Tourism, ICT ministries team up on free Wi-Fi
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The Information and Communications Technology Ministry has joined with the Tourism and Sports Ministry to develop free Wi-Fi service in 1,615 tourist destinations nationwide this year as part of the ICT Free Wi-Fi for Tourism project.
The ICT Ministry assigned TOT and CAT Telecom to install the service in 253 spots in Bangkok, 446 in the Central region, 201 in the East, 323 in the South, 67 in the Northeast, and 325 in the North.
The move is aimed at supporting the tourism industry, which is expected to generate revenue of Bt2 trillion in 2015.
It is also part of the ICT Ministry’s existing free-Wi-Fi project to serve the government’s policy of ensuring equal access to telecom service nationwide.
