The government has finally ordered the termination of the 5-billion-baht national submarine cable construction project after clearly proving that it violates the Budget Bureau's procurement rules.
Both the Information and Communication Technology Ministry and the Budget Bureau, under the Finance Ministry, reached a consensus to scrap the project, arguing that the international consortium model is in violation of the Budget Bureau's procurement rules, said Surapan Meknavin, a director of CAT Telecom's board.
The procurement rules stipulate that any state agency in a public-private partnership must be the sole owner of the assets in the investment project.
The decision could have adverse effects on the development of the hard digital infrastructure to serve the government's digital economy and Thailand 4.0 polices, a high-ranking source at CAT Telecom told the Bangkok Post.
The government has finally ordered the termination of the 5-billion-baht national submarine cable construction project after clearly proving that it violates the Budget Bureau's procurement rules.Both the Information and Communication Technology Ministry and the Budget Bureau, under the Finance Ministry, reached a consensus to scrap the project, arguing that the international consortium model is in violation of the Budget Bureau's procurement rules, said Surapan Meknavin, a director of CAT Telecom's board.The procurement rules stipulate that any state agency in a public-private partnership must be the sole owner of the assets in the investment project.The decision could have adverse effects on the development of the hard digital infrastructure to serve the government's digital economy and Thailand 4.0 polices, a high-ranking source at CAT Telecom told the Bangkok Post.
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