Pichet Durongkaveroj

Ministry of Digital Economy and Society

Smart Cities and Internet of ThingsDigital Economy Thailand

“DIGITAL THAILAND”

Reduce Disparity

(Modernize rural areas)

• Availability• Accessibility• Affordability

Better Income Distribution

(Community 4.0)

• Wealth Distribution• Sustainability

Capacity Building

(for Digital Age)

• Digital Workforce• Citizen in 21st Century

2018 2020 2025

Digital Infrastructure

Digital Manpower

Digital Tech. Development

Cyber Security

Digital Government

• National Digital ID

•Govt. BIG DATA

• Ease of Doing Business

• Village Internet

(FTTx)

• Submarine Cable

• Digital Laws

• Digital Literacy Training

(1 million people)

• Digital StartUps

• Coding Thailand

• Digital Park 280 acres in Sriracha

• IoT Institute & Consortium

• Smart EEC + Smart City

@ Phuket, Chiangmai, Khonkaen

• Nat’l Cyber Security Agency

• ASEAN-Japan Cyber Security

Capacity Building Center

DIGITAL THAILAND

“DIGITAL AGENDA 2018”

Digital Infrastructure: Village Internet

Cover all 75,000 villages

1 Free WiFi hotspot in every village at 30 / 10 Mbps

Link to all schools and local hospitalsProvide community digital learning centers

Digital Infrastructure: Village e-Commerce

1 FEA

SeaMeWe-4

AAG

SeaMeWe-3

APG

SJC1/

TIS

2

3

4

5

6

7

AAE-18

9 TH-HK (by 2020)

NGDC’s Existing Submarines

Hong Kong

APGFEA

TIS

AAG

SMW-4 SMW-3

SJC

MCT

TH-HK

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

Digital Infrastructure: International Submarine Cable Expansion

Digital Infrastructure: Digital Laws & Regulations

• Electronic Transactions Law • Data Protection Law• Cyber Security Law• Spectrum Allocation Law• Space Economy Development Law• Digital Council Establishment

Digital Manpower: Digital Literacy Training

Digital Manpower: Coding Thailand

depaDigital Startup

Programs

Focus area

Focus tech platforms

Key mechanism depa funds

(idea, launch, growth)

depaaccelerators & incubators

Digitalstartupnetwork

Global marketaccess

X2XDigital transformation

Digital Manpower:

Digital Applications: Digital Park Thailand @ Sriracha9

• IoT Open Platform• Networking IoT Talent • Design Based• Private-Led

Objective

• IoT Institute 80,000 sqm• A1 40,000 sqm, A2 20,000 sqm• A3 20,000 sqm• Budget 3,500 M THB

Overview

Facilities• Industrial Mathematic Lab• AI Lab• VR & AR Lab• Testing Lab

• IoT Center• Cloud Innovation Lab• Device Lab• 5G Lab

• Design Center• IoT Center• Demonstration Space• Maker Space

4% of total

Digital Applications: IoT Institute

• National Cyber Security Committee

• National Cyber Security Agency

• 6 Critical Information Infrastructures• Financial

• Telecommunications

• Transportations and Logistics

• Energy and Public Utility

• Public Health

• National and Government Security

• ASEAN-Japan Cyber Security Training Center

Cyber Security

Digital Government: Towards Paperless & Cashless Society

Big Data/ Analytics

6 Smart city domains

National Smart City Steering Committee

Government

Private

Possible PPP for Infrastructure Development in Smart City Initiative

Public

Private

Investment Privilege

Supportive Law and Regulations

Infrastructure Privilege

Financial Privilege

Investment Privilege

• 8 years corporate income tax waiver plus 50% reduction for another 5 year

• Potential 15 years corporate income tax waiver plus grants for strategic projects (Thailand Competitive Fund)

• Potential maximum 17% personal income tax for management, investors, experts in target industries with HQ and facilities in EEC

• Long-term land lease 50+49 years

• Fast Track PPP/EIA process• Free Trade Zone• One Stop Service

Supportive Law and Regulations

• Regulatory Sandbox• Smart Visa for workers and family

Infrastructure Privilege

• Fast track for infrastructure investment: digital, transportation, energy

Financial Privilege

• Digital Transformation Fund• Digital Manpower Fund• Digital Startup Fund• Smart City Research Fund• Smart City Infrastructure Fund

Smart City AllianceSmart City Alliance80+ partners, 6 municipalities, 4 projects, 5+ international partners

Korea

Taiwan

Hong Kong

Singapore

Thailand

Free WiFiTourist Behavior

analytics

Smart City

Transportations TOD Ocean MarinaAlternative

Electricity SupplyWater Supply

Management

Application

PlatformsPremium Tourist Safety

Knowledge

RepositoryLighting

Smart Transit Smart Energy

Smart Tourism Smart City

12 Phuket City Development Master Plans Smart EEC

Digital Park

Thailand

Boosting

EconomyImproving

Quality of lifeDriving

SustainabilityEnsuring collaborative

Development

Digital Infrastructure

Digital Manpower

Digital Tech. Development

Cyber Security

Digital Government

• National Digital ID

•Govt. BIG DATA

• Ease of Doing Business

• Village Internet

(FTTx)

• Submarine Cable

• Digital Laws

• Digital Literacy Training

(1 million people)

• Digital StartUps

• Coding Thailand

• Digital Park 280 acres in Sriracha

• IoT Institute & Consortium

• Smart EEC + Smart City

@ Phuket, Chiangmai, Khonkaen

• Nat’l Cyber Security Agency

• ASEAN-Japan Cyber Security

Capacity Building Center

DIGITAL THAILAND

“DIGITAL AGENDA 2018”

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