The move follows Gulf’s recent donations of KN95 masks to King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital and Phramongkutklao Hospital.

The latest donation was made by Gulf representatives Boonchai Thirati (third left), executive director; Boonchai Jeamjitjaroong (second left), head of communications; and Yanisa Wattanakumnuan (far left), vice president for Community Relations. Receiving the KN95 masks on behalf of the Naval Medical Department were Admiral Chatchai Srivorakan (fourth left), assistant Commander-in-Chief, Royal Thai Navy; and Vice Admiral Wichai Manassiriwittaya (fifth left), director of the Naval Medical Department.

Although the roll-out of the new Wi-Fi 6 standard boasts a lot of benefits for businesses, including faster speeds and better connectivity, it also puts a greater strain on existing bandwidth capabilities. “Multi-gigabit network switches are key to delivering a reliable network backbone to help companies unlock the full potential of Wi-Fi 6 when they’re ready for the upgrade,” the company said.

“Most gigabit switches typically only provide either 1G or 10G link speeds, limiting flexibility when looking to add 2.5G or 5G devices for new applications,” the company said.

Zyxel said its latest multi-gigabit switch, the XS1930 Series, supports variable speeds — from 100M, 1G, 2.5G, 5G to 10G — to best suit the applications and devices that require various network speeds in SMB offices.

“When upgrading to the XS1930, businesses can use their existing cables to best utilise the previous network investment and also be well prepared for future network expansion,” Zyxel said.

“The XS1930 series features the industry’s first five-colour LED design, which flashes one colour per speed to help network administrators easily identify the actual network performance. This makes it easier to recognise port speed by colours, with the maintenance indicators much more intuitive and user-friendly,” Zyxel said.

The growing adoption of mobile, Internet of Things and Wi-Fi 6 devices and their diversified applications have also raised the bars of power requirements on the network backbone.

“The XS1930-12HP supports the latest IEEE 802.3bt (PoE++) standard, with a large power budget of up to 375W to accommodate the high-power requirement needed by most Wi-Fi 6 devices, Zyxel said.

“SMBs now face an increasing demand of wireless bandwidth for daily operations, and the migration to Wi-Fi 6 further accelerates this trend. Upgrading to a better performing Wi-Fi network without compromising the solid backbone services can be challenging, and our new multi-gigabit switches are designed to bring the network performance you need with investment protected,” said Crowley Wu, vice president of Zyxel Networks’ Networking SBU.

With the high bandwidth and large power budget that the XS1930 switch offers, it can operate at 28-50 dBA – which is almost silent, making it ideal for small offices, boutique hotels, hostels or public-facing businesses, Xyxel said.

The XS1930 series includes two models — the XS1930-10 with eight multi-gig ports and two fiber uplinks, and the XS1930-12HP with eight multi-gig PoE ports, two multi-gig ports and two fiber uplinks.

The court ordered the ailing carrier to announce the filing twice in at least one national newspaper, no more than seven days apart.

Copies of the documents submitted by THAI to the court must also be sent to creditors, registrars of shareholders, the Legal Execution Department, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Stock Exchange of Thailand, according to Section 90/9 of the Bankruptcy Act BE2483 (1940).

The first hearing will be held on August 17 at 9am, said the court.

It added that creditors of the airline who disagreed with the restructuring process should file a letter of opposition at least three days before the first hearing begins.

THAI has outstanding debts of about Bt245 billion.

The SMEs can also tap the online channel at [www.ShopAt24.com], the bank’s managing director, Natnaree Ratthapat, said.

“The retail channels will include selected 7-Eleven stores nationwide, website [www.ShopAt24.com] — which has over 5 million visitors per month — and home shopping via the 24 Catalog magazine,” she added.

“The products will range from cosmetics, healthcare, personal care and food items. We will focus on promoting products that have suitable certifications to ensure the customers’ confidence in quality and safety, such as the FDA approval, GMP and Halal certificates.”

Interested SME operators can contact SME D Bank or call centre 1357 from May 27 until June 12.

Meanwhile, Suwit Kingkaew, senior vice president of sustainable development at CP All, said that the company was looking forward to helping SME operators during the Covid-19 crisis by selling their products and providing advice on product development to increase sales.

“In the past, the company has placed more than 20,000 products manufactured by SMEs in 7-Eleven shops, which helped more than 50,000 operators and farmers,” he said. “We expect that this programme will further help create sustainable growth among Thai SMEs and help the economy recover from the Covid-19 crisis as quickly as possible.”