ADVANC AIS lays broadband blueprint – Advanced Info Service (AIS), the country’s largest mobile operator, is jumping on the fixed-line broadband internet bandwagon with planned commercial service to begin in early 2015. “We believe now is the perfect time to enter the market, worth 50-60 billion baht last year, as the industry just reached a […]

Read More →

ADVANC Board approves Bt4.6bn for fixed broadband investment. Management reports that demand for internet has risen to 6.8mn households. It believes in its network coverage and targets 80,000 clients in the first year. (Thun Hoon, 10/09/14) AOT AoT hosts ASEAN airports forum – Leaders of Southeast Asian airport authorities will congregate in Phuket today and […]

Read More →

ADVANC ADVANC building up 3G network. It will bring total stations to 20,000 in 2014 from the current 19,000. It plans to set up 3,000 small cells nationwide in 2014 from currently 300 to support data usage. (Kao Hoon, 01/09/14) AMATA Amata well positioned to tap into AEC potential – With the formation of the […]

Read More →

ADVANC ADVANC says delay in 4G will not impact performance as it has 15MHz on the 2.1GHz spectrum to support 50mn clients. The company expects 2H14 revenue growth of 2-4% YoY after economic recovery and also entry into the fixed-line broadband business. (Kao Hoon, 18/08/14) Comment: And it has a near 7% dividend yield at […]

Read More →

ADVANC ADVANC plans to pay DPS of Bt6.04, XD 13 August, though its 1H14 net profit declined to Bt17,96bn due to higher depreciation and amortization. Its 3G clients increased to 34.4mn but the company reduced revenue growth target to 1-2% YoY in 2014. (Kao Hoon, 05/08/14) Comment: ADVANC has been an easy trade in the past 2 […]

Read More →

ADVANC ADVANC will invest Bt800mn into its Serenade clients by launching the “Serenade Emerald” privilege club. It expects this to help push its customer base to 2.3mn by the end of this year. (Kao Hoon, 22/007/14) AJD AJD to benefit from digital TV coupons, expected to be distributed by September 15th. Management expects set-top box […]

Read More →

ADVANC ADVANC will invest more than Bt1.4bn this year to help expand the number of base stations to more than 252,000 in the country and to improve its call centers and change its uniform design. (Khao Hoon, 14/07/14) CPF CPF said sales will grow by more than 15% this year due to lower raw material […]

Read More →

ADVANC Expects 33mn 3G users this year — ADVANC says it expects its 3G clients to reach 33mn in 2014. Its vision is to make the company the “Digital Life Service Provider” within three years. It will continue expanding its digital content business and expand base stations to reach 20,000 this year. It also said […]

Read More →

ADVANC Newly installed AIS chief vows 4G fight – Speeding up acquisition of spectrum bandwidth is the biggest challenge facing the new boss of Advanced Info Service (AIS) as the company battles to maintain its status as the country’s biggest mobile operator. (Bangkok Post, 04/07/14) AQUA AQUA says profit grew in 2Q14. It said that […]

Read More →