Thaicom installs satellite-based communications for typhoon-hit areas in Philippines
Play
Thaicom Plc has installed satellite-based communication facilities using its IPStar or Thaicom 4 satellite for Typhoon Haiyan-hit areas in Philippines.
Thaicom CEO Suphajee Suthumpun said Thaicom has cooperated with the Philippine government agencies to send equipment and technicians to provide satellite communications in areas the communication system was damaged by the storm.
Suphajee said the equipment provided Internet connection and voice call services via Thaicom 4 or IPStar in Tacloban and other cities.
Thaicom has been working with the National Disaster Risk Management Coordinating Council and the Department of Social Welfare and Development in installing the equipment, she said.
The Nation
