Industry prepares for AEC

Trirat Chatkaew, a member of the Asean Business Council, said Thailand needed to identify a flagship area to highlight, just as IT outsourcing or water resources management.

Janewit Kraprayoon, the general manager of True Internet, cited competitively priced bandwidth, lower electric costs and reliable systems as key advantages to compete with other countries in Asean.

Thanachart Noomnonda, the director of Software Park Thailand, said the country needed to choose a niche area with high possibility, just as food, tourism or finance. Another opportunity is cloud computing, which helps companies sell software by subscription and deliver online services at lower cost.

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