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Title : I don't need.
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Thailand: TOT to Create Separate Companies for Network

Thailand: TOT to Create Separate Companies for Network Operation and Telecom Services


Friday, 14 July 2006
TOT Plc intends to create a subsidiary to provide telecommunications services, while it will continue to operate the underlying network. The new structure is aimed at avoiding regulatory fees charged under the Telecom Business Law, and is one part of a larger programme aimed at increasing TOT’s efficiency.
Over the next few years intends to establish subsidiaries to take over business lines such as Internet services and back-office billing, which will be outsourced from the parent company. One of the subsidiaries would be the sole provider of TOT's telecom services. It will apply for a Type 1 license, which means it will not have to pay the universal service obligation (USO) fee, which stands at 4% of the company's operating revenue. Instead, it would only have to pay a license fee of 3% of revenue, US$ 0.30 per subscriber telephone number per year, and a spectrum fee, to be determined. The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) grants Type 1 licenses to service providers that do not have their own networks.
TOT currently has a Type 3 license as an operator and network provider, which means it has to pay license, numbering and spectrum fees. It must also contribute to the universal service fund for the cost of service provision high cost and remote areas. With a Type 3 license, TOT calculated that its regulatory fee would amount US$ 125 million a year while its total profit would be US$ 300 million. In addition, TOT would receive less revenue under a proposed interconnection regime, expected to come into force at the end of the year. TOT claims it could not survive if it had to pay all of the regulatory and interconnection costs.
Somchai Thean-anant, the TOT’s vice chairperson, said the new telecom service subsidiary would lease the network from TOT and generate the most revenue. The network operations company would still have to pay the regulatory fees, but it would be a smaller proportion of its earnings because it would generate less income.
Source: Thai News Service - WDR/Intelecon Regulatory News

National Telecommunication Commission of Thailand

National Telecommunication Commission of Thailand is planning to withdraw the 3G license that was issued to TOT and auction it on December 1.


TOT will also have to participate in the auction along with the other players. Choochart Promphrasid (Chairman, NTC) stated that they will separate the used and unused part and take a decision as to whether to put up unused part for bid. The issuance of telecom licenses to TOT and CAT helped to expand the telecom industry.
TOT is planning to take over Thai Mobile from CAT. CAT's frequency band of 1900MHz and 2000MHz can be used for 2G and 3G services. Thai Mobile is currently using its 2G services only. TOT is proposing to start using 3G services as a new source of earnings. However, withdrawal of 3G might affect TOT's business.

GETTING READY FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM

GETTING READY FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM

What are the Thai Government's actions toward the year 2000?

Thaweesak Koanantakool April, 1999.
This article provides up to date information about the progress of many IT projects which are carried out to support IT-2000 plan and economic recovery of the nation with long-term sustainability.The year 1999 in Thailand is likely to be the year of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), liberalisation of telecommunication and Electronic commerce (E-Commerce). These are the buzzwords for the recovery of real economic sector. The actual key activities to rebuild our economy is believed to be the industrial restructuring through the increase of local values in all exported goods. Having gone through over twenty months of economic crisis, Thailand has learned many lessons. Thailand can no longer be competitive through low cost labour or profit through the consumption of unrenewable natural resources. We need to be less dependent on foreign parties in marketing, and financing; we will have to use more local contents (including more local intellectual properties), efficient management systems and lower financing cost. Thailand must prepare its human resources to be ready when the economic has come back in order to be competitive in the long run.Information Technology is definitely one fundamental factor for better management, concurrent engineering for product development, just-in-time supply chains, automated quality-controlled production, and human resource development. In addition, software has been clearly emphasized as a possible local industry and good potential as export, provided that the intellectual property rights (IPR) are better recognised in Thailand. Better use of software and information systems, and electronic government are also taking shape through many initiatives of the National Information Technology Committee (NITC)The current needs are in line with the "three pillars" of the IT-2000, IT master plan of Thailand, which calls for the better telecommunication and networking infrastructure, the need to improve intellectual skills of workers and good governance.

IT-2000
IT-2000 is Thailand's national IT plan for sustainable economy. It consists of three "pillars" which are the foundations for the development. The plan has been implemented in several related activities and project by many organizations. The first pillar of IT-2000: Better telecommunication infrastructure. Deregulation of telecommunication and privitazation of Telephone Organization of Thailand (TOT) and Communications Authority of Thailand (CAT) are the most highlighted issues. The process has been under domestic pressure of the new constitution (Section 40) and the international pressure of the World Trade Organization (WTO). In addition, the constitution (Section 78) also requires that a universal access to information infrastructure must be provided by the state to all areas of the country.In the second pillar, human resource development and education iare to be improved. Even under the economic crisis, Thailand's letter of intent to the IMF (August 1997) stated that "Education expenditure, together with health and essential infrastructure projects, is to be intact". There areseveral IT projects which address human resource development: SchoolNet project, IT-for-Education field trials in Mae Hongsorn and Phuket provinces, Secondary School Resource Center Project and the Lighthouse project. The software industry of Thailand is also being developed through a series of measures which will enhance the capability levels software human resources
The third pillar is on good governance, the most crucial factor necessary for the sustainable development of Thailand through less corruption and better services to the citizen. There are several on-going IT and non-IT activities relevant to this issue: the Government Information Technology Service (GITS) and government Chief Information Officer (CIO) programs. The CIOs were appointed with two initial main tasks: completion of IT Master Plan of their agencies and fixing the agency's Y2K (year 2000) problems. Measures to make government more transparent and less corrupted are also strengthened through the Official Information Act (to enhance government transparency) and the establishment of the National Counter Corruption Commission (NCCC).

The National Information Technology Committee and NECTEC
The National Information Technology Committee (NITC) was established in 1992 to oversee the policy aspects of information technology development and deployment in Thailand. At present, it has 18 subcommittees steering various IT developments, including three that directly affect theelectronic commerce development: the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) subcommittee, six IT-law subcommittees, Y2K-law subcommittee and the Electronic Commerce Task Force which is now part the national e-commerce policy committee.NITC is currently chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science, Technology and Environment, Mr.Suvit Khunkitti. The NITC Secretariat office (ITS) is operated as part of the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC).NECTEC was established in 1987 to provide research funding and to carry out research and development in the electronics and computer-related areas. NECTEC operates 12 laboratories, two service units and two subsidiary companies. NECTEC's labs are specialised in various technologies such as telecommunications, networking, software, linguistics and knowledge science, automatic systems, electro-optics and microelectronics. Service units are set up to strengthen SMEs in designing and testing new products using printed-circuit board (PCB) design/production service as well as product testing for electromagnetic interference/compatibility (EMI/EMC).
In 1992, NECTEC was assigned by the government to perform the role of NITC secretariat, in addition to its main role of R&D promotion and implementation. R&D programs of NECTEC are now geared to serve the local electronic and computer industries. The 1999 flagship projects of NECTEC are on wireless local-loop development with application on personal cordless phone, spatial database and geographical information systems and computer numerical control machine tools. These projects are closely related to high-value import replacement.
Through the operating units within NECTEC, many NITC-originated projects can be implemented smoothly through internal collaboration.

Telecommunication Deregulation
Liberalisation of telecommunication is required under Thailand's commitment to the World Trade Organization. The liberalisation plans were made and modified through the past three governments using various models. "National Communication Commission": was originally expected to be theregulatory body.After the introduction of the new constitution in October, 1997, a regulatory body is required to take care of radio frequency spectrum management. It was proposed that "National Broadcasting Commission" would be appointed to handle frequency spectrum management. This was to be separated from the National Communication Commission.On April 7, 1999, the House of Representatives unanimously approved the frequency management bill in its first reading. It is likely that there will be a single regulatory body to look after both the telecommunication services and the radio frequency spectrum management. The bill proposed acommittee of 15 persons from non-political knowledgable individuals.Under the new bill, both TOT and CAT will be transformed into a non-monopolistic telecommunication operators just like many of their "concessioned companies" which currently must operate under TOT and CAT.Through a separate "Telecommunication Bill" drafted by the Prime Minister's advisory group, all telecommunication services will be liberalised in progressive steps. Services are classified into fivelclassess: (i) passive construction type infrastructure, (ii) backbone multimedia transmission service (iii) value-added services such as Internet or audiotex, (iv) information service such as web sites ordatabase service, and (v) other services. The bill emphasises consumer protection, fair competition and fair pricing, service licensing and stipulation of penalty.The telecom bill draft proposed that the regulatory body may issue an unlimited licenses for Internet and Audiotex services as from January 1, 2000. Foreign ownership of ISPs shall not exceed 40% initially, but increased to 75% or less as from January 1, 2006. Opening a web site or online information services requires only official registration, no license is required.Transformation of telecommunication operators is taking place at government owned enterprises like TOT and CAT. There has been a substantial restructuring in many private telecommunication companies through foreign investment.

Y2K
The millennium bug is viewed by the government as being "a lot more than just a technical problem". Through NITC initiatives, the Thai government has escalated its responsibilities in steps. In 1997, NECTEC started several awareness creation programs. Around February 1998, the cabinet was given full awareness of the impacts of Y2K on virtually every computer, on every business system and to the country's economy if our critical systems could not guarantee business continuity into the year 2000.In April 1998, the first cabinet resolution on Y2k was announced to every government ministry . In this resolution, every ministry was to set up its own Y2K taskforce to manage ministerial and departmental level Y2K programs in their agencies. The resolution also guided all governmentagencies for the source of government budget to do so.In June 1998, an additional executive order took place. The cabinet appointed a Y2K National Coordination Committee to handle all coordination for Y2K actions in Thailand. NECTEC was appointed as the secretariat office. NECTEC subsequently set up the Y2K Center (http://y2k.nectec.or.th) to assist the committee to coordinate the planning, reporting and coordination of government Y2K remedy process. The agencies are also expected to track the progress of the Y2K work in the private sector under their jurisdiction.In July 1998, the National Coordination Committee set up a special subcommittee called "the Super-critical Organization Subcommittee" (SOS) to take special care of the most important systems which may affect the whole country (ie.being "super-critical"). The members of thissubcommittee consist of 31 organizations in four major groups: (i) power/energy organizations, (ii) telecommunications/transport organizations, (iii) financial/insurance and securities organizations and(iv) other organizations which deal with public safety, social order, defense, health. This SOS subcommittee is responsible of successful implementation of its own member organization's Y2K program by the end of March 1999, with full testing and implementation to be completed by end of June 1999. So far, the progress of these organizations has been very satisfactory. The chairman of Y2K National Coordination Committee has also made many formalinspection of these organizations. As of April 1999, ten organizations have been inspected.Y2K has been one of the most publicised issue in Thailand, especially on the regular awareness programs. However, the government has set up four large-turnout Y2K seminars for actions toward: assessment and planning strategy (August 20,1998), A Workshop on Legal risks from Y2K: How to prepare yourself? (January 26, 1999), Project Management, budgeting and contingency plan (February 18, 1999), Training on Contingency Planning (March 18, 1999). Y2K Center also coordinated with the Ministry of University Affairs to host five Y2K regional Centers outside Bangkok in every region of Thailand.The total budget for fixing the Y2K problem in Thailand up to 1999 is estimated by the author to be around 20 billion baht. The government agencies spend about 1.6 billion baht and government enterprises spend more than 4 billion baht. The remaining amount is in the private sector. The figure of about 500 million baht for a large private sector company is quite common.
Just like any other country, further spending on Y2K in Thailand is expected to continue even after January 2000 since many systems have been fixed with limited usable windows of only a few years beyond year 2000. This may be long enough for the natural retirement age of the system. Many less critical systems are "patched" with some manual support, so they require future replacement.It is expected that during the remaing time of the year 1999, press coverage will be shifted towards more contingency planning, provision of citizen's guide to Y2K-personal readiness and the announcement of confidence by super-critical organizations to assure absolute public trust and avoidance stockpiling panic or cash withdrawal panic from banks.
The results of recent inspection trips by the DPM and more availability of publications of Thailand's Y2K program in English raised Thailand's readiness's level from a four to level three by Gartner Group of USA. It is expected that more English language reports on Y2K will be made more available on the web.

Software Park
After the cabinet approval in May 1997, NECTEC Software Park Office is now in service with three thousand square meters to be in operation at the Software Park Building in May 1999. The rental space of 5,000 square meters has been made available. As of April 1999, there are 22 companies intending to join Software Park.Software Park will be (i) the incubation center for small and medium entrepreneurs in software business, (ii) the center for locally made software, (iii) the place where technical support and transfer of technology are provided for professionals in the field, and (iv) the marketplace for software vendors and buyers to explore new business relationships and to make deals.In 1998, Software Park has been operating in its temporary location within NECTEC and has already made the following achievements:
Virtual Software Park at http://www.swpark.or.th, a market place for software developers, producers, marketer and customers to communicate freely.
Strategic partners to strengthen the Thai Software Industry. So far, the leading companies have committed to support the project consist of Intel Microelectronics (Thailand), Informix Software (Thailand), Oracle Systems (Thailand), IBM Thailand, Sun Educational Services and Novell Inc.
Transfer of Technology: this is the special seminars or training programs which are set up in collaboration with strategic partners which are world-class organisations. Recently, a training course on Java has been held with more than 300 persons attended. Two upcoming seminars are "Introduction to the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) for Software" in collaboration with SEI of Carnegie-Mellon University, and "Software Testing" training to be held in August 1999.
Market Promotion: through Thailand Software booths at various international trade shows such as COMDEX in USA, CeBIT in Germany and SoftWorld in Canada. Software Park also promotes Thai developers in local trade shows. The "Software Fair'98" in last November was a great success.
The estimated world market in software is huge, and with the current level of competency of some software companies in Thailand, there is always a big opportunities for export as well as for local use. By strengthening Thai software developers through appropriate means, it is possible for Thailand to tap for some share in this market. The success of Software Park calls for a timely expansion to maintain the momentum of the impact. It is expected that the total space managed by Software Park will be increased four time to above 30,000 square meters within two years.

Internet for Education programs: SchoolNet and ThaiSarn
The Internet was introduced to Thailand in 1991 through academic and research applications. The first Internet in Thailand was the Thai Social/Scientific, Academic and Research Network (ThaiSarn). Starting from only 9600 bps international link in 1992, ThaiSarn was matured within about three years of its introduction with the first 2Mbps international link in September 1995. As of 1999, ThaiSarn has about 100 connections to all state-own university sites.In 1996 and 1997, an information superhighwayt testbed project was carried out at NECTEC to develop local researchers on the use of ATM network as well as many wideband applications. ThaiSarn became the main academic and research network of Thailand with a number of information servers providing document archives, freeware/shareware mirrored archives and major local information such as the Golden Jubilee Network which hosts a wealth of information about Thailand in Thai language. The collection of servers is called "PubNet".Starting November 1997, ThaiSarn launched the Public Internet Exchange (PIE) to supplement the PubNet project. PIE allows local commercial Internet Service Providers (throuth their own investment and connection license) to exchange domestic traffic without leaving Thailand. The project was so successful that after one year of experiment, the participants of PIE decided to provide some funding to NECTEC's operation and let the operation continue. As of February 1999, PIE circulating traffic was at 6.2 Mbps average. This means that in each month, 1.93 Terabytes (1,930,000 megabytes) of data was circulating inside PIE instead of traversing abroad and come back. In real money, this is a saving of no less than 60 million baht per year.
In 1998, the most exciting milestones for the Internet development was the SchoolNet project as schools all over Thailand are granted access to the Internet with an equal opportunity of nothing more than the cost of the local call ith their location.. Starting in 1995 as an extended service of ThaiSarn to secondary schools, SchoolNet received unprecedented attention from NITC, the private sector and participating schools. In 1996/1997, NECTEC started the project "Golden Jubilee Network" as a tribute to His Majesty the King on the 50th anniversary of the accession to the throne. The project aimed at providing massive educational contents in Thai language on the web, together with a unique public access network for the public throughout Thailand. Golden Jubilee Network was an initiative of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn.In 1998, the public-access network for the Golden Jubilee was extended to allow schools to access the Internet without requiring a long distance (ie. expensive) phone call to Bangkok. This became a great opportunity for schools to begin utilising the Internet in the library, classroom and laboratories. As of April 1999, there are more than 850 schools using SchoolNet services, with more than 200 schools running their websites.To complement SchoolNet the successful connectivity, NECTEC ITS provided a contract to Kasetsart University to develop educational contents to be used in SchoolNet project. At present, Kasetsart University are runnign some test run of the developed contents in schools.There are several activities for using IT in schools taking place. Some of them took place as a camping program, web-page competition, and teachers' training.

The Government CIO Program
Chief Information Officer program is a recommendation of the study "Utilization of IT in the Public Sector, Revision 2". The program was proposed to the cabinet by NITC chairman, Mr.Suvit Khunkitti, and was approved in June 1998. According to the cabinet resolution, every ministry and department and every state enterprise is to appoint one chief information officer to over see the unified IT development plans at both the departmental level and the ministerial level.As the CIO program is new to most ministries and departments, NITC supplements all CIOs with a special 30-hour compulsory training program. Six training courses for 15 minsterial CIOs and about 180 departmental CIOs are managed jointly by NECTEC and the Office of the Civil Servant Commission. The course is delivered by leading experts in the field of management, planning and information systems. The training program includes site visits to leading IT organizations and brainstorming workshop on Thailand's unified IT planning.By April 1999, four CIO intensive training courses have been carried out. Almost 100 CIOs have completed their courses, with the remaining ones to complete within three months. All CIOs are part of the "CIO Forum" which is a regular gathering of government CIOs to meet for technology update and free exchange of ideas and cooperation among the CIOs.The government CIOs are working together to draft out the IT Action Plan for Thailand. The plan is expected to guarantee the smoother information flow across ministries, more efficient information sharing and improved decision-support system for the country through the use of GovernmentInformation Network and a common set of specifications to allow the private sector to carry out IT projects for the government more efficiently.There are a number of actions being carried out by NECTEC NITC secretariat to support improved utilization of IT in the public sector. These operations are handled by the Government Information Technology Service Program (GITS) to be elaborated below.

Government IT Services (GITS) and GINet
There are two major aspects in the provision of core IT services to the government: (i) Government Information Network (GINet) and (ii) common information services to all ministries. Both functions are managed by the Government Information Technology Service Program at NECTEC.
GITS program was approved by the government in May 1997, with the formal budget started in October 1998. However, there was a near-total failure for the government to secure the necessary budget to start up the project in the fiscal year 1998. NECTEC was then able to carry out only the necessary preparation for the network design, planning and request for information from vendors using minimum budget and staff. However, the project concept and design was clearly specified in GITS's request for information (RFI) document. GINet concept was also widely presented to relevant government agencies which would be the stake-holders of GINet.
GInet is the government networking backbone which links every province in Thailand with high-speed communication lines at the speed of 155 million bits per seconds. High speed access networks are to be made available in all 1,000 districts through leased circuits, ISDN or ADSL technologies. GINet consists of a nationwide ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) network running on TOT's existing and new optical fiber network.GITS funding in fiscal year 1999 is sufficient to start the high-speed networking in Bangkok and links to few strategic provinces to test the planned applications which are under development. A special program called "IT Model Office" has been set up with four government agencies to ensure practicality of all information services and groupware applications.The roll-out plan for common information services to all ministries (through test programs in IT Model Office) includes the following:
electronic mail (Internet mail, Intranet Mail, Secured official email);
government personnel ID card using smart card technology;
document dissemination via authenticated work-flow system and official document registration
document management system for the cabinet secretariat office to support future paperless cabinet meeting.
directory services (personnel, spatial locations, directory of official documents and databases)
highly common applications such as personnel management system, budget planning, word processor, etc.
Common specifications for these applications are to be tested in the selected IT Model Offices so that the private sector can take part in GITS projects in the future. Specifications are to be based on open standards to ensure transparency and fair competition among multiple vendors.To assist GITS's mission to support government CIO program, NECTEC Information System Development and Support Division (ISD) is taking part in IT Master Plan committees of many ministries and departments. ISD is also providing consultancy services on IT projects of several government agencies. Through ISD's support, it is expected that by the year 2000, many government applications requiring common entities such as citizen's ID, location codes for a particular district or sub-district, enterprise-ID code, geographical coordinates can be linked across many ministries via GINet directory service.IT Master plan for local governments (provincial level) is also under development. At present, NECTEC-ITS supports one pilot project in Phuket. This provincial IT master plan integrates all aspects of IT utilization within the province. It covers the local economic planning, information infrastructure, education planning, industry planning and maintenance of good environment. Some pilot implementation is now under way. Other provinces may follow the pattern once the model province plan has been reviewed and actions have taken off.

Electronic Commerce Development
The importance of electronic commerce has been recognised by NECTEC and NITC since 1992, when NITC set up a subcommittee on EDI for International Trade. Since then, NECTEC has been developing EDI service organization with the Customs Department, Thai Airways International, CAT, TOT, the Federation of Thai Industry, the Chamber of Commerce, Association of Freight Forwarders, etc. In 1998, a joint venture company called TradeSiam was set up with the private sector as a majority shareholders and the government as the minority.The EDI subcommittee was subsequently renamed "Thailand EDI Council".Presently, the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC) is working on issues relating to electronic commerce in four main areas: developing the electronic commerce framework for Thailand; drafting six IT laws; drafting technical specifications and recommendations and becoming a resource center to run awareness, information center and human resource development programs on e-commerce.The NITC assigned NECTEC to develop an electronic commerce framework to develop recommendations on the roles and responsibilities of government agencies. One of the objectives of the plan is to facilitate private sector involvement in evolving domestic and international electronic commerce arenas.In January 1999, the cabinet approved a proposal by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment to set up the Electronic Commerce Resource Center to ensure the smooth development of E-commerce in Thailand through awareness, training program and information center. This activity will be part of APEC Virtual E-Commerce Resource Network which was originally a proposal from Thailand.Early awareness of e-commerce applications for small and medium enterprises is crucial for Thailand's future economy. With proper guidelines to SMEs in using e-commerce for export, huge savings can be made on the cost of marketing and sales-related expenses. Also, in retrospect, Thailand-based traders may lose out marketing battle right in its own turf if they are not properly prepare for the direct assaults of Internet commerce into Thailand.In March 1999, NECTEC's Smart Card working group released the first official draft proposal for smart card application standard for Thailand. The working group consists of more than fifty members from over 40 government and private organizations. The draft has been circulated for public comments to 200 organizations as well as submitted to Thai Industrial Standards Institute for further processing to become the national standard.Smart card is expected to be a solution for electronic purse and royalty program applications. The technology is also suitable for use ad intelligent ID cards with good capability to contain an encryption processor to support asymmetric-key technooogy for digital signature and secured messaging.

TradeSiam: Thailand's National EDI Service Provider
The Thailand EDI Council (TEDIC), one of the subcommittees under the NITC, proposed the creation of TradeSiam as a joint venture company between Thai government agencies and the private sector mainly to facilitate international trade. It started a limited pilot service in December 1998. It starts full operation in May 1999.TradeSiam serves as a center to provide EDI services between government agencies and the private sector. In order to operate efficiently, TradeSiam is managed as a private company where it positions itself as a national EDI service provider with the following objectives:
Act as the designated EDI gateway between government agencies and the private sector.
Become the major training center for businesses using EDI.
Coordinate with the Thailand EDI Council in EDI development.
As a one-stop service, trading partners will be able to successfully proceed with trading procedures such as customs declaration, import certification, export license, or electronic funds transfer using the EDI-standard format UN/EDIFACT. TradeSiam will also provide a facility to convert other EDI standards such CARGO*IMP to UN/EDIFACT and vice versa.In addition, it will keep a transaction-log (audit trial) and provide data security and reliable functionality for all trading transactions on a 24-hour basis.

Development of IT-laws
In late 1998, the NITC has empowered six subcommittees to study and draft six IT-related laws. The IT-Law Development project is carried out by NECTEC, which is the secretariat office for the six drafting committees. Each subcommittee is chaired by a prominent legal expert and is comprised of representatives from concerned agencies. The IT laws will serve as an infrastructure for doing electronic commerce and enhance confidence among the members of the electronic transaction playground while providing rules and etiquette for fair play. It will enhance Thailand's competitiveness. Through the universal access mandate demanded by the new constitution (Section 78), a law is required to diminish the gaps between the information Haves and the Have Nots.The six laws are:
Data Protection Law: To protect rights of privacy in the Information Society.
Computer Crime/Computer-related Crime Law: To criminalize the new type of the offences in the borderless virtual world.
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Law: To set the effective legal framework to support successful electronic contracts.
Digital Signature Law: To provide the security of electronic commerce transactions by using asymmetric-key cryptography.
Electronic Funds Transfer Law: To promote consumer protection and allocate the liability incurred from the technological risks.
Universal Access law (By Law of Section 78 of the Constitution): To create equitable Information Society by promoting universal access in the National Information Infrastructure (NII).
Many public seminars have been held by NECTEC and other organizations to promote the awareness of the social effects of e-commerce and call for public opinions. It is expected the drafts of the first three laws will be publicly available in June 1999 and the remaining three coming up a few months later.In addition to these laws, both NECTEC and ministry of Justice are taking part in UN's activities on UNCITRAL Model Law on electronic commerce.

Use of Licensed Software in Government
The recognition of intellectual property rights has been stressed by NITC. The government is now giving a guideline to all agencies to purchase legal software license. NECTEC has been assisting the NITC and the budget bureau to meet the desired objective through government-wide licensing programs with major software vendors. As recognising software as IPR is a crucial step towards local software industry development, NECTEC Software Park will also be another force of change to support intellectual property.

Conclusion
Thai Government has been implementing several projects to support the economic recovery as well as to meet the forces of changes towards e-commerce, telecommunication deregulation, and intellectual property rights. Thailand's own agenda regarding to the development of softwareindustry, IT-laws, Internet for Education (SchoolNet), and the government information network are kept alive even during the hardest economic crisis.High hopes were given to the development of software industry in Thailand through the Software Park project and IPR recognition. NECTEC has been a key instrument in making this happen according to the request of the private sectors. Electronic commerce is the second issue of interest,where several key actions have already been started and some of the results are being delivered.The major threat of Y2K bug is considered a highly significant burden to the hard time we are all bearing. However, through the strong leadership and support of the present chairman of NITC, the best efforts have been made and several "super critical" organisations have been very responsiblein fixing the millennium problem well ahead of the new year, 2000.We still have to continue to work hard in infrastructure development throuth the IT-2000's three pillar scheme. I am confident that they are still the keys to our long-term sustainability.
Abbreviations
CAT
Communications Authority of Thailand
CIO
Chief Information Officer
ECRC
Electronic Commerce Resource Center
EDI
Electronic Data Interchange
EFT
Electronic Funds Transfer
GINet
Government Information Network
GITS
Government Information Technology Service Program
IMF
International Monetary Fund
IPR
Intellectual Property Rights
ISD
NECTEC Information System Development and Support Division
IT
Information Technology
ITS
NECTEC NITC Secretariat Office
NCCC
National Counter Corruption Committee
NECTEC
National Electronics and Computer Technology Center
NII
National InformationInfrastructure
NITC
National Information Technology Committee
NSTDA
National Science and Technology Development Agency
SME
Small and Medium Enterprise
SMI
Small and Medium Industry
TEDIC
Thailand EDI Council
ThaiSarn
Thai Social/Scientific, Academic and Research Network
TOT
Telephone Organization of Thailand
UNCITRAL
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
UN/EDIFACT
United Nations/Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport
WTO
World Trade Organization
Y2K
Year 2000
Consititution of the Kingdom of ThailandSection 40Transmission frequencies forlevision broadcasting and radio telecommunication are nationalsources for public interest.There shall be an independent regulatory body having the duty to distribute the frequencies under paragraph one and supervise radio or television broadcasting and telecommunication businesses as provided by law.In carrying out the act under paragraph two, regard shall be had to utmost public benefit at national and local levels in education, culture, State security, and other public interests including fair and free competition.

The Telephone Organization of Thailand (TOT)

Current and future development

The year 1881 was an historic one for Thai telecommunications, when the first simple telephone line was constructed for national security. It was during the reign of King Chulalongkorn the Great. Thailand's telecommunication service then took root and has since been successively developed to its current modern status.
The Telephone Organization of Thailand (TOT) was established on February 24, 1954 as a state enterprise, by separating domestic telephone service from the Department of Post and Telegraph under the Ministry of Communications. It began modest telephone service to the general public as a govenment-owned commercial entity with 10,000 step-by-step switching lines. Throughout its forty year life, TOT has been gradually enlarged to become a modern and strong organization responsible for domestic telecommunications service within Thailand as well as to neighboring countries, leaving overseas services to another state enterprise, the Communications Authority of Thailand (CAT).
At present, the TOT network of about 2.4 million telephone lines is composed of up-to-date digital switching and long distance telephone equipment. Its nation-wide services cover basic telephone as well as many other value-added services such as telefax, paging, cellular, on-line data, public telephone with coin or card, common based radio telephone, videotext and ISDN -- to cite some examples. The evolution has been phenomenal, and yet despite rapid growth, Thailand still lacks enough telecommunica-tions capacity to meet the rising public demand, fueled by the fast development of the Thai economy over the past decade.
TOT has continued expanding its network by various means of self-finance, including bonds and conventional loans. Nevertheless, various expansion projects were unable to produce enough supply to match demand. In early 1990, the government and TOT jointly decided to issue an international invitation to the private sector to invest in a project for three million telephone lines' expansion, using the "build-transfer-operate" (B-T-O) concept.
The excellent response brought two consortia to work with TOT. This urgent measure to reduce telephone shortage was a unique undertaking in which private firms, Thai and foreign joint ventures, were considered TOT's full partners in expansion projects for the first time. They were not simply contractors to TOT as in earlier undertakings. This opportunity gave the Thai government and TOT fresh ideas regarding new ways and means of expanding telecommunications facilities. The private sector, too, had the opportunity to prove a capabilty in a cooperative role to a government agency, the TOT. These two projects would span the period of the Seventh National Economic and Social Development Plan, 1992-1996. While able to address accumulated demand, they would not be able to absorb new demand during the Plan's end or afterwards.
TOT is now looking ahead to the duration of the Eighth National Plan, for the period 1997-2001. It is estimated that another six million phone lines should be added. If achieved, the Thai telecommunications network would reach 12 million lines, with the most up-to-date facilities, providng first-class service to customers.
This ambitious plan will require innovation. Financially, TOT will not be able to obtain enough conventional loans. It may be unable to repeat another B-O-T-project. Organizationally, TOT may have to be restructured, to be transformed from the present state enterprise fully owned by the government to one able to meet free competition in the telecommunications business.
TOT has started to re-orient itself toward the new market- driven environment. It has selected a well-known consulting firm to make an in-depth study about the privatization of TOT. If all plans go well, the Thai government will be able to decide on privatization of the TOT around the end of 1994, or early 1995. The government would also need to amend some established laws regulating the sector and legislate for a period of intensive change.
Meanwhile, TOT is working on a scheme to establish manufacturing facilities for production of switching and significant other equipment to support the rapid execution of the projected six million new lines. TOT intends to use this grand project to initiate a long-term telecommunications industry for Thailand. This is a great challenge, but an unavoidable alternative so as to sustain healthy growth.
As the government and TOT have been providing more telecommunication facilities to the general public in urban and provincial communities, Thailand's rural areas have not been forgotten. During the Fifth and Sixth Plans, TOT installed public long distance telephone terminals, connected with digital microwave radio links to some 1,800 locations. During the Seventh Plan, TOT will continue installation of this service, expanding to about 5,000 more locations. Entirely financed by loans, this program (unprofitable to TOT) brings immeasurable benefit to rural communities.
TOT has felt quietly satisfied with its endeavor, in accordance with the objectives of its mission as declared in the Royal Act of the Telephone Organiza-tion of Thailand B.E. 2497. It is TOT's humble response to the call for provision of good telecommunications for Thailand's people. It shall continue to serve willingly and better amidst coming changes, in the future as in the past.

TOT seeks delay in interconnection charges

TOT seeks delay in interconnection charges
KOMSAN TORTERMVASANA SRISAMORN PHOOSUPHANUSORN
The TOT Plc board yesterday pleaded with the interim government to delay enforcement of the interconnection charge (IC) for one year after telecommunications firms DTAC and True Move stopped paying the state-owned fixed-line operator costly access charges on Saturday. It sent letters to both Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont and the Information and Communications Technology Ministry explaining that the IC charges should be postponed due to many unsolved problems, said Vice Admiral Thommarat Hatayodom, the board's spokesman.
In addition, TOT has set up a panel to consider legal action against the mobile phone operators after they signed a landmark IC deal last week that aims to share revenue based on call traffic. Both DTAC and True Move said they would stop paying the access charge of 200 baht per number per month that forms the bulk of TOT's 14 billion baht in annual revenues.
Vice Adm Thommarat said that if DTAC and True Move ceased payment, then TOT could take direct action against CAT Telecom, which granted mobile phone concessions to both companies.
The National Telecommunications Commission has said IC charges will take effect early next month if mobile phone operators could reach agreements by themselves. Gen Choochart Promprasit, the regulator's chairman, said yesterday that the NTC board was still waiting for TOT's official request to postpone IC charges. The final decision will be made by the seven-member NTC board.
DTAC chief executive Sigve Brekke said his company would do its utmost to reach a fair solution on access charges with TOT after it stopped paying them on Saturday. But if TOT refused to talk, he added, then DTAC was ready to fight in court.
He warned TOT not to shut down its interconnection gateways with private operators, claiming it was illegal and would breach the interconnection regulations. It would also hurt TOT's own customers.
''DTAC doesn't want to change its existing contract with TOT,'' Mr Brekke said. ''But we need the agency to replace access charges with interconnection charges to end discrimination in favour of mobile leader Advanced Info Service.''
Under the access charge system, he said, DTAC paid eight baht per minute for its call traffic crossing TOT gateways, or about 839 million baht per month.
Mr Brekke said DTAC was willing to pay 25% more in interconnection charges to TOT than it paid to True Move. The termination rate would be 1.25 baht per minute, and the transit rate 50 satang per minute. Both are the same as what the government initially requested to the NTC.
Twenty percent of DTAC's total traffic to AIS numbers passed through TOT gateways, with the remaining 80% connected directly with AIS networks. Under the interconnection regulations, all telecoms are required to fairly share voice and data revenue between two networks.
Meanwhile, DTAC said yesterday that it would delay its plan to list on the Stock Exchange of Thailand to ensure that both it and parent company Ucom, which plans to delist, are in full compliance with market regulations. The move would also protect minority shareholders, Mr Brekke said.
''The listing of DTAC should happen by the first quarter of 2007,'' he said, adding that the board decision would be raised for approval at the next shareholders' meeting in January.
The delay will cause TAC, majority owned by Norway's Telenor, to lose a corporate tax reduction of 5% off the regular rate of 30% for five financial years. But Mr Brekke said he believed that the government's new incentives on listing would compensate for the loss

Thailand: TOT seeks delay in interconnection charges

The TOT Plc board yesterday pleaded with the interim government to delay enforcement of the interconnection charge (IC) for one year after telecommunications firms DTAC and True Move stopped paying the state-owned fixed-line operator costly access charges on Saturday. It sent letters to both Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont and the Information and Communications Technology Ministry explaining that the IC charges should be postponed due to many unsolved problems, said Vice Admiral Thommarat Hatayodom, the board's spokesman.
In addition, TOT has set up a panel to consider legal action against the mobile phone operators after they signed a landmark IC deal last week that aims to share revenue based on call traffic. Both DTAC and True Move said they would stop paying the access charge of 200 baht per number per month that forms the bulk of TOT's 14 billion baht in annual revenues.
Vice Adm Thommarat said that if DTAC and True Move ceased payment, then TOT could take direct action against CAT Telecom, which granted mobile phone concessions to both companies.
The National Telecommunications Commission has said IC charges will take effect early next month if mobile phone operators could reach agreements by themselves. Gen Choochart Promprasit, the regulator's chairman, said yesterday that the NTC board was still waiting for TOT's official request to postpone IC charges. The final decision will be made by the seven-member NTC board.
DTAC chief executive Sigve Brekke said his company would do its utmost to reach a fair solution on access charges with TOT after it stopped paying them on Saturday. But if TOT refused to talk, he added, then DTAC was ready to fight in court.
He warned TOT not to shut down its interconnection gateways with private operators, claiming it was illegal and would breach the interconnection regulations. It would also hurt TOT's own customers. ''DTAC doesn't want to change its existing contract with TOT,'' Mr Brekke said. ''But we need the agency to replace access charges with interconnection charges to end discrimination in favour of mobile leader Advanced Info Service.'' Under the access charge system, he said, DTAC paid eight baht per minute for its call traffic crossing TOT gateways, or about 839 million baht per month.
Mr Brekke said DTAC was willing to pay 25% more in interconnection charges to TOT than it paid to True Move. The termination rate would be 1.25 baht per minute, and the transit rate 50 satang per minute. Both are the same as what the government initially requested to the NTC. Twenty percent of DTAC's total traffic to AIS numbers passed through TOT gateways, with the remaining 80% connected directly with AIS networks. Under the interconnection regulations, all telecoms are required to fairly share voice and data revenue between two networks.
Meanwhile, DTAC said yesterday that it would delay its plan to list on the Stock Exchange of Thailand to ensure that both it and parent company Ucom, which plans to delist, are in full compliance with market regulations. The move would also protect minority shareholders, Mr Brekke said.
''The listing of DTAC should happen by the first quarter of 2007,'' he said, adding that the board decision would be raised for approval at the next shareholders' meeting in January.
The delay will cause TAC, majority owned by Norway's Telenor, to lose a corporate tax reduction of 5% off the regular rate of 30% for five financial years. But Mr Brekke said he believed that the government's new incentives on listing would compensate for the loss.
Source: NTC, Thailand

Owns 100 per cent of both TOT and CAT

Call for end to policy corruptionA former investment banker has urged the military-backed government to confront policy corruption, which he says has damaged the country's competitive edge.
The banker, who requested anonymity, said last week that rampant policy corruption in the telecommunications arena had reduced national competitiveness.
He claimed state telecom organisations had been burdened with policy corruption and used as vehicles to favour politically associated private telecom businesses - when they should have been playing key roles promoting telecom-service accessibility for all.
The interim government should position TOT Plc and CAT Telecom Plc as economic drivers, he said, and create a balance in competition between state and private operators to ensure maximum benefit to consumers.
TOT and CAT must also further Internet-based education.
However, these goals are out of reach if the government does not improve the efficiency of both agencies, said the banker, adding that the stock exchange listing for the two has been postponed because of lack of competitiveness.
He alleged the agencies' bureaucratic masters and boards of directors had "negligently" allowed them to fall behind private telecom concessionaires in the competitiveness stakes.
The Finance Ministry owns 100 per cent of both TOT and CAT, whilst the Information and Communications Technology Ministry administers them.
One example of their blunt competitive edge is their comparatively poor profit performance.
While TOT and CAT posted respective profits of Bt6.69 billion and Bt4.09 billion last year, leading cellular operator Advanced Info Service Plc (AIS) was well ahead with Bt18.9 billion in the black. TOT owns the government concession awarded to AIS - the company founded by the family of ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Its 49.6-per-cent stake in AIS parent Shin Corp Plc was sold to Singapore state-investment arm Temasek Holdings in January.
New ICT Minister Sitthichai Pookaiyaudom has already asked the TOT and CAT boards to merge to improve competitiveness. He said the combined board must lead the companies in the same direction as well as slash redundant investment.
This represents a policy change from the previous government.

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All telecom agreements to come under microscope

Bangkok Post
Wednesday, January 31, 2007

By Komsan Tortermvasana

TOT Plc is expected to carefully review agreements made under the ousted civilian government now that Gen Saprang Kalayanamitr, the assistant army chief and deputy secretary-general of the Council for National Security, is chairman of the board. The soldier's first move was to hand-pick three army colonels and Dr Vuthiphong Priebjrivat, a vocal critic of twice-elected Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, to sit on the 14-member board of directors at the state telecom enterprise.

The appointments are seen as being aimed at cleaning up questionable telecom concessions and deals, and also to put an end to lobbying efforts by private operators for state telecom projects. The full list of directors has been forwarded to the Finance Ministry for approval because it is the major shareholder of TOT.

Private operators expressed disappointment over certain new directors, particularly Dr Vuthipong. He was well-known as an activist who strongly opposed the Thaksin government, one operator said.

The three colonels on the board are Col Natee Sukolrat, Col Ratanaphan Rojanapirom and Col Narikatipak Saengsanit, the son of Gen Viroj Saengsanit, a former Class 5 member of the Chulachomklao Cadet Academy and also a former Thai Rak Thai party member. He shifted later to the Chart Thai party.

The civilian directors are Chavalit Sethameteekul, Supha Piyajitti, Kitti Tirasesth, Chit Laowatana, Phaibul Nititawan, Viraphol Panabutr, Sompob Banthornvipark, and Surachai Liengboonlertchai.

Only Mr Chavalit and Dr Kitti were left from the board chaired by Gen Montri Supaphon, who resigned after the Administrative Court banned TOT from blocking new DTAC mobile phone numbers from accessing its fixed network.

An industry source said it was very likely the new TOT board would scrutinise each telecom concession, some of which are also awaiting further interpretations by the Council of State, the government's legal advisory body. In particular they will look at whether TOT could scrap any existing concessions over breaches of their original terms, such as the decisions by two mobile operators to stop paying access charges in favour of interconnection fees.

In a related development, an investigation into allegations that Shin Satellite had breached its concession contract found no serious violations that would have resulted in damages to the state, according to Sitthichai Pookaiyaudom, the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) minister.

It was merely a technical error that caused no damage, and did not hurt users, he said after meeting with Shin Satellite chief executive Nongluck Pinainitisart.

Such a technical error could not lead to either the seizure or revocation of the company's satellite operating concession, he said. But he plans to appoint a six-member panel to go through all the issues again in 60 days.

The minister had earlier designated his personal legal team to look into several allegations. One was that Shin Satellite had failed to provide a backup for the broadband satellite iPSTAR. The concession granted by the ministry mandates that satellites must each have one reserve.

Dr Sitthichai has questioned whether iPSTAR could be considered as a backup satellite for Thaicom 3, given that the former is a broadband satellite and the latter is a conventional broadcast satellite.

On this issue, Dr Nongluck insisted that the company had maintained reserve for its Thaicom 3 by building Thaicom 5 as a backup. "I can assure that the country and the people are not damaged by our backup policy," she said.

Dr Sitthichai was also concerned that the ICT Ministry in the past had amended Shin Satellite's concession to allow Shin Corp to reduce its stake in the satellite firm close to the minimum 40%, from 51%.

This raised questions as to whether it was done to pave the way for foreign investors -- Temasek Holdings of Singapore -- to buy Shin and its subsidiaries without breaching the laws governing foreign shareholding in local firms.

Shin Satellite's original concession required Shin to maintain a stake of at least 51% for the whole concession period of 30 years. In 2005, Shin Satellite raised capital through a public share offering, which diluted Shin's stake to 41.56%.

Date Posted: 1/31/2007

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TOT Public Company Limited is a Thai state-owned telecommunications company. Originally established in 1954 and corporatized in 2002, TOT used to be known as the Telephone Organization of Thailand and TOT Corporation Public Company Limited. TOT's main line of business is fixed line telephony, although it has several other businesses, including mobile telephony. Its current Chairman of the Board of Directors is General Saprang Kalayanamitr.

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1 Early history
2 Corporatization and the aftermath of the 2006 coup
3 References
4 External links



[edit] Early history
The Telephone Organization of Thailand was founded by the Thai government in 24 February 1954. A state enterprise under the Ministry of Transport and Communications, it incorporated the Telephone Technician Unit under The Post and Telegraph Department. It originally had 732 staff members and a budget of 50 million Baht. The TOT provided telephone services in Bangkok Metropolis, which included Wat Lieb, Bangrak, Ploenchit and Samsaen Exchanges.[1]


[edit] Corporatization and the aftermath of the 2006 coup
Under the deposed government of Thaksin Shinawatra (2001-2006), the TOT was corporatized and plans were under way to privatize a portion of the state enterprise through an IPO in the Stock Exchange of Thailand. These plans were cancelled after the Thaksin-government was overthrown by a coup in 19 September 2006. Soon after the coup, the junta of General Surayud Chulanont announced plans to merge TOT with rival state telecom enterprise CAT Telecom (formerly the Communications Authority of Thailand).[2]

The junta also appointed junta Assistant Secretary-General General Saprang Kalayanamitr to become the new Chairman of the Board of Directors of TOT. General Saprang's first move as TOT Chairman was to hand-pick three Army colonels and controversial Thaksin-critic Vuthiphong Priebjrivat to sit on the state enterprise's Board of Directors.[3]

The junta also cancelled the Thaksin government's telecom excise tax policy. The Thaksin government imposed an excise tax on privately offered fixed and cellular services, and then allowed telecom companies to deduct the amount they paid in excise tax from concession fees they had to pay to state concession owners TOT and CAT Telecom. The total amount paid by the private telecom firms did not change. The Surayud government's excise tax cancellation meant that TOT and CAT Telecom would receive their full concession payments. However, TOT and CAT were then forced to increase their dividends to the Ministry of Finance to account for their increased income.[4]


[edit] References
^ TOT, About TOT
^ The Nation, Call for end to policy corruption, 16 October 2006
^ Bangkok Post, THAILAND: New TOT board may order cleanup 31 January 2007
^ The Nation, Telecom excise tax revoked, 24 January 2007

Monday 7 May 2007

WHY SKY EXITS FILMS


Sky Exits Films
Production in Bangkok Thailand .
Welcomes you.


We are one of the leading teams of professionals excelling in executing and handling Film Shooting and Film Crews, for over Twenty Years, in Thailand & South Asia. We are handling the shoot of Features Films/ Commercials/ Documentaries Films/ Still Shoots / Promos/ Serials / Music VDO / Events Management in Thailand.

Complete film shooting solutions, that's we offer. Sky Exits Films have complete infrastructure for smooth production. Sky Exits Films is a production service company having team of professionals, which organize everything from selecting of the best locations including completion of all kind of formalities like taking necessary permission from Government bodies so as to complete the task smoothly.Sky Exits Films is well known name in Film and Advertising world. We have built our reputation for reliability, quality services and the fact that we have never gone over budget and time limit in the projects we have completed.


Company Profile:
We have been associated with various prestigious International and Thailand organizations. We have been facilitating them in the entire shooting process.
The location scouting, location permissions and fixing, Logistics, Assigning crew, Coordination on shoot and other logistic activities are our forte. We can handle Features Films/ Commercials/ Documentaries Films/ Still Shoots / Promos/ Serials / Music VDO / Events Management in Thailand.
We could look for a location depending on your script and story board. We can e-mail you some of the photographs to give you a right idea of the location.
As per ones requirement we can arrange permissions from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Home and any other government authority wherever required for shooting (Railways, Civil Aviation, and Archeological Survey of Thailand etc.).

All private permission could also be obtained.We can negotiate with hotels, transporters, arrange for custom clearance for equipments to get the shoot planed and arrange on a daily basis. And thereafter do the post production as per your requirement


Work Profile :-

• Location scouting and location racy.
• Heading the Production & Technical Department.
• Preparing of Budget for the all In-House Programmed.
• Planning of the Technical configuration of the Broadcast Equipment for the Studio Set-up
• Roistering of the Technical Crew and assigning there duties.
• Managing the logistic of the shooting equipment.
• Preparing MIS for the utilization of the Equipment & Technical Manpower.
• Co-ordination of the vehicles
• Facilitating the shooting crew.
• Arranging for the freelancer technical Crew if required.
• Finalization of the rate and the payment terms.
• Arranging for the technical Crew and equipment.
• Controlling of Production during the shoot.
• Arranging for the Broadcast Equipment.
• Arranging for the Technical Crew and assigning there duties.


Our Services:

We provide complete infrastructural support for foreign and Thailand film producers along with the following services:LOCATION SCOUTING:

• Location best suited to your script and storyboard.
• E-mail you the photographs of the location that give you a right idea


PERMISSION / VISA:

• From the ministry of information and broadcasting
• From the ministry of external affairs, ministry of home and other local government authority
• All private permission is also arranged.
• And also visa clearance
• Customs clearance of equipment (import and re-export)
• Work visas clearance for the entire crew



BUDGET:

• The costing of total project professional.
• We are proud of our reliability and the fact that we have never gone over budget in the past.

HIRING OF CREW AND TECHNICAL PEOPLE:

• We can provide Experienced Crew
• Technical people who have been worked with foreign crew earlier.

CASTING:
• Proper casting for your project
• Only experienced casing Directors.

Remark :
CASTING AND TALENT BUYOUTS

The long history of Thailand and its people have endowed the country with a wealth of different ethnicities offering a vast choice of physical characteristics for every type of casting.

Its long relationship with Foreign casting agents and its regular production levels mean that Sky Exits Films has been able to successfully fully cast films and mini-series in several languages, in many countries. Keeping costs in mind, Sky Exits Films can negotiate full talent buyouts for all types of projects.

Sky Exits Films is a full service casting and coordinating company. Our staff consists of 3 casting directors and several talent coordinators / assistants. Our Online Video Castings allows us to cast several projects at one time also providing our clients with an easy to use casting tool available to them. Saving everyone time and money! Our website provides our clients with 2 to 4 videos on each talent as well as several headshots and resumes. Casting all ages for Commercials , Industrials, Infomercials, TV, Film, Print, Voice Over and Conventions. We provide superior service by giving fast response time and on-site coordination. Traditional and real people casting is also available.


MAKE UP & HAIR :

When it comes to a professional appearance, whether for commercial production, movies, television, stage or private functions, Sky Exits Hair and Makeup is the industry's finest. Offering an experienced and accomplished staff of specialists that will meet all of your production needs. We provide every professional of make-up and hair design artistry, as well as special effects for character portrayals, including bald caps, old aging and injury simulation. Known for dependability and detail, Sky Exits Hair and Makeup offers competitive rates to ensure a profit for your production.

HOTEL AND TRANSPORTATION:

• Air ticketing domestic and international
• Negotiate with hotels
• Transporter


CATERING:

• All Kind Of Multi-cuisine A, B, C Catering In Budget


SECURITY/POLICE PROTECTION/ INSURANCE:

• We mainly concern about crew safety
• We can provide security and insurance for equipments, main talent-cast, crew set.
• Insurance of cast and crew and set

SETTING UP PRODUCTION OFFICE:

• Stock • Art, Property (Prop) And Set
• Legal Assistance
• Information about weather dept.
• Processing and editing facilities
• Translators
• POST PRODUCTION SERVICE
• ANY THING, WHICH MEET YOUR PROJECT'S REQUIREMENT.

Advertising films :

We have successfully completed many ad films and promos with very well known names in the world of Advertisin Film Shooting.

We provide complete services required for Adverting Film Shooting and Promos at very reasonable charges. You can search the locations in seconds to identify a shortlist of places that meet your Advertising film requirements. Our detailed information about Thailand climate and geography enables you to quickly compare possibilities.

We have experienced team of Advertising film Shooting professionals who have worked earlier with international projects and who understand better needs of international crew.


LOCATIONS AND LOCATION PERMITS :

Sky Exits Films can scout, plan for and do pre-production research for any type of production. It has an extensive digital location archive as well as a large print library. Location research and scouting is done by a number of bilingual Thailand location managers.

Sky Exits Films maintains good, on-going relationships with the various governments and police departments which issue shooting permits, including those for all historical sites and government buildings.
Any and all government benefits are passed on directly to our clients; Sky Exits can advise on areas offering tax based incentives and other local reward programs.


Film Crew :

We have done the time-consuming work for you to create Thailand resource focused on pre-production. Now you can find what you’re looking for quickly and easily from just one source. We have library of various locations and people if you require we can mail you to select the best match to you storyboard / script.

We are providing both Thai and foreign crews according to the requirement of your script.

Sky Exits Films offers the entire range of multilingual and highly specialized filmmaking professionals. From heads of departments through to legions of extras, Sky Exits can organize top quality support for producers shooting in Thailand or around Asia.

Sky Exits's crews are accustomed to working with foreigners, in the 'international' way, and are known for being adaptable, hard working and accommodating.



Producers Line Producers:
Direction Chief
Assistant Directors
Associate Directors
First Assistants / 1st AD Directors
Second Assistants / 2nd AD
Directors of Photography HD / High Def / High Definition
Directors of Photography / DP / Cinematographers
Script continuity
Floor Manager

Script:
Script
Screenplay
Dialogue writers

Production dept.:

Production coordinator
Production Manager
Production Secretaries
Production Supervisors
Production Assistant
Book keeper
Location scouts
Location Manager
Transport coordinator
Runner/Driver
Financial Controller


Equipment:
Technicians Director of Photography
Camera Crew Clapper / Loader
Camera Crew First Assistants / 1st AC
Camera Crew Second Assistants / 2nd AC
Camera Crew Video Assistants / Cable / Utility
Camera Operators / Cameraman Cranes / Jibs
Camera Operators / Cameraman Film [400]
Camera Operators / Cameraman HD / High Def / High Definition
Camera Operators / Cameraman Steadicam
Camera Operators / Cameraman Underwater
Camera Operators / Cameraman Video

Gaffers
Gaffers Rigging
Generator Operators
Grips Grips Dolly
Grips KeyGrips Rigging

Focus puller/camera assistant:
Video assistant operator
Electrician/light assistant
Still photographer


Art Department :
Art Director
Set Dresser
Stage Managers
Prop Department
Graphic Designer
Construction Manager
Builder/contractor
Painter
Carpenters


Sound & SFX:
Special effects person
Stunt coordinator
Stunt man/woman
Sound Mixers / Recording
Special Effects Assistants
Boom operator
Audio Technicians
Composer background score


Wardrobe:
Costume designer,
Onset wardrobe,
Stylist… Make-Up
Hair Stylists
Make-Up Artists
Special makeup artist
Wigs

Other:
Assistants Secretary
Accountant
Catering
Animal handler
Office coordinator


Why Sky Exits Films :
The Most Awarded Production Companies in the world




Sky Exits Films Production House in Bangkok Thailand. We were no. 5 The Most Director Awarded in the world and no. 9 The Most Awarded Production Companies in the world in 1999 from Gunn Report from Shots.


We are one of a leader production house for TV Commercial to support most of large and well-established advertising agencies both local and worldwide. We are located at 2136/5-6 Ladprao Rd, Wangthonglang, Bangkok 10310 THAILAND.

Contact us: Tel no. + 66 2933 6470 / Fax no. + 66 2530 3666
E-mails us: aum@skyexits.com , krom@skyexits.com , juh@skyexits.com
(Juh Mobile Phone no. + 66 8 5070 1205)

Home Page http://www.skyexits.com/
Blog : http://skyexits-showreel.blogspot.com/
Blog : http://skyexits.blogspot.com/

Sunday 6 May 2007

We are Production Films Service on the top of Thailand


Sky Exits Films
Production in Bangkok Thailand Welcomes you.

We are one of the leading teams of professionals excelling in executing and handling Film Shooting and Film Crews, for over Twenty Years, in Thailand & South Asia. We are handling the shoot of Features Films/ Commercials/ Documentaries Films/ Still Shoots / Promos/ Serials / Music VDO / Events Management in Thailand.

Complete film shooting solutions, that's we offer. Sky Exits Films have complete infrastructure for smooth production. Sky Exits Films is a production service company having team of professionals, which organize everything from selecting of the best locations including completion of all kind of formalities like taking necessary permission from Government bodies so as to complete the task smoothly.Sky Exits Films is well known name in Film and Advertising world. We have built our reputation for reliability, quality services and the fact that we have never gone over budget and time limit in the projects we have completed.


Company Profile:
We have been associated with various prestigious International and Thailand organizations. We have been facilitating them in the entire shooting process.
The location scouting, location permissions and fixing, Logistics, Assigning crew, Coordination on shoot and other logistic activities are our forte. We can handle Features Films/ Commercials/ Documentaries Films/ Still Shoots / Promos/ Serials / Music VDO / Events Management in Thailand.
We could look for a location depending on your script and story board. We can e-mail you some of the photographs to give you a right idea of the location.
As per ones requirement we can arrange permissions from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Home and any other government authority wherever required for shooting (Railways, Civil Aviation, and Archeological Survey of Thailand etc.).

All private permission could also be obtained.We can negotiate with hotels, transporters, arrange for custom clearance for equipments to get the shoot planed and arrange on a daily basis. And thereafter do the post production as per your requirement


Work Profile :-

• Location scouting and location racy.
• Heading the Production & Technical Department.
• Preparing of Budget for the all In-House Programmed.
• Planning of the Technical configuration of the Broadcast Equipment for the Studio Set-up
• Roistering of the Technical Crew and assigning there duties.
• Managing the logistic of the shooting equipment.
• Preparing MIS for the utilization of the Equipment & Technical Manpower.
• Co-ordination of the vehicles
• Facilitating the shooting crew.
• Arranging for the freelancer technical Crew if required.
• Finalization of the rate and the payment terms.
• Arranging for the technical Crew and equipment.
• Controlling of Production during the shoot.
• Arranging for the Broadcast Equipment.
• Arranging for the Technical Crew and assigning there duties.


Our Services:

We provide complete infrastructural support for foreign and Thailand film producers along with the following services:LOCATION SCOUTING:

• Location best suited to your script and storyboard.
• E-mail you the photographs of the location that give you a right idea


PERMISSION / VISA:

• From the ministry of information and broadcasting
• From the ministry of external affairs, ministry of home and other local government authority
• All private permission is also arranged.
• And also visa clearance
• Customs clearance of equipment (import and re-export)
• Work visas clearance for the entire crew



BUDGET:

• The costing of total project professional.
• We are proud of our reliability and the fact that we have never gone over budget in the past.

HIRING OF CREW AND TECHNICAL PEOPLE:

• We can provide Experienced Crew
• Technical people who have been worked with foreign crew earlier.

CASTING:
• Proper casting for your project
• Only experienced casing Directors.

Remark :
CASTING AND TALENT BUYOUTS

The long history of Thailand and its people have endowed the country with a wealth of different ethnicities offering a vast choice of physical characteristics for every type of casting.

Its long relationship with Foreign casting agents and its regular production levels mean that Sky Exits Films has been able to successfully fully cast films and mini-series in several languages, in many countries. Keeping costs in mind, Sky Exits Films can negotiate full talent buyouts for all types of projects.

Sky Exits Films is a full service casting and coordinating company. Our staff consists of 3 casting directors and several talent coordinators / assistants. Our Online Video Castings allows us to cast several projects at one time also providing our clients with an easy to use casting tool available to them. Saving everyone time and money! Our website provides our clients with 2 to 4 videos on each talent as well as several headshots and resumes. Casting all ages for Commercials , Industrials, Infomercials, TV, Film, Print, Voice Over and Conventions. We provide superior service by giving fast response time and on-site coordination. Traditional and real people casting is also available.


MAKE UP & HAIR :

When it comes to a professional appearance, whether for commercial production, movies, television, stage or private functions, Sky Exits Hair and Makeup is the industry's finest. Offering an experienced and accomplished staff of specialists that will meet all of your production needs. We provide every professional of make-up and hair design artistry, as well as special effects for character portrayals, including bald caps, old aging and injury simulation. Known for dependability and detail, Sky Exits Hair and Makeup offers competitive rates to ensure a profit for your production.

HOTEL AND TRANSPORTATION:

• Air ticketing domestic and international
• Negotiate with hotels
• Transporter


CATERING:

• All Kind Of Multi-cuisine A, B, C Catering In Budget


SECURITY/POLICE PROTECTION/ INSURANCE:

• We mainly concern about crew safety
• We can provide security and insurance for equipments, main talent-cast, crew set.
• Insurance of cast and crew and set

SETTING UP PRODUCTION OFFICE:

• Stock • Art, Property (Prop) And Set
• Legal Assistance
• Information about weather dept.
• Processing and editing facilities
• Translators
• POST PRODUCTION SERVICE
• ANY THING, WHICH MEET YOUR PROJECT'S REQUIREMENT.

Advertising films :

We have successfully completed many ad films and promos with very well known names in the world of Advertisin Film Shooting.

We provide complete services required for Adverting Film Shooting and Promos at very reasonable charges. You can search the locations in seconds to identify a shortlist of places that meet your Advertising film requirements. Our detailed information about Thailand climate and geography enables you to quickly compare possibilities.

We have experienced team of Advertising film Shooting professionals who have worked earlier with international projects and who understand better needs of international crew.


LOCATIONS AND LOCATION PERMITS :

Sky Exits Films can scout, plan for and do pre-production research for any type of production. It has an extensive digital location archive as well as a large print library. Location research and scouting is done by a number of bilingual Thailand location managers.

Sky Exits Films maintains good, on-going relationships with the various governments and police departments which issue shooting permits, including those for all historical sites and government buildings.
Any and all government benefits are passed on directly to our clients; Sky Exits can advise on areas offering tax based incentives and other local reward programs.


Film Crew :

We have done the time-consuming work for you to create Thailand resource focused on pre-production. Now you can find what you’re looking for quickly and easily from just one source. We have library of various locations and people if you require we can mail you to select the best match to you storyboard / script.

We are providing both Thai and foreign crews according to the requirement of your script.

Sky Exits Films offers the entire range of multilingual and highly specialized filmmaking professionals. From heads of departments through to legions of extras, Sky Exits can organize top quality support for producers shooting in Thailand or around Asia.

Sky Exits's crews are accustomed to working with foreigners, in the 'international' way, and are known for being adaptable, hard working and accommodating.



Producers Line Producers:
Direction Chief
Assistant Directors
Associate Directors
First Assistants / 1st AD Directors
Second Assistants / 2nd AD
Directors of Photography HD / High Def / High Definition
Directors of Photography / DP / Cinematographers
Script continuity
Floor Manager

Script:
Script
Screenplay
Dialogue writers

Production dept.:

Production coordinator
Production Manager
Production Secretaries
Production Supervisors
Production Assistant
Book keeper
Location scouts
Location Manager
Transport coordinator
Runner/Driver
Financial Controller


Equipment:
Technicians Director of Photography
Camera Crew Clapper / Loader
Camera Crew First Assistants / 1st AC
Camera Crew Second Assistants / 2nd AC
Camera Crew Video Assistants / Cable / Utility
Camera Operators / Cameraman Cranes / Jibs
Camera Operators / Cameraman Film [400]
Camera Operators / Cameraman HD / High Def / High Definition
Camera Operators / Cameraman Steadicam
Camera Operators / Cameraman Underwater
Camera Operators / Cameraman Video

Gaffers
Gaffers Rigging
Generator Operators
Grips Grips Dolly
Grips KeyGrips Rigging

Focus puller/camera assistant:
Video assistant operator
Electrician/light assistant
Still photographer


Art Department :
Art Director
Set Dresser
Stage Managers
Prop Department
Graphic Designer
Construction Manager
Builder/contractor
Painter
Carpenters


Sound & SFX:
Special effects person
Stunt coordinator
Stunt man/woman
Sound Mixers / Recording
Special Effects Assistants
Boom operator
Audio Technicians
Composer background score


Wardrobe:
Costume designer,
Onset wardrobe,
Stylist… Make-Up
Hair Stylists
Make-Up Artists
Special makeup artist
Wigs

Other:
Assistants Secretary
Accountant
Catering
Animal handler
Office coordinator


Why Sky Exits Films :
The Most Awarded Production Companies in the world

Sky Exits Film Production House in Bangkok Thailand. We were no. 5 The Most Director Awarded in the world and no. 9 The Most Awarded Production Companies in the world in 1999 from Gunn Report from Shots. We are one of a leader production house for TV Commercial to support most of large and well-established advertising agencies both local and worldwide.

We are located at 2136/5-6 Ladprao Rd, Wangthonglang, Bangkok 10310 THAILAND.

Contact us: Tel no. + 66 2933 6470 / Fax no. + 66 2530 3666

E-mails us: aum@skyexits.com , krom@skyexits.com , juh@skyexits.com
(Juh Mobile Phone no. + 66 8 5070 1205)

Home Page http://www.skyexits.com/
Blog : http://skyexits-showreel.blogspot.com/
Blog : http://skyexits.blogspot.com/