Telecoms can keep mobiles working
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The three major cellular operators have prepared for possible flooding in Bangkok to prevent any disruption of customers' communications.
They have set up flood barriers at their cellular switching centres and prepared back-up generators to keep the switching and cellular base stations in operation in case the electrical-power supply is cut. They have also moved base-station equipment to higher ground.
Prathet Tankuranun, head of the engineering division of Total Access Communication (DTAC), said the company had taken all of these measures.
Meanwhile, TrueMove said it had set up 2.5-metre-high barriers at its main switching centres, where water pumps and back-up generators had also been installed. In addition, it has set up a war room to monitor the situation 24 hours a day.
Like the other cellular operators, Advanced Info Service (AIS) has protected its switching centres and cellular base stations in Bangkok with barriers and other measures.
Weerawat Kiattipongthaworn, AIS executive vice president for operations, said it had devised a continuity plan that would transfer call traffic from any flooded cellular base stations to other stations that are not affected.
