Presented at IoT Asia 2018, Singapore, 21 March 2018 Acknowledgments: parts of presentation are from Thai IoT Consortium, Thai IoT Association, STI (MOST) and DEPA (MDES)

1. THE RISE OF IOT IN THAILAND
Opportunities and Challenges
1
Panita Pongpaibool
NECTEC, Ministry of Science and Technology
Thailand

2. 3

3. Robotics
Aviation & Logistics
Biofuel & Biochemicals
Digital
Medical Hub
Next-Gen Automotive
Smart Electronics
Affluent, Medical,
Wellness Tourism
Agriculture & Biotechnology
Food for the future
Short-Medium term Long term
5
5+5
Targeted
Industrie
s
Io
T
Io
T

4. Thai IoT Market Forecast
6
Source: Frost & Sullivan
Thailand’s IoT spending was
$57.5M in 2014
Forecast to increase
to $973M by 2020
16X
Spending ($)

5. Key Challenges
7
Broadband Internet Human Resources
IoT Platform &
Infrastructure
Innovation
Ecosystem

6. GOVERNMENT
INITIATIVES
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7. 24,700
Digitalized Villages
500,000
Digital Manpower
Digital Economy Promotion Plan
Shaping digital economy towards economic stability and social well-being,
with digital manpower to propel change
VISION
Strategy 1:
Building manpower for
the digital era
Strategy 2:
Transforming economy
towards digital Thailand
Strategy 3:
Empowering communities
for digital future
Strategy 4:
Building digital innovation
ecosystems
Digital
Citizen
Digital
Specialist
Digital
Transformation
Digital
Startup
Digitalized
Village
Social Digital
Innovation
Smart
City
Digital
Innovation
Ecosystem
Digital
Industry
Promotion
Cyber
Security
25,000
Digitalized Enterprises
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Smart Cities
10%
Digital Density Growth
5%
GDP Growth
15%
Income per Capita of The
Bottom 40 Percent Growth
20%
Digital Industry
GDP Contribution
30,000,000
Digital Citizens
10%
Digital Industry Investment
10x
Raised MarketValue
Digital Startups
GDP
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8. 11
Phuket
Khonkaen
Bangkok
Chiangmai
Chachongsao
Chonburi
Rayong

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11. 15
Driving the country towards
Ministry of Science andTechnology’s Strategies
Turning IoT into something
Everyone can do

12. Bangkok Maker Faire 2015-2018
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13. 17
From creativity to reality

14. 18
NETPIE
IoT Cloud Platform

15. On Par with Global Platforms
19
NETPIE
Sept 16, 2015
AWS IoT
Dec 18, 2015
Azure IoT Hub
Feb 4, 2016
2015 2016 Launched date
SamsungARTIK
Apr 27, 2016
Watson IoT
Oct 15, 2014
2017
Google Cloud IoT
May 16, 2017

16. Competitive Advantages
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1st to Market
Affordable Accommodat
e small
devices
Local Support
Flexible and
Scalable
Strong User
Community
Over 30,000 active
IoT devices
Over 13,000 active
users

17. Unlicensed
Spectrum for IoT in
Thailand
22
LPWAN
RFID

18. IOT PRODUCTS AND
SERVICES IN THAILAND
23

19. 24
THB
300THB/year

20. NB-IoT
25
NB-IoT Shield 1,990THB
Service fee 350THB/year

21. Remote Gate
26Source: type.co.th

22. 27สุเพชร จิรขจรกุล
Smart Farm Kit

23. Precision Farming
Source: Dtac 28

24. Smart Trash Can (Phuket Smart City)
29Source: Traffy, NECTEC

25. Water Resource Management
30
Source: Provincial Waterworks Authority

26. Hay guy, My oilTemp.
35˚C and Pressure 12
Bar now. Ok?
Machine
I have been
working 12
Hours with 250
shot/min.
Microcontroller
+WiFiDie + RFID
Microcontroller
+WiFi
RFID
Reader
I got Die No.A
please Upload
Condition to me
now!
Machine
Room
Someone
turned on A/C
at 23˚C and 4
lights
NG. Box
Oh no!. NG.4
pcs. No Good
Microcontroller
+WiFi
Connector
I’m Expired !
Don’t use me
Production Line
My Sensors
found Step1
Slowly
• Quality Management
• Efficiency Management
• Energy Management
• Proactive Maintenance
• Traceability System
BI
Benefit
Data
Smart Factory
31

27. NETPIE-Enabled Smart Factories
32

28. Siam City Cement Smart Factory
33

29. Thai IoT Development Boards
34
Lambda (Arduino-compatible)
KidBright
Nano32 (World’s first ESP32 dev board)

30. Thai Consumer IoT Products
35

31. Sansiri Delivery Robot
36

32. Sansiri A.I.Box
Thai-language voice command
• News
• Weather forecast
• Traffic
• Thai radio, Thai music
• Parcel status check
• Reserve facility
• Control light, A/C, TV, curtain
• Utility billing
37

33. Thai IoT Products: Insurance Service
Source: Bangkok Insurance 38

34. Saensuk Smart City
39

35. IOT ECOSYSTEM IN
THAILAND
Who are the players
40

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38. Thai IoT Consortium
■ Formed in 2015
■ A non-profit organization to
• Generate cooporation and relationship among all private and
government members
• Activate and escalate the IoT ecosystem and IoT business in
Thailand
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39. Thai IoT Consortium Activities
45

40. Thai IoT Association
46
Ministry of Digital Economy and Society, Ministry of Science andTechnology,
Government Agencies
Established 2018

41. Thai Embedded Systems Association
47

42. Key Challenges or Opportunities?
49
Broadband Internet Human Resources
IoT Platform &
Infrastructure
Innovation
Ecosystem

43. Key Challenges or Opportunities?
50
Broadband Internet Human Resources
IoT Platform &
Infrastructure
Innovation
Ecosystem
National Broadband 24,700 villages
LoRa, NB-IoT
IoT Academic Network, KidBright
Thai IoT Consortium, IoT AssociationSmart Cities, IoT Institute

44. THANK YOU
panita@nectec.or.th
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