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Thailand has moved up another five places in a year and is second in global connectivity in the region - and a surprising 15th most globally connected nation in the world.

Thailand is ranked at No 15 out of 140 countries in the DHL Global Connectedness Index.

"Thailand's connectedness has risen markedly," the report by logistic firm DHL said. Only Singapore, ranked No 2 in the world behind the Netherlands, is more connected than Thailand.

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  • Pythagoras

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    Discussion 8 : 16 Mar 2013 at 16.558

    @all:
    The ranking has been done by DHL, so it is not relevant...
    Thailand is ranked 92 on 155 countries by the ITU (International Telecommunication Union) which is making a huge data gathering with strong methodologies and which has full credibility to rank worldwide countries...
    Hope that helps.
    http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/publications/idi/material/2012/MIS2012_without_Annex_4.pdf

  • boons

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    Discussion 7 : 14 Mar 2013 at 21.077

    This is a crazy index. The United States is ranked 20th, China is ranked 74th and Thailand is ranked 15th? Hmm... okay, well I'm a big fan of Thailand but if Thailand is "more connected" than the world's two most powerful economies, then I confess to being confused.

    All the more confusing when one considers that Thailand's phone system, internet access and rail systems are not anywhere near up to international standards.

    What does this index measure again?

  • onlyasking

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    Discussion 6 : 14 Mar 2013 at 17.306

    Interesting to note that although there are a lack of English speaking ability at street level in Thailand, it doesn't reflect the situation at big corporate executive level. Language barriers aren't trade barriers in todays world. Maybe thats why Thai corporates are investing heavily outside the country, for example last year Thailand's companies was the 5th biggest investor in Australia, with China in the 1st position.

  • JustHuman

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    Discussion 5 : 14 Mar 2013 at 16.275

    Whether we like it or not, we have to admit that English is still the "unofficial" world language, not Chinese Mandarin, French, Japanese nor any other languages. Obviously, in order to be able to deal smoothly and easily with any country of the world, English Language is a MUST, there is no 2 ways about it. The official BUSINESS language of Hong Kong & Singapore is ENGLISH and all Government correspondence, forms and reports are all in English. Therefore they will have the main advantage over the other countries in this region. The other MAIN advantage will be the stability of the political situation. No risk of airport being closed!

  • Vune

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    Discussion 4 : 14 Mar 2013 at 11.494

    Thailand can never ever exceed Singapore or HK in this regard. HK is the hub of north east asia and Singapore is the hub of south east asia reason being their first language used for all matters is English. They were British colonies. Taiwan, Korea, Tokyo etc have all tried to be hubs of some sort but failed miserably due to their language deficiencies. I am not saying the Thai language is useless but if you want to get anywhere in this world you will have to be proficient in English which is the language the whole world speaks and write. Chinese is used by many due only to the huge chinese population not because its easy and/or popular.

  • phaethon

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    Discussion 3 : 14 Mar 2013 at 11.343

    This report is from a purely business point of view and takes no account of levels of censorship or limitations on freedom of expression.

  • bkposter

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    Discussion 2 : 14 Mar 2013 at 11.182

    While Thailand does have a relatively inexpensive and widely available INTERNET network both wired and wireless, I would caution that it is often spotty, inconsistent connection quality and frequent outages are common in both the wired and the wireless. Additionally the country is lagging in adoption of the newer speeds available mainly due to political squabbles over which government enterprise will demand a piece of the action and a cut of the profits not because they add any value, but because they seem to think they are entitled.

  • pete

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    Discussion 1 : 14 Mar 2013 at 10.141

    “Only Singapore, ranked No 2 in the world behind the Netherlands, is more connected than Thailand”.

    Another ambiguous statement from BP. How did you work that out? Thailand came 15th not 3rd. In Asia Hong Kong was 12th and South Korea 14th.

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