Worry-free internet and productivity tools target SME needs
April 14, 2020 – In an open-ended survey, dtac consulted over 700 people across nearly 50 businesses on their top needs during the COVID-19 crisis. What emerged is that smaller businesses are particularly unprepared for stable, effective work from home solutions. dtac is responding with new Business Survival Solutions to address these concerns.The top three most cited topics from interviewees were:
- Many employees do not have installed stable Wi-Fi or internet connections in their homes or in their hometowns. Lack of a stable internet connection at home makes effective remote work, such as video conferencing, unreliable.
- Employees expect their organizations to subsidize their home internet costs. Even employees with home internet are concerned their Wi-Fi is already overburdened by too many devices from the rest of the family. Hence the need for a dedicated “work-from-home” connection.
- The use of free applications for remote work has seen double- and triple-digit growth, with video conferencing massively increasing users’ data consumption. In addition to the need for larger data allowances for their employees, SMEs don’t always have Microsoft Office licenses to offer secure alternative to commonly used free apps to their employees.
dtac is offering three Business Survival solutions:
1. Maintain stable internet connection and ensure productivity with a pocket Wi-Fi
- A special model of pocket Wi-Fi supporting 2,300 MHz with 8Mbps internet SIM
- 399 baht/month internet package.
- 1-year warranty for D-link 4G LTE Mobile Router DLK-DWR-932C
- Available for registration from now until September 30, 2020
- Exchange : Emails, calendars and business address book with a mailbox size of 50 GB per user
- OneDrive : 1 TB of storage and shared folder per user
- SharePoint : A web-based content management platform to store, share and organize information.
- Teams : Online meetings and video meetings that allow a maximum number of 250 participants, in addition to file transfer, sharing and collaborative editing.
- Yammer : A secure, internal social network
- Stream : A video storage and sharing service to upload, view, and share videos securely
3. Unlimited data on the most-used work applications in Thailand.
The package covers free of charge usage of Zoom, Microsoft Office 365, and LINE for the corporate customers registering for new numbers.
- Free use of Zoom, Office 365, LINE for 180 days
- Promotion period is April 1 – May 31, 2020.