Regional Internet Traffic Exchange/Management for the Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway:

Thailand Internet Connectivity

Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT), Thailand

First Meeting of Working Group on the Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway, Incheon, Republic of Korea, 1-2 September, 2015

Outline ICT Profile

Network Infrastructure

Internet Connectivity

Internet Traffic Exchange

Way Forward

ICT Profile Estimated Number of Internet Users: 33 Millions

Mobile subscribers: 94 Millions (Mobile Data Subscribers: 44.6 M)

% Household

2014 (Q3):5,336,194 Broadband Subscribers26.6% Broadband Penetration per Household

11,611164,775

555,495893,548

1,293,3412,072,7992,624,2783,204,4993,822,3544,351,9094,930,4195,336,194

0.1%

0.9%2.9%

5.0%7.1%

10.9%13.4%

16.2%19.1%

21.8%24.6%26.6%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

0

2,000,000

4,000,000

6,000,000

Broadband Internet Subscribers

Source: NBTC, NECTEC

Network Infrastructure Estimated amounts of

optical fiber cables > 310,000 km national-wide

~76% of sub-districts have fiber cable access

International Gateway Networks• Thailand has international gateways

through landlines, submarine cables, and satellites (Thaicom)

• Submarine cable systems are mainly used for global network connections

• There are currently three telecom operators (i.e., CAT Telecom, TOT, and Symphony Communication PCL) which have submarine cable systems.

To Malaysia

PhetchaburiSri Racha

Chumporn

Samui

FLAGSongkhla

Satun

To Vietnam &Hong Kong

Bangkok

M-T

Domestic Submarine Cable

Nonthaburi To Cambodia

To Myanmar

To Laos

TIS

@ Maesai

@ Friendship bridge#1

@ Friendship bridge#2

@ Aranyapradesh –Poipet

@ Maesod

@ Padangbezar & Sadao

SJC

CAT Telecom has the

following submarine

cable systems: SMW3,

SMW4, TIS, AAG, FLAG

and APG (open service

in 2016).

International Gateway Networks

APG

AAG

SMW3 SMW4 FLAG

TIS

• TOT has SJC and AAE1 (open service in Q4/2016)submarine cable systems.

• Symphony Communication PCL has MCT submarine cable system (open service in Q4/2016) .

International Gateway Networks

SJC MCT

AAE1

Internet Connectivity

San Francisco

Los Angelis

Tokyo

Hong Kong

Singapore

Frankfurt

AmsterdamLondon

Paris

International Gateway Connectivity Internet routes by Thai providers

KL, Malaysia

Source: NECTEC, CAT, and TOT

International PoP and Connectivity

10

International PoP and Connectivity

11

Thailand International Bandwidth Forecast

23 40 62 116 207340

528

807

1,261

1,803

2,580

3,690

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

3500

4000

2550 2551 2552 2553 2554 2555 2556 2557 2558 2559 2560

Band

wid

th (

Gbp

s)

Thailand Int'l Internet Bandwidth

International Internet Bandwidth

Source: NECTEC and CAT on July 2015

International Internet Traffic

Source: NECTEC and CAT on July 2015

Internet Connectivity

Internet Connectivity

Way Forward for Collaboration Ready to be a part of Asia-Pacific Information

Superhighway

Ready to be an International Internet Exchange

Thank You for Your Attention

Ms. Nisa SuksinghaMr. Chalermpol Charnsripinyo

Ministry of Information and Communication Technology,ThailandChalermpol.c@mict.go.th