, R&D, KnowledgeInformation Development, IT Literacy, IT HR
e-Industrye-Industrye-Commercee-Commerce e-Society
e-Educatione-Government
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Strategy 2: ICT Utilization to Enhance Quality of Thai Life and Society
1. Develop telecommunication infrastructure2. Utilize law related to development of Information Infrastructure in
accordance with the Article 78 of the Constitution3. Utilize ICT for education, content creation and learning4. Encourage translation of books, document, and information 5. Promote information and knowledge development to enhance the
quality of community6. Increase the role of mass media in ICT knowledge diffusion7. Encourage local administration to utilize information infrastructure
and electronics media8. Capacity Building in order to exploit the full use of ICT9. Create confidence in the use of e-Commerce in all economic sectors
Encourage people to utilize suitable information by accelerating universal access as instrument to create knowledge, particularly local knowledge, and provide value-added to agricultural and industrial products from rural communities as well as revenue increase. This is to create Knowledge-based Society in conjunction with risk management from globalization effect.
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• provision of at least seven telephone numbers (32 kbps minimum) in every community (village) by 2005
• giving at least 70% of low income earners access to ICT services by 2006
• having a community Telecenter in every sub-district by 2006
Goals
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Narrowing the Digital Divide
Internet
2 Mbps5.6 Mbps
CATTOT
SchoolNet Access is available free of charge to schools nationwide. Phone call is USD 0.10 per call everywhere
Target: 5,000 Schools online by the end of 2002
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Components of SchoolNet Thailand
Awareness Creation
Provision of Network
Access
Training of
Teachers
Promotion of Content Development
Promotion of Classroom Activities
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Computer “Sinsamutra” (1GHz)
Introducing Computing
First offering, May 9 – 31, 2003
Breakthrough price @ 10,900 Baht
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Project Objectives
– Bridge the digital divide • A foundation for Thais to become members of e-
society• Triple the number of PCs sold annually
– Increase market competition• Support hardware industry• Create a new market price point
– Introduce the nation to open source software
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ICT PC Project for Children
• Need to grow market emerges – targeting the young
• Need for affordable PCs for schools due to low purchasing power and high operating costs
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Project Objectives
• Increase ICT diffusion at both ends of market and bridge the digital divide
• Provide rural schools with computer labs and part-exchanged equipment
• Promote PC skills at all levels, from first-time user to systems administrator
• Provide ICT training and upskilling• Introduce social engineering models to increase ICT
awareness and adoption• Establish a scalable and sustainable framework for helping
schools nationwide
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Telecenters
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Telecenters in Thailand
• Still in embryonic stage – a few pilots scattered around the country, initiated with the support of external agencies such as– NECTEC 4 pilot centers– Thailand Canada Telecenter Project– Thai RuralNet– TOT Corporation
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Pilot Sites
Lampang Pitsanuloke
Surin Chantaburi
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An initiative to bridge the digital divide in local community
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Other projects
• Internet Kiosk through post offices• One Temple One e-Learning Center