Ajarin PattanapanchaiPermanent Secretary

Ministry of Digital Economy and Society

Infrastructure for Doing Businessin Digital Sector in Thailand

TOTALPOPULATION

INTERNETUSERS

ACTIVE SOCIALMEDIA USERS

MOBILECONNECTIONS

ACTIVE MOBILESOCIAL USERS

69.7Million

57Million

PENETRATION:

82%

52Million

PENETRATION:

75%

130Million

vs POPULATION:

187%

49Million

PENETRATION:

71%

Source: We Are Social, Hootsuite, NBTC, ETDA

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Digital Thailand Statistics

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InternationalInternet Bandwidth

12Tbps

E-CommerceValue

99.1Billion USD

ICT Worker

386Thousand

people

Thailand is at the forefront in internet and social media usage

74% Mobile

Banking

Penetration

#174% Social media

penetration

#8133% Mobile

Broadband

Connectivity

#885% E-Commece

usage amongst

internet users

#5

Source: Hootsuite 2019

V I S I O N & S T R A T E G Y

DIGITALTHAILAND

f o r Tha i l and 4.0

G O A LEs tabl is h a new s-cu rve dig it al in dus try to

enhance Thaila nd competit iv e advan tagethrough Digital Transformation .

National Policy

for Digital

Economy and

Society

Development

V I S I O N

Digi ta lGovernment

DigitalInfrastructure

Digi ta lManpower

Dig i ta lTechnology

& Innovat ion

New S-Curve

Digital

Industry

Thailand’s Digital Economy

Infrastructure Development

Enhance basic

telecommunications and

drive the economy and

digital society.

National Broadband

Internet

Enhance high-speed internet

systems to help develop the

domestic economy

Enhance international

connectivity with Thailand as

a hub for the region

ASEAN Digital Hub

To strengthen national broadband infrastructure

and provide affordable high-speed internet

access across Thailand

Building an inclusive and sustainable

connected society

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Impact

Course developmentLocal workforce

development

Medical equity

Jobs opportunities

Increase income

Reduce skilled

labor migration

Happy familyArea: remote, non-commercial potential,

and no high-speed internet service area

Education

Health

EconomySociety

Expanding high-speed

internet network

in 74,987 villages by 2020

Village Broadband Internet Project

1 FEA

SeaMeWe-4

AAG

SeaMeWe-3

APG

SJC1/

TIS

2

3

4

5

6

7

AAE-18

9 ADC (by 2022)

Existing SubmarinesHong Kong

APGFEA

TIS

AAG

SMW-4 SMW-3

SJC

MCT

ADC

DawaiThailand

Tachileik

Myawaddy

Poipet

Padang besar

Chiangrai

Tak

Nongkhai

Vientiane

Mukdahan

Savannakhet

Khammouan

Bokeo

Koh kongTrat

Bukit

Dannok

Phetchaburi

Songkhla

Samui

Nakhon phanom

Sakaeo

Satun

Chumphon

AAE-1

1 MCT

Private Sector’s Submarine

THAILAND

InternationalSubmarineCableSystem

Thailand internet growtgh rate last 5 year 57%

Computer Crime Act (No. 2) B.E. 2560

Broadcasting and Telecommunications Services Act (No. 3) B.E. 2562

Cyber Security Act B.E. 2562

Personal Data Protection Act B.E. 2562

Digital Laws

Electronic Transactions Act (No. 3) B.E. 2562

Source: Eastern Economic Corridor Office (EECO)

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Key Infrastructure Projects: Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC)

Center for automotive

and auto parts

Transforming to EV development

Tier 3+, 4 Data Center :

Supernap , NTT, PPT

Hub of Telecom and Smart Devices

Location of automation and robotics suppliers in ASEAN

Hub of aviation and MRO service

247,105 Acres

June 2020

Executive Summary

Digital Park Thailand (“EECd”)

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EECd is located in Sriracha,

a prime and center of EEC

area, which surrounded by

important industrial estates

and many supportive

infrastructure projects allow

commuting to the project

area can be made easily.

-Submarine Cable Landing

Station

-Satellite Station

-Motorway Project

-Dual-Track Railway Project

-High-Speed 3 Airport Rail Link

-2 Major Deep Sea Port

-U-Tapao airport

Thailand Digital Park : Location

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Thailand Digital Valley

Landscape

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Digital Startups and Co-working

center (First building)4,500 sq.m.

Digital Innovation and Co-Creation

Center (Second building)40,000 sq.m.

Digital Edutainment Complex

(Third building)20,000 sq.m.

Digital Global Connect

(Fourth building)20,000 sq.m.

Digital Valley comprises of 4 buildings. The

first building is scheduled to be completed

about 2 years from now and the remaining

3 buildings will be opened for joint venture

by the private sectors.

Currently, Digital Valley is in Phase 1 of

construction.

Approximately 60% of the area will be

designated for 5G lab, cloud innovation lab,

AI design lab, and data analytics center.

Digital Valley in EEC

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