Aim to reduce costs by 20bn per year

Plans are under way for the creation of a national framework aimed at improving the performance of Thailand's logistics industry.

The National Science Technology and Innovation Policy Office (STI) plans to set up a Logistics Excellence Centre by the end of this year and create a Thailand Logistics Framework over the next three years to enable the local logistics industry to increase its productivity.

National Electronics and Computer Technology Centre (Nectec) researcher Chayakrit Charoensiriwath said the Logistics Excellence Centre would aim to promote and facilitate the local logistics industry and reduce operational costs of logistics management for businesses and for the country as a whole.

E-Saan Software Park is collaborating with the Software Industry Promotion Agency (Sipa) to set up a Northeastern Digital Content Centre to help local software developers in the creation of digital content.

The park's director Panupong Wanjantuk said the centre would be located at Khon Kaen University and would comprise a studio that would double as a knowledge and training centre. Software developers will be able to access technology and infrastructure related to digital content, such as animation, which will help them to develop high quality standards.

TOT joins innovator to launch new service
 

In the near future, Internetⁱ users around Thailand will be able to purchase Internet access time by means of a device called an Intelligent Wi-Fi Box, or TOT Public Wi-Fi and Vending Machine.

The machines will be installed at sites around the country in a cooperative venture between TOT's Innovation Institute and a company called Mind Innovation.

Mind Innovation's research and development manager Krit Kiattanongsak said the machines would provide prepaid Internet access time. They would also be bundled with a Wi-Fi network providing wireless Internet access for users located within 150 metres.