ICT, Software and Electronics Industry in ASIA

ICT INDUSTRY IN ASIA

Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) hitting a speed bump in Asia as a result of Financial Crisis (India, Philippines, Thailand & Vietnam)

ICT Industry in VIETNAM

ELECTRONICS IN THAILAND:

New Privileges for Electronics: The Board of Investment has approved new incentives for the electrical and electronics industry conferring premium privileges for projects which re-invest. The incentives are expected to dramatically boost the competitiveness of companies investing in Thailand’s electronics industries and will encourage them to fill out their local supply chains. (announced December 2005)

New Incentives to Support Electronics in 22 Provinces (from BOI Investment Review, February 2005)

ICT, Software and Electronic Industry in THAILAND

SOFTWARE IN THAILAND:

Multimedia: Bringing Thai Creativity to the Digital Market (from BOI Investment Review, February 2005)

Thailand’s Competitiveness: Key Issues in Five Clusters

Thailand Software Industry

Current Status | Software Capacity Building Program | The Role of Software for the Thai Economy | Ongoing Projects | The way forward

Software Capacity Building Program

On-line Slide show - Activities at the Thailand Software Park

Thailand's Software Industry: interview with Dr. Rom Hiranpruk, Director of Software Park Thailand (from BOI Investment Review, October 2004)

Information on Strategy in Building Software Industry in Developing Countries - Software Park Thailand: A Case Study

Thailand's Software Companies' Success Stories: Thailand is quietly becoming a software and particularly animation center where Western companies outsource work for high quality software and animation at economical prices

ICT INDUSTRY UPDATE:

Thailand’s Road to Better ICT and Software Industry: Timeline of Development

Thailand ICT Policy Development: the five-year National ICT Master Plan

Government Introduces Fast-track Visas for ICT Experts (from BOI Investment Review, January 2005)

Report on seminar: Opportunities in the ICT, Software and Electronic Industries in Thailand to promote Thailand as a strategic location for expansion in Asia

Thailand Announces New Incentives For Hard Disk Drive Industry - Thailand ranks as the world’s second largest producer of hard Disk Drives with only Singapore exceeding it in terms of output. Here are additional incentive packages expected to yield significant growth for the HDD industry in Thailand over the next several years..

Thailand Board of Investment Issues New Policy on Skill, Technology and Innovation (STI)

Thailand Becoming a Growing PCB and Electronic Component Manufacturing

Presentation on incentives by Thailand Board of Investment Deputy Secretary General

Information on Strategy in Building Software Industry in Developing Countries - Software Park Thailand: A Case Study

Report on seminar: Opportunities in the ICT, Software and Electronic Industries in Thailand to promote Thailand as a strategic location for expansion in Asia