TOT targets broadband access in 4,000 villages by mid-2017
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State telecommunication enterprise TOT hopes to provide access to 4,000 villages by the middle of next year as part of the first phase of its nationwide broadband Internet network roll-out, Digital Economy and Society Minister Pichet Durongkaveroj said Monday.
The government has assigned TOT to connect 24,700 villages countrywide by the end of next year at a cost of Bt9 billion.
TOT president Montchai Noosong said procurement for the project would commence soon.
TOT plans to offer the best-priced high-speed Internet packages for the villages after completing the backbone installation.
The ministry will allow other telecom operators to use TOT’s backbone infrastructure to offer services to villages in competition with TOT.
