Some e-services will be tried out and the entire province will be connected to wireless broadband for residents and tourists, said ICT Minister Anudith Nakornthap.
He said the government is on track to make the country Smart Thailand as all elements, including network, cloud, content or services, and security are being done to support the e-government. And Nakhon Nayok will be a pilot project to demonstrate the possibilities of the Smart Thailand initiative.
“In the next six months, we will see our efforts to create a Smart Thailand become a reality in this province. We also plan to develop and launch many projects in parallel, including government e-services. Recently, the first ten e-services were launched by the e-Government Service Agency, and free Wi-Fi projects are now operational in many provinces,” he said.
Nakornthap added there are many more organisations from the private and government sectors that have accepted and adopted the ICT Ministry’s free Wi-Fi scheme through their own pilot free Wi-Fi projects in certain areas. By the end of the year, he expects to see more deployment of free Wi-Fi. He also expects that by the third quarter, after the telecom master plan becomes effective, there will be a 3G auction which will further improve the broadband penetration rate.
He added that the cloud service provided by E -Government Agency would encourage government organisations that do not have their own IT infrastructure to move towards e-government and launch their e-services. ThaiCERT and Cyber Security Operation Centre (CSOC) will provide secure e-services to support the move to e-government.
Nakhon Nayok Governor Surachai Srisaracam said that under the plan to be a smart city, four districts will be entirely connected with broadband infrastructure, both wired and wireless.
“We plan to see Nakhon Nayok become a province where people can use government e-services with their own smart card easily, quickly, and efficiently, while tourists can enjoy their trip here with free hi-speed wireless internet throughout the provinces. Local businesses and farmers can also get benefit from the hi-speed Internet infrastructure and availability of the government’s e-services,” said Surachai.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Thanya Kunakornpaiboonsiri
Quelle/Source: futureGov, 10.02.2012
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