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The 1st “WiMAX” Trial in Thailand by Benchachida Group 


Benchachinda Group,
the leader in Broadband service provider, with United Information Highway Co., Ltd. and BB Broadband Co., Ltd. revolute wireless communication and introduce ‘WiMAX’ – the intelligent technology for unlimited communication in Thailand. In this event, the group will also inform the direction in year 2008 which would appreciate the customers under the vision, the qualities broadband leader which the customers can rely on.
Broadband of Benchachinda Group, a network company which is the most  reliable among organizations in the country is still developing. This year, it has brought the latest wireless technology “WiMAX” and set the first time trial in Phuket. The group is ready to propose the license right away once The National Telecommunications Commission approves an authorize for commercials.



Mr. Vichai Bencharongkul the president of Benchachinda holding Co., Ltd. said that as borderless connection plays more important roles in communication and integrates data via mobile phone, PDA or notebook. In 2008, our Broadband group has just got a license from The National Telecommunications Commission to set the “WiMax” trial.  With the latest wireless technology or “WiMAX Technology” that can unleash all barriers concerning broadband access limitation and support from WiMAX expert such as Motorola, who is a leading company in research and development in the wireless equipment that can transfer signal longer than Wi-Fi technology which has been tested in worldwide, we are confidence to provide wider area of coverage with lower cost in shorter time and at the highest quality .

United Information Highway Co., Ltd. or UIH has been providing telecommunication service for more than 10 years. The company foresees an opportunity in tourism especially the island area; for example Phuket, P.P Island, Koh Samui, Koh Phangan and Koh Toa which have high speed broadband access limitation. UIH hopes that WiMax technology would be a solution to serve high speed internet users. For the trial, UIH is the first one who done the WiMAX trial both with fixed and mobile internet usage. The trial has been done on sailing boat at Patong beach. The result indicated that users can connect the signal with bandwidth more than 8 Mbps and it can use in mobile internet usage. The trial has been success with supports from Motorola and partners. UIH is still waiting for the clear direction and authorization from The National Telecommunications Commission in order to provide the service in the future.

Regarding to the above data, Benchachinda Group enhances its broadband service to “Premium Internet package”, the internet service for a corporate use from BB Broadband under “BeeNet”. This service is priority for only an organization. Additionally, there are more benefits for the customers to make every of the on-line communication goes fast and comfortable with 99.9% stability, yet high secure by ACIS i-Secure, a security expert who will provide round the clock protection in the connection.

In brief, the previously and the strategy of the group in the future Mr. Vichai Bencharongkul claimed that Broadband group received a warm welcome from customers in the realm of
hi-tech technology and customer service, those are the first priority of the group. In the future, broadband group is advancing their communication technology continuously. As it can be seen in this year that they are the first company who introduce WiMAX technology to the communication technology to go beyond the dead end of communication in the past. Moreover the group has the new plan to service the community. They expect to use broadband technology to help any organizations those mention their need. We wish community development and new communication technology will go hand in hand in the future.