Advanced Info Service
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Traded as | SET: ADVANC |
Industry | Telecommunications |
Founded | April 24, 1986[1] |
Founder | Thaksin Shinawatra |
Headquarters | 414 Intouch Tower Phaholyothin Road, Samsen Nai, Phaya Thai, Bangkok, Thailand[2] |
Area served | Thailand |
Key people | Chairman: Vithit Leenutaphong, CEO: Somchai Lertsutiwong |
Products | Mobile network, Internet service provider, Internet TV |
Services | Mobile telephony, Internet |
Revenue |
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Total assets |
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Number of employees | 10,586+ (2013)[4] |
Parent | Intouch Holdings |
Website |
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Advanced Info Service Public Company Limited, branded and most commonly referred to as AIS, is Thailand's largest GSM mobile phone operator with 39.87 million customers as of Q3 2016.[5] Founded in April 1986, AIS started off as a computer rental business.[6] In October 1990, it launched analog 900 MHz mobile phone services with a 20-year monopoly concession from the Telephone Organization of Thailand, and later became the first company allowed to operate on the GSM 900 frequency.[7] Followed by acquiring Shinawatra Paging in June 1992.
The highly profitable company is controlled by the Intouch plc (formerly Shin Corporation), headed by Temasek Holdings, a Singapore government owned agency. AIS is listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand on 5 November 1991 .[8] As of 23 December 2011, InTouch plc holds 40.45% of the total shares of the company and Singapore Telecommunications (also majority held by Temasek together) together with Thai Trust Fund and OCBC Nominees holds a 23.32% stake.[9][10][11]
Temasek bought AIS brand through the 2006 acquisition of the Shin Corporation from the ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.[12]
In February 2014, in a conflict between the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PRDC) and Shinawatra, the PDRC called for a boycott of AIS, wrongly believing it to be owned by the Shinawatra family.[13]
Subsidiaries
- Advanced Contact Center Company Limited (ACC) - Operate AIS Call Center 1175 and 1148
- Advanced Datanetwork Communications Company Limited (ADC) - Provide Online Data Communication service via telephone lines under the name "Datanet", licensed by TOT
- DataNetwork Solutions Company Limited (DNS) - Provide Online Data Communication service via telephone lines under the name "Datanet" in the provincial area.
- mPay payment processing and e-wallet service.
mPay
mPay, a subsidiary of the Advanced Info Service, is a payment processor and one of Thailand's 3 major payment service providers.[14] Its partners include CIMB[15] and 2C2P.[16]
According to a 2014 article in The Nation, mPay has around 1.6 million registered users, of which roughly 1.2 million are end-users and 400,000 are mPay agents. 150,000 of mPay's end-users use the service monthly, spending on average ฿30,000.[17] In November 2015, 4 million people in Thailand used mPay,[18] and in August 2013, mPay had around 700 merchant partners.[19]
Services and coverage
As of August 2018, AIS is the largest network in Thailand with 40.1 million subscribers.[20] In addition to post pay services, AIS offers prepaid services under the 1-2Call brand.
Currently (2018) data is sold in time-based, volume-based and unlimited packages.
AIS operates 2G , 3G WCDMA/HSPA+, and LTE networks.
Frequency | Frequency band | Frequency width (MHz) | Generation | Radio interface | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
900 MHz | 5 | 2G | GSM | ||
900 MHz | 8 | 10 | 3G | UMTS/HSPA | |
900 MHz | 8 | 10 | 4G | LTE | |
1800 MHz | 3 | 20 | 4G | LTE | |
2100 MHz | 1 | 15 | 3G | UMTS/HSPA | (main frequency) |
2100 MHz | 1 | 10 | 4G | LTE |
Wi-Fi hotspots
AIS owns and operates more than 100,000 Wi-Fi hotspots under the name "AIS SUPER WIFI."
Next G
In 2017 AIS announced it has teamed up with Samsung Electronics to combine Wi-Fi and LTE in a gigabit-speed mobile service called AIS Next G. The new network is estimated to be 15 times faster than the existing LTE and four times faster than the tri-band LTE-A, the fastest wireless network currently available in Thailand.
AIS also provides online multiplatform entertainment, business and financial services:
- AIS Play: AIS Play Launch in February 1, 2017.This is First IPTV With 4K Clearly, VOD and More Than 100 Popular Channels. Current Channel Line Up:
As HBO Asia Network:
As FOX Network Group:
- FOX Movies
- Fox Action Movies
- Fox Family Movies
- STAR Chinese Movies
- STAR Chinese Movies Legend
- tvN
- STAR Chinese Channel
- National Geographic
- Nat Geo Wild
- Nat Geo People
- FOX News Channel
- Sky News HD
- Baby TV
- Channel V International
- Fox Life
- FOX
- FOX Crime
- FX
- Fox Sports Asia(Including FOX Sports, FOX Sports 2 and FOX Sports 3)
As Turner Broadcast System Asia:
Following With Viacom International Media Network:
Following With Scrappit Interactive:
Once Channel:
- Fight Sports
- Golf PLUS
Homemade Theme channel:
- Gone Viral
- Viral Vogue
- Viral Extreme
Follow More Variety Channel:
- Blue Ant Entertainment
- Blue Ant Extreme
- Pet TV
- Mango TV (Powered By Hunan TV)
- Now Jelli
Freemium Channel:
- NHK World TV
- France 24
- Boomerang
- Channel News Asia
- DW
- Euronews
- FOX Thai
- Doonee by AIS
- TNT
- Zee Zung
Company Logo
- Previous logo
- Current logo, changed on 29 September 2011[21]
References
- ↑ Advance Info Service (2010). Annual Registration Statements 2009 (PDF) (in Thai). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
- ↑ Advance Info Service (2010). Annual Report 2009 (PDF). p. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
- 1 2 3 F/S & Highlights The Stock Exchange of Thailand
- ↑ Staff & Human Resource Development Investor Site - AIS
- ↑ Sirivish Toomgum (Sep 2011). "AIS to double 3G users". The Nation. Retrieved 12 Sep 2012.
- ↑ Job TopGun, Archived 13 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Advanced Info Service PLC. ,
- ↑ AIS corporate website, click on "About AIS", "Company profile", and then "1990"
- ↑ "ADVANC Company Profile". Stock Exchange of Thailand. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
- ↑ "Page 42 - Shareholding structure - AIS 2011 Annual Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
- ↑ "Shin to sell more of AIS to Singtel". Retrieved 7 Apr 2012.
- ↑ "Thaksin helps himself". The Economist. 2006-01-26. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ↑ "PDRC targets Shinawatra interests". Bangkok Post. 19 Feb 2014. Retrieved 6 Mar 2014.
- ↑ Thailand, Nation Multimedia Group Public Company Limited, Nationmultimedia.com,. "E-wallet key service as True Money eyes 15% growth - The Nation". Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ↑ Thailand, Nation Multimedia Group Public Company Limited, Nationmultimedia.com,. "CIMB Thai to use mPay for its Beat Savings mobile service - The Nation". Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ↑ "2C2P News". Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ↑ Pornwasin, Asina (March 18, 2014). "Cashing in on a cashless society". The Nation. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
- ↑ "Mobile networks team up for e-payment". Bangkok Post. September 3, 2015. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
- ↑ "Opening the electronic wallet". Bangkok Post. August 19, 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
- ↑ "DTAC Slow Plays 3g Roll Out". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- ↑ "Notification on changing the Company logo and brand repositioning". Advance Info Service. 29 September 2011. Archived from the original on 2 November 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2011.