True Corporation has issued an apology for the downtime of its internet services on both its fibre optic and mobile networks, which occurred at around 10 a., affecting users in Bangkok and several provinces. Fiber‐optic cables were laid both along the highway within the right of way, and run parallel to highway or railway routes but located outside the right of way. There are local or national plan or. On December 2nd, 2024, Thai police and related agencies inspected the Mae Sot border checkpoint in Tak after discovering an illegal cross-border fiber optic cable operation to Myanmar. Thai officials found 16 fiber optic lines, including 216-core and 96-core cables, the largest of their kind ever. Cyber police and the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) launched an operation along the Thailand–Myanmar border in Tak on January 9, 2026, raiding two locations after detecting unusually high internet usage that authorities believed could be linked to illegal activity.
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