Thailand to boost Internet coverage to push up economic growth

By Khettiya Jittapong and Manunphattr Dhanananphorn BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's military government plans to spend an initial 3.7 billion baht ($114 million) to make Internet broadband available to most of the population as part of plans to boost the economy, a minister said on Tuesday. Greater use of the Internet and electronic commerce should help boost output at small companies and operators in the agriculture sector especially, Pornchai Rujiprapa, minister of Information and Communic