ADVANC TPT mulls early end to concession — TOT may end its mobile concession contract with ADVANC this year, two years before the expiration date, to enable the state telecom to early a final sum of Bt40bn from ADVANC. The proposal is part of TOT’s survival plans after its concession revenue vanishes at the end […]

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ADVANC Advanced Info Service: Planning 3-year capex of Bt70bn— Advanced Info Service PCL (ADVANC.TH), Thailand’s largest mobile phone service provider by subscribers, is planning a three-year capital expenditure of Bt70bn (US$2.35bn), mainly to expand its third-generation service on the 2.1 gigahertz spectrum. The company expects service revenue to grow by 6%-8% this year, driven by […]

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ADVANC ADVANC sets 3G capex at Bt2bn — ADVANC has budgeted capex at Bt2bn to improve its 3G service and expects to draw 1–2mn new customers. Experts expect the telco industry in Thailand to grow 7% from the growth in voice and data are. (Tun Hoon, 5/02/13) Comment: Telco sector has been losing its shine […]

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ADVANC - Expects to be #1 in 3G — ADVANC states that its four core strengths, “network-equipment-application-service”, will help it compete in the 3G market. The company is ready to invest Bt13bn in the first phase to expand its network, as it targets to be the number one provider for 3G service. (Khao Hoon, 18/01/13) Comment: […]

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Want to know know why there has been massive volume in the market over the past week? Temasek Holdings Pte and its partners sold 20.9 billion baht ($687 million) of Shin Corp. (INTUCH) shares, paring its stake in the company that controls the biggest Thai mobile-phone operator. Singapore’s state-owned investment company and its partners in […]

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Just received this in my mailbox, its a rather nifty little infographic showing which publicly listed companies in Thailand will benefit from the recent issuance of 3G licenses to the telecom operators.     Source: Not sure, if someone knows do inform me so I can credit them properly  

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Local newspapers reported that Col Settapong Malisuwan, chairman of the NBTC’s telecom committee, said that the reserve price for 3G licenses (2.1GHz spectrum) is likely to be set in the Bt7-10bn range. The defunct NTC’s 3G Information Memorandum (IM) had set a reserve price of Bt12.8bn. The committee is working on a new 3G IM, […]

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The clever folks at Thanachart put out a summary of the 4Q11 and 2011 results. 2011 was really the year of telco’s in Thailand with DTAC and ADVANC performing very strongly. No surprise that the electronics and insurance co’s had a horrid 2011 b/c of the floods in late 4Q11. Now just steer your eyes further down […]

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Well now, should we really be surprised that DTAC isn’t part of this latest roaming agreement with TOT plc? With the pressure that DTAC is unnecessarily placed under being called a “foreign company” which we all know it is as are several other multinationals corporations operating in Thailand. DTAC has already essentially wiped out their […]

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