IBangkok (22 Novemba 2021) – I-CP Group kanye ne-Telenor Group namuhla bamemezele ukuthi bavumile ukuhlola ukubambisana okulinganayo ukusekela i-True Corporation Plc. (True) kanye ne-Total Access Communication Plc. (dtac) ekuguquleni amabhizinisi abo abe yinkampani entsha yezobuchwepheshe, ngenhloso yokushayela isu lesikhungo sezobuchwepheshe saseThailand. Le nkampani entsha izogxila ekuthuthukisweni kwamabhizinisi asekelwe kubuchwepheshe, ukudala uhlelo lwedijithali kanye nokusungula isikhwama sokutshalwa kwezimali esiqalayo ukusekela i-Thailand 4.0 Strategy kanye nemizamo yokuba yisikhungo sezobuchwepheshe sesifunda.
Phakathi nalesi sigaba sokuhlola, imisebenzi yamanje ye-True kanye ne-dtac iyaqhubeka nokuqhuba ibhizinisi layo njengokujwayelekile ngenkathi abanikazi bamasheya ababalulekile: i-CP Group kanye ne-Telenor Group behlose ukuqedela imigomo yokubambisana okulinganayo. Ukubambisana okulinganayo kubhekisela eqinisweni lokuthi zombili izinkampani zizoba namasheya alinganayo ebhizinisini elisha. I-True kanye ne-dtac zizodlula ezinqubweni ezidingekayo, okuhlanganisa nokuhlolisisa okufanele, futhi zizofuna ukuvunyelwa kwebhodi kanye nabanikazi bamasheya kanye nezinye izinyathelo zokwanelisa izidingo zomthetho ezifanele.
UMnu. Suphachai Chearavanont, iSikhulu Esiphezulu se-CP Group kanye noSihlalo weBhodi ye-True Corporation uthe, "eminyakeni embalwa edlule, isimo sezokuxhumana siye sathuthuka ngokushesha, siqhutshwa ubuchwepheshe obusha kanye nezimo zemakethe ezincintisana kakhulu. Abadlali abakhulu besifunda bangene emakethe, benikeza izinsizakalo zedijithali ezengeziwe, okwenza amabhizinisi ezokuxhumana alungise ngokushesha amasu awo. Ngaphezu kokuthuthukisa ingqalasizinda yenethiwekhi ukuze kuxhunywe ngobuhlakani, sidinga ukuvumela ukudalwa kwenani okusheshayo nokuningi kusuka kunethiwekhi, sinikeze ubuchwepheshe obusha kanye nokusungula izinto ezintsha kumakhasimende. Lokhu kusho ukuthi ukuguqulwa kwamabhizinisi aseThailand abe izinkampani ezisekelwe kubuchwepheshe kuyisinyathelo esibalulekile sokugcina ukuncintisana phakathi kwezimbangi zomhlaba wonke."
"Ukuguquka sibe yinkampani yezobuchwepheshe kuhambisana ne-4.0 Strategy yaseThailand, ehlose ukuqinisa isikhundla sezwe njengesikhungo sezobuchwepheshe sesifunda. Ibhizinisi lezokuxhumana lizoqhubeka nokuba yingqikithi yesakhiwo senkampani kuyilapho kudingeka ukugcizelela okukhulu ukuthuthukisa amakhono ethu kwezobuchwepheshe obusha - ubuhlakani bokwenziwa, ubuchwepheshe bamafu, i-IoT, amadivayisi ahlakaniphile, amadolobha ahlakaniphile, kanye nezixazululo zemidiya yedijithali. Sidinga ukuzibeka esimweni sokusekela ukutshalwa kwezimali kwezinkampani ezintsha zobuchwepheshe, simise isikhwama semali yokuqalisa ibhizinisi esihlose kokubili izinkampani ezintsha zaseThailand nezakwamanye amazwe eziseThailand. Sizohlola namathuba kwezobuchwepheshe basemkhathini ukuze sandise izindawo zethu ezingaba khona zokusungula izinto ezintsha."
"Lokhu kuguqulwa kube yinkampani yezobuchwepheshe kuyisihluthulelo sokwenza iThailand ikwazi ukukhuphula umugqa wentuthuko nokudala ukuchuma okubanzi. Njengenkampani yezobuchwepheshe yaseThailand, singasiza ekuvezeni amandla amakhulu amabhizinisi aseThailand kanye nosomabhizinisi bedijithali kanye nokuheha abaningi abangcono kakhulu nabahlakaniphe kakhulu emhlabeni wonke ukuba benze ibhizinisi ezweni lethu."
"Namuhla kuyisinyathelo esiya phambili kulolo hlangothi. Sithemba ukunika amandla isizukulwane esisha ngokuphelele ukuze sifeze amandla aso okuba osomabhizinisi bedijithali abasebenzisa ingqalasizinda yezokuxhumana ethuthukisiwe," esho.
UMnu. Sigve Brekke, uMongameli kanye neSikhulu Esiphezulu seTelenor Group, uthe, "Sibone ukushesha kokusetshenziswa kwedijithali kwemiphakathi yase-Asia, futhi njengoba siqhubekela phambili, abathengi kanye namabhizinisi balindele izinsizakalo ezithuthukisiwe kanye nokuxhumana kwekhwalithi ephezulu. Sikholelwa ukuthi inkampani entsha ingasebenzisa leli thuba lokushintsha kwedijithali ukusekela indima yobuholi bedijithali yaseThailand, ngokuthatha intuthuko yobuchwepheshe bomhlaba wonke ibe yizinsizakalo ezikhangayo nemikhiqizo esezingeni eliphezulu."
UMnu. Jørgen A. Rostrup, iPhini likaMongameli oPhethe weTelenor Group kanye neNhloko yeTelenor Asia uthe, "Lo msebenzi ohlongozwayo uzothuthukisa isu lethu lokuqinisa ukuba khona kwethu e-Asia, udale inani, futhi usekele intuthuko yemakethe yesikhathi eside esifundeni. Sinesibopho eside eThailand kanye nesifunda sase-Asia, futhi lokhu kubambisana kuzosiqinisa kakhulu. Ukufinyelela kwethu ubuchwepheshe obusha kanye nenhlalakahle yabantu kuzoba umnikelo obalulekile enkampanini entsha."
UMnu. Rostrup wengeze ngokuthi inkampani entsha inenhloso yokuqoqa imali yokuqalisa ibhizinisi kanye nabalingani bayo abaphakathi kwezigidi eziyi-100-200 zamaRandi ukuze batshale imali ezinkampanini ezintsha zedijithali ezithembisayo ezigxile emikhiqizweni nasezinsizeni ezintsha ukuze kuzuze bonke abathengi baseThailand.
Bobabili i-CP Group kanye ne-Telenor baveza ukuqiniseka ukuthi lokhu kuhlola ukubambisana kuzoholela ekudalweni kwezixazululo ezintsha kanye nezobuchwepheshe ezizuzisa abathengi baseThailand kanye nomphakathi jikelele, futhi zifake isandla emzamweni wezwe wokuba yisikhungo sobuchwepheshe besifunda.