Thai ambassador thanks Israeli company for aid in rescue of youth soccer team
Ambassador of Thailand to Israel Penprapa Vongkovit thanked Israel’s Maxtech Networks on Tuesday for its technology and for the company’s experts who helped save members of the Wild Boars boys’ soccer team.
“Thank you for having me here so I can express the appreciation from our government and the Thai people,” Vongkovit said at the Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly.
She thanked Maxtech Networks founder and CEO Uzi Hanuni for valuable communication technology that helped ensure the Thai boys’ safety, before giving him a heartfelt hug.
The “experts and essential communication device” played a significant role in the rescue.
Hanuni remembered when he got the call to volunteer equipment and people. In July this year, I got a call telling me there was an emergency situation in Thailand.
He knew he had to help because he made his technology for this very purpose.
Maxtech Networks develops and deploys communication technology that does not require infrastructure and therefore can be used in “highly mobile and dynamic” situations.
Hanuni said he developed the technology as a response to the technical issues many first responders had after 9/11.
The technology has been used by the IDF and various rescue crews around the world.
Vongkovit also thanked Israel for “its special navy team and specialized diving helmets to assist the operation.”