Totcat update#

This update revamps our Click Latency test and results in changes to test results. We've converted this review to Test Bench 1.1. For more details, you can see our complete changelog here. This update simplifies our Weight test and expands on our CPI test from Test Bench 1.1, resulting in changes to test results in both sections. We've converted this review to Test Bench 1.2. For more information, you can check out our full changelog here.įollowing the update to Test Bench 1.1, we've updated some of the language in this review to better reflect the changes to our Click Latency methodology. This update adds a new Sensor Latency test and makes minor changes to several of our existing tests, resulting in test result changes in several sections. We've converted this review to Test Bench 1.3. We've moved several minor tests into different test groups, removed the Travel usage, and added a new Raw Performance usage. This update modifies our Hand Size Recommendation test, adding a more granular hand size recommendation chart. Mr Somkiat is a supporter of the government’s digital economy initiative as a means to push Thailand towards an internet-based economy.īut he said TOT and CAT should not be assigned major roles in handling and managing the planned national broadband project if the state wanted to get the project off the ground.We've converted this review to Test Bench 1.4. The Frequency Allocation Act requires state companies to pass such revenue directly to state coffers. TOT and CAT have not been able to book any revenue related to concessions since last Dec 20. The company expects revenue of 32 billion baht this year.ĬAT envisions a net profit of 1 billion baht on revenue of 49.7 billion this year. TOT is bracing for an operating loss of 4.57 billion baht this year, better than an earlier forecast of 8 billion thanks to improved cost management.

They are basic telecommunications infrastructure, telecom towers, wireless broadband service, fixed-line broadband, international internet gateways and submarine cables. The State Enterprises Policy Commission or superboard has ordered both of them to terminate their unprofitable businesses and focus on six core areas instead. TOT and CAT are operating under a survival plan. Mr Somkiat is opposed to the idea of merging TOT and CAT, saying it would not resolve their ailing financial status. In addition, many executives of the state agencies were promoted as a result of hidden agendas and to serve politicians’ interests. The main character was Tom the Cat, a promiscuous male cat. The name tomcat is derived from an eighteenth-century work of fiction titled The Life and Adventures of a Cat authored by Willoughby Mynors. He pointed to the lack of business continuity brought about by frequent changes in the board of directors and management at TOT and CAT. A tomcat is a sexually mature entire (un-neutered) male cat. “Any wholly owned state enterprise has already proved a failure when it cannot create a sustainable business model,” Mr Somkiat said. The arrival of new players would also create a new way of playing the game. He said state dilution would open the door to private telecoms, both local and foreign, to help the state enterprises revive their flagging fortunes. “The Finance Ministry stake in both TOT and CAT should be limited to a maximum of 51% in order to end the tradition of political intervention in the financially ailing state enterprises,” TDRI chairman Somkiat Tangkitvanich said. TOT Plc and CAT Telecom are wholly owned by the ministry. The Finance Ministry should reduce its shareholding stake in the two state telecoms and allow participation by private ones, says the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI).