The newly established Ministry of Information and Communications Technology, headed by Surapong Suebwonglee, has started to address the long-delayed schedule for privatizing the Communications Authority of Thailand CAT - the state enterprise that owns Thailand's international telecom gateways and operates the country's postal system. CAT also controls the controversial licensing system for Thai-based Internet Service Providers ISP with its mandatory equity stake provision in favour of the CAT. That system is widely blamed for retarding the development of the country's Internet industry.
CAT's Plans for Finding a 'Strategic' Partner Prior to its IPO. In recent months the official statements from CAT, and from Minister Surapong since he took office in early...
