Thaksin Shinawatra, prime minister of Thailand, has invited Huawei Technologies Co. to help Thailand modernize its government.
The Thai Government is planning to upgrade its ICT (Information and Communications Technology) infrastructure within five years and is looking for a solutions provider. Thaksin asked Huawei to draft proposals for the project and apply the company's e-government technology to the network.
The project is quite urgent, according to Thaksin. "We can't wait. We can't go step by step. It's already the digital age," he said.
Thaksin visited Huawei's exhibition hall and inspected the company's broadband and mobile communication products. Thaksin, who is the founder of AIS, Thailand's biggest private telecom carrier, asked questions relating to Huawei's products.
Thailand is one of the earliest overseas markets that Huawei explored. Last year, Huawei's sales volume from the Thai market was US$134.37 million and the sales are expected to be US$330 million this year.
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