'dtac 3G Expo' - mobile extravaganza that offers unbeatable deals, first hand dtac 3G experience and tech updates

'dtac 3G Expo' - mobile extravaganza that offers unbeatable deals, first hand dtac 3G experience and tech updates
Published on September 3, 2011

dtac announces new partnership with Amarin to mark its expanding role in mobile content market
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dtac 3G Expo, the showcase of dtac's powerful 3G network along with latest 3G technology and a large selection of compatible handsets from leading industry players, ignites the excitement in industry with its unbeatable special discounts and offers on handset purchase, as well as the announcement of dtac's new strategic partnership as it expands business into mobile content and application market.

Pakorn Pannachet, Senior Vice President - Products Division, Total Access Communication PLC. (dtac) said that "after the launch of dtac 3G on August 16, data usage in dtac network nationwide has grew 20% while data usage in our network in 3G coverage areas grew up to 50%. With enhanced user experience in data service, the usage of popular social media sites on dtac mobile internet also increases tremendously, as seen through 200% growth in YouTube usage."

"With the introduction of dtac 3G service, we have gained a great deal of insights into customer behavior in changing landscape of mobile service which are beneficial for us to define the right strategy as we are exploring growth opportunities by expanding into new horizons, such as mobile content and application market.

dtac also announced a new strategic partnership with Amarin Printing and Publishing PLC., in launching a series of good-read contents on iPhone and iPad. "With dtac 3G, we bring a new phase of lifestyle to consumers, said Pakorn. "Partnership with competent content owners and providers enables is to expand our service offerings to best meet our customer needs. The cooperation with Amarin marks another major step for dtac in expanding its role beyond mobile service provider, while Amarin is strengthening it online magazine presence and better reaching their readers through mobile phone applications."

According to Rarin Utakapan, Managing Director, Publishing Business Division, Amarin Printing and Publishing PLC, "the collaboration with dtac is another crucial step for us in expanding our products and contents across multiple platforms and digital communication channels. Since people of all ages today spend more and more time online, we as publisher and content owner need to do our best to serve their changing behavior so they don't miss out on good reading. We are also looking into future partnership expansion with mobile operator to broaden scope of services to catch up with emerging media consumption habits."

Amarin and dtac's first series of mobile content service to cover a wide range of readers include applications on iPhone and E-Magazine on iPad (to be launched in October 2011) - a hub of Amarin's leading magazines for every segment and soon-to-be launched Real Parenting and Room Directory Applications on iPhone. All come with a lot of beneficial contents and promotional campaigns for readers.

At the dtac 3G Expo, a large selection of popular 3G-compatible smartphones from leading brands including Apple (iPhone), Blackberry, Samsung, HTC and Nokia are available with enticing special offers. Customers can also receive cash back up to 15% and choose between 10-month 0% interest installment plan, or 20-month installment plan to be paid through participating credit cards.

The event also features dtac 3G experience zone where visitors can have first hand trial of the dtac 3G network with various leading handsets and devices through the powerful 42 Mbps downlink capacity and 10-MHz bandwidth of dtac network. Apart from keeping abreast of the latest telecom technology trends, visitors will also enjoy special deals on several products exclusively available at the event from dtac's partners including Acer, Huawei, Dell, LG, Focus Screen Protector, ZTE and iStudio.

DTAC Launches 3G In Thailand

CAT Telecom has given Total Access Communication (DTAC) 90 days from yesterday to shut down its third-generation wireless broadband service or the state agency will file a complaint with an arbitration panel alleging breach of contract.

CAT chief executive officer Jirayuth Rungsrithong said that if during next 90 days the Office of the Attorney-General advised the agency that DTAC‘s launch of the commercial service was acceptable under the terms of its concession, the service would be allowed to continue.

DTAC said the service would continue.

Is 3G war about to break-out in Phuket, Thailand?

Author: RebeccaJK

Phuket, Thailand: Phuket is gearing up for a battle between 3rd generation (3G) network providers.

Thai telecoms company Advanced Information Systems (AIS) has announced it will start rolling out its new 3G wireless service at the end of July.

The AIS 3G packages will be available to all One-to-Call pay-as-you-go subscribers and AIS prepaid contract holders. However, exact details of the new service and its pricing are yet to be revealed.

Already, AIS have pledged to provide network coverage to over ninety five per cent of Phuket Island. And the two companies have agreed a co-network installation project. Which means that TOT will share network technology and hardware, including transmission stations, with AIS.

The two companies are also discussing the construction of an additional 2,000 transmitter stations throughout Thailand.

However, it is possible that negotiations between the two providers could breakdown, as TOT prepare to sign a 3G roaming agreement with Thailand's other state run telecoms operator, CAT Telecom.

The new roaming agreement would enable TOT and CAT Telecom to provide 3G services in direct competition with AIS.

CAT Telecom has also signed an agreement with True Corporation, Thailand largest Internet Services Provider. The contract allows True Corporation's subsidiaries, Real Move and TrueMove H, to use eighty per cent of CAT Telecom's 3G network capacity.

TrueMove has been providing 3G network coverage in Phuket since March 2009. But as the technology is based on the limited analogue 850 Mhz frequency, many users experience slow speeds and poor network coverage.

True Corporation is now preparing to upgrade its existing hardware to use the newer High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) technology. This will give users download speeds of up to 80Mbps and more reliable coverage.

If that isn't enough competition for AIS, Samart Group has announced it too will be rolling out a new 3G service in Phuket. Smart Telecom, one of Samart's subsidiaries, has already allocated a 500 million baht (US$16.7 million) budget for the launch of its new service. The company also has an agreement with TOT to use its existing transmission towers.

Let's just hope that all this competition leads to better services and cheaper prices in Phuket.

Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/communication-articles/is-3g-war-about-to-break-out-in-phuket-thailand-5047277.html

About the Author

Rebecca Smith is a real estate journalist and author with over 15 years' experience. She has published 3 books to date:

‘The Definitive Guide to buying property in Phuket'

‘10 simple ways to slash your marketing costs and sell more property'

‘The Definitive Guide to buying property in Thailand'

Rebecca is currently the sales director for Phuket Ocean Villas and Ocean Villas Group.

3G Update: 3G network good to go in 2 months: CAT chief

3G network good to go in 2 months: CAT chief
By USANEE MONGKOLPORN
THE NATION

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CAT Telecom can switch on its third-generation HSPA network within two months, chief executive Jirayuth Rungsrithong said yesterday, shrugging off doubts over the deals the state enterprise made with True Corp.

CAT can start up the network service quickly as TrueMove is installing high-speed packet access (HSPA) equipment from its own network on to the code division multiple access (CDMA) network in 25 provinces of BFKT (Thailand) so that it will be HSPA-capable.

CAT will lease the HSPA network from BFKT of Real Future and wholesale capacity to reseller Real Move.

Jirayuth said Real Move and Real Future, both True Corp subsidiaries, and CAT had completed the appendices of some contracts they signed on January 27, and stressed that the appendices would benefit CAT.

The four main deals are for BFKT (Thailand) of Real Future to lease the HSPA network to CAT, for Real Move to resell the planned HSPA service, for BFKT to lease its CDMA network in 25 provinces to CAT, and for Hutchison-CAT Wireless Multimedia of Real Move to market the service on the CDMA network in 25 provinces.

On the signing date, Appendix 6 of the HSPA network lease between CAT and BFKT, regarding network capacity delivery in the first phase and the calculation of fines, was left blank. It just says the contractual parties will negotiate to finish this part as soon as possible.

Appendix 7, regarding the service-level agreement and fine calculation, was also left open.

Jirayuth said CAT was expected to gain at least Bt14 billion in revenue from reseller Real Move over the contract term of 14 years.

The deals CAT granted to the two firms raised questions about their legitimacy, including whether they have to come under the Public-Private Joint Venture Act of 1992.

Information and Communications Technology Minister Chuti Krairiksh sent a letter to the Attorney-General's Office last Friday asking for a ruling on whether the deals complied with all laws and regulations.

According to CAT, the new business would improve its EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation), which would be high enough to offset its loss of revenue when TrueMove's concession expires in 2013.

3G Sim in Thailand

There are so many telecommunication companies in Thailand offers a wide variety of Internet connection and one of this is 3G. By now they offer prepaid 3Gs which is available anywhere. You don't have to refill your credit for this, instead just buy the simcard everytime you don't have anymore credit. All you have to do is buy the sim card and insert it into your aircard but be sure that your aircard is 3G compatible. Another thing is that you have to check if you have signal for your network wherever place you will use it.  I found it so convenient because of its very fast connection unlike the one that I used to have which is EDGE GPRS though this is cheaper.

Here's the List of 3G sim in available in Thailand.



TOT 3G

This sim card is only 99 Baht can use up to 1000MB


IEC 3G

This sim card is only 99 Baht can use up to 2000MB