‘The Prime Minister’ welcomes digital Thai development to leapfrog Aiming to change the face for Thai people to have access to the Internet
On September 27, Mr. Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana, spokesman for the Prime Minister’s Office, revealed that Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Acknowledge the results of the Thai Digital Quality of Life Index research. I’m glad that Thailand has developed by leaps and bounds from last year. According to research by cybersecurity firm Surfshark, Thailand ranks 44th out of 110 countries with the best internet quality in the world. in the Digital Quality of Life Index 2021 (Digital Quality of Life Index : DQL) in the Internet Quality Index Consider the speed and reliability of broadband and mobile internet connections. and the 4th in the ASEAN region and the 11th in Asia
Mr. Thanakorn continued that The rankings cover 90% of the world’s population, or more than 6.9 billion, by estimating countries. According to the five pillars of digital health basics, namely Internet quality. the ability to pay internet electronic infrastructure electronic security and electronic government It is the main component and 14 other supporting indicators. Thailand has excellent internet quality (#19), but shows relatively low results in Internet affordability (#58), e-infrastructure (#46), electronic security (#63) and government. Electronics (No. 51)
however Thailand has shown one of the most significant improvements compared to DQL 2020, jumping 19 places from 63rd to 44th, outstanding global internet quality. Since the start of the COVID-19 epidemic, Thailand’s mobile speed has increased by 81% to 40.79 Mbps, ranking 22nd in the world. Meanwhile, broadband speeds have increased by 29% to 189.54 Mbps. 2nd in the world. The top 5 countries in the world are: Denmark, South Korea, Finland, Israel and United States of America respectively
Mr. Thanakorn said The government is committed and focused on developing the country to become Thailand 4.0, providing people with access to the Internet universally, securely, and providing high-speed mobile internet services that are accessible and readily available to people covering all villages. Community areas and attractions as well as develop digital services and platforms to support government management services to become a digital government with integration between agencies. Facilitating the business sector as well as to meet the needs of providing services to the people in a comprehensive, fast, transparent and verifiable manner. This is considered as one of the five national reform plans. In order to transform Thailand according to (draft) the 13th National Economic and Social Development Plan to be promulgated in the year. 2023-2027 to move forward in the next 5 years
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