Pacnet's New Presence: Vietnam & Thailand

Just checked again the world's telecom wholesale news after weeks-long pause :-D. This is one of the interesting news: Pacnet tries to get closer with traffic sources, this time in Vietnam and Thailand. Currently, international & inter-regional wholesalers tend to reach more potential customers, not only those which belong the industry giants but also medium-size customers. This might be a visible effort to anticipate loss of traffic, since many nationally-strong telcos are able and currently tend to build their own infrastructure. Disagree ? You are free to comment! :-D

ThaiREN : UniNet, UniNet2

To be honest, when I was in Europe several years ago, I never thought that RE networking in ASEAN (except Singapore) could be that as what I see right now. Thailand is currently in a very good track; Malaysia, Vietnam will follow it shortly. Indonesia ?? ... still needs much works!

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UniNet/ThaiREN:

• The Project of Inter-University Network (UniNet) is established by notification of Ministry of University in 1996. This year the project is 12-year- in operating and serving for universities and institutions.
• UniNet has provided hi-speed information network linked to universities, institutes, and campuses 180 sites over the country. Linking with foreign countries research network enables Thai universities/institutes to manage virtual classrooms with universities/institutes abroad.
• This project improves Thai education to be comparable to other countries. And now UniNet is developing particular research network which enables members to reach the source effectively.

Thailand - Bandwidth

According to Jasmine Group, this year (2009) Thailand will have 70+ Gbps international bandwidth serving 4 mn broadband subscribers with "average ??" broadband speed of 4 Mbps.

Thailand - Some (ICT) Facts

As of end 2007, Thailand has more than 50 mn mobile subscribers (80+% teledensity - wow!) and 12+ mn Internet users.

• In line with Internet users, the number of broadband subscribers was growing ; this means greater required bandwidth

• Liberalization of IGW (International GateWay) in 2006; there are 6 (six) international gateway operators in Thailand.

• After liberalization of international gateways, the number of Internet users increases (see pic below)
• In 2007 (right after liberalization of IGW) International Internet bandwidth increased by more than 2.5 times (around 25 Gbps as of Q4/2007)