QUALCOMM Inc. has launched the Wireless Reach Initiative in Koh Panyee, Ban Pakkoh and Phang Nga communities of Southern Thailand.

The company is working with the CAT Telecom Public Company Limited (CAT), the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH), the Office of the Non-Formal Education Commission (ONFEC), the Ministry of Education and Axesstel Inc. to provide EV-DO high-speed wireless services to fulfill the medical and educational needs of these communities. The company will donate telemedicine equipment for two public health stations on the two islands. Desktop computers and wireless connectivity would also be provided to the main hospital in Phang Nga community. The wireless service will connect the public health stations with the hospitals, which enables them to transmit data to the hospital and benefit from real-time access to doctors. The Thailand Wireless Reach initiative will also establish telecenters in Tub Pud Public Library and Kura Buri Public Library in the Phang Nga area. QUALCOMM will provide desktop computers and Axesstel will provide its D800 EV-DO modems to the two libraries for Internet-access, enabling greater learning and education. Additionally, four laptops with EV-DO cards and CAT's EV-DO network would also be provide to these communities, which aims to bring Internet access for education directly to the people in Phang Nga as part of ONFEC's mobile learning program.

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