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Figure 2 Roadmap for Thailand’s Implementation under the ASEAN ICT Masterplan 2020 (Figure 1 of 2)

Roadmap for Thailand's Implementation under the ASEAN ICT Masterplan 2020 (Page 1 of 2)

Vision: Strive to become a digitally-enabled economy by exploiting the opportunities of the ASEAN Community

Outcome 1: Thailand’s internet infrastructure has high quality, broad geographical coverage Outcome 2: Firms utilize ICT to enhance business efficiency, and
and sufficient capacity to serve domestic demand and that of the neighboring countries. connect partners around the world through an online channel.

Strategy 1: Enhance the capability of domestic ICT Strategy 2: Assist SMEs in finding new markets and Strategy 3: Create an equitable society where citizens
infrastructure to accommodate future growth in domestic adopting technologies for business efficiency, and can fully leverage the benefit of technology
demand, and as a preparation for becoming the center of create a start-up ecosystem that fosters new
internet exchange for the CLMV group of countries entrepreneurs

• Create a masterplan to guide the development of • Encourage Thai businesses to conduct online trade • Create an online educational content database which
broadband internet infrastructure and spectrum • Establish the ASEAN Business Forum to assist Thai schools in remote areas can use as complimentary
management businesses in finding new markets and partners in input for their students
• Increase the capacity of the internet infrastructure to ASEAN • Develop the Community Digital Centers as a focal
accommodate future growth in both domestic and • Create a database that contains specifics and origins point for government services
neighboring markets with regard to Thailand’s exports • Promote decent conduct in the digital world, and
• Follow up with upcoming megatrend in new and • Improve the legal and regulatory environment to encourage discrete use of the internet
advance technologies attract start-up investment from both domestic and • Conduct feasibility study on Smart City development
• Expand the coverage of domestic internet foreign entrepreneurs in Thai cities, and prepare necessary infrastructure to
infrastructure to include underserved and border • Enact comprehensive start-up support policies accommodate future growth
areas • Encourage greater technology adoption among SMEs • Connect and integrate ASEAN Member States’ social
• Improve the legal and regulatory environment and • Connect and integrate ASEAN’s Business Insight databases, e.g., education databases
provide incentives to attract investment in cloud database • Develop a system of telemedicine for deployment as
computing businesses a healthcare service in rural areas
• Improve efficiency in frequency allocation and • Promote digital adoption among the elderly and
management to international standard people with disability

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