NBTC holds WiFi expansion talks

The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), the US and the WiFi Alliance have discussed ways to utilise the 6GHz spectrum to drive Thailand's digital economy.

- KOMSAN TORTERMVASANA

The talks focused on three topics, with the first the result of tests of WiFi technology at Ramathibodi Hospital that used the full 6GHz band.

Late last year the WiFi Alliance, some of its members, and the Faculty of Medicine at Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, completed a pilot trial showcasing the value of full-band 6GHz WiFi in healthcare. The test was supported by the NBTC.

The testing revealed an increase in network data throughput of more than two times and a 400% reduction in latency when using full-band 6GHz compared with using only the lower part of the band.

According to the NBTC, this indicates the full band can efficiently serve virtual medical learning in a dense internet usage environment, as well as distance learning.