NBTC boasts a lot of achievements after just three months in office
The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission said it has already made several achievements in a mere three months since taking office.
At a press conference on Tuesday, NBTC chairman Sarana Boonbaichaiyapruck said the telecom watchdog had supported telemedicine with 5G wireless broadband technology, sped up the burying of untidy telecom cables, and improved bidding regulations for satellite orbits, among other successes.
As for telemedicine and telehealth support, Sarana said, the NBTC had provided broadband internet connection – via cables or satellite connection – under the so-called Universal Service Obligation (USO) for medical personnel in remote areas to handily connect with provincial hospitals.
Sarana said the USO connection allows doctors and nurses to monitor the condition of patients in remote areas and prescribe drugs for them. Technology is helping medical staff take better care of bedridden patients, he noted.
The NBTC also plans to complete an ambitious project to bury untidy telecom cables across 2,800 kilometres this year – 800km in Bangkok and 2,000km in the provinces, the chairman said.
In Bangkok, 16 districts with dense populations will be given priority, he added.
Another commissioner, Prof Dr Pirongrong Ramasoota, said she had during the past three months pushed for measures to prevent the public from falling prey to scammers using SMS or call centres to target innocent people.
Receivers have also been warned that calls from overseas with the prefix +698 might be made by none other than call-centre gangs.
And Torpong Selanon, another NBTC commissioner, said he had been advocating for upgrading telecom and broadcasting services to be more easily accessible to the disabled under the “Digital Inclusion” policy.
