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Retail Asia29/09/2016
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Telecom

AIS ramps up fiber competition

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Thailand’s top mobile operator AIS is gearing up to launch what it says will be the country’s fastest fiber broadband services. The operator aims to attract 300,000 users to its fiber service this year, increasing to 2 million by 2019. The operator first entered the fiber broadband fray in April and has already been shaking […]
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Retail Asia27/09/2016
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Telecom

AIS to roam on TOT’s 2100-MHz spectrum

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Thai state-owned operator TOT has reportedly signed a six-month trial contract with AIS subsidiary Advanced Wireless Network (AWN) covering roaming on TOT’s 2100-MHz spectrum. A TOT source told that AWN has agreed to pay a 325 million baht ($9.4 million) monthly roaming fee for use of 80% of TOT’s 2100-MHz spectrum allocation. The six-month trial is […]
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Retail Asia16/09/2016
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Telecom

NBTC to sue TrueMove, AIS for profit owed

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Thailand’s telecoms regulator is in a race against time to sue TrueMove and AIS for profit owed during the final days of the 2G concession. The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission telecoms sub-board has recommended the full board sue TrueMove and DPC (an AIS subsidiary) for $30.6 million (1069.98 million baht) and $17.9 million (627.64 […]
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Retail Asia19/08/2016
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Telecom

Singtel to lift stakes in AIS, Airtel

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Singtel has confirmed it has arranged to indirectly increase its stake in Thai mobile affiliate AIS, and revealed it will also increase its share in India’s Bharti Airtel. The operator announced it has entered a conditional agreement to acquire 21% of Thai operator AIS’ largest shareholder Intouch Holdings from Singtel’s majority shareholder Temasek Holdings, confirming […]
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Retail Asia22/07/2016
Telecom

Thailand’s TOT and CAT won’t be merged

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Thailand’s ICT minister has insisted that there will not be a merger between the two state-owned operators TOT and CAT even as the companies are under pressure to consolidate their operations. Minister Uttama Savanaya has ruled out a merger on the grounds that the organizational structures of the two companies are incompatible. But he said […]
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Retail Asia15/07/2016
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Telecom

AIS to offer family safety services

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Thai operetor AIS has awarded a contract to Gemalto covering the company’s LinqUs Mobile Protection solution. Gemalto will provide integrated sophisticated safety-checking features for digitally connected consumers, allowing mobile users to seek real-time location information and online protection for their loved ones. AIS expects to use the capability to enhance customer engagement by offering services aimed […]
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Retail Asia11/07/2016
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Telecom

AIS introduces self-service at contact centers

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Thailand’s AIS has upgraded its customer contact center system in a bid to provide a consistent, enhanced and personalized customer experience for its growing subscriber base. The new system now routes up to 70% of all customer calls to a self-service system. The self-service capacity allows subscribers to gain access to services such as activating their […]
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Retail Asia07/07/2016
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Telecom

Thailand’s big three cellcos oppose tariff caps

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Thailand’s three largest mobile operators – AIS, Dtac and True Move – have united to oppose current regulations capping tariffs for 3G and 4G services. The operators brought up their opposition a group discussion with regulator NBTC on Monday. Revising the regulations would encourage greater competition and stimulate the further development of mobile networks and […]
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Retail Asia27/06/2016
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Telecom

Thailand’s AIS launches VoWiFi

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Thailand’s AIS has launched Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi) services, and Taiwan’s APT has announced plans to do the same. AIS, Thailand’s largest mobile operator, is initially offering VoWiFi for selected iPhone models, including the iPhone 5s, 5c, 6, 6 Plus, 6s, 6s Plus and iPhone SE. The company will offer VoWiFi as a complementary add-on […]
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Retail Asia25/06/2016
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Telecom

Thailand will tighten call drop regulations

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Thai regulator NBTC will introduce stricter standards governing the quality of mobile signals in an effort to address a growing number of complaints related to dropped calls. The NBTC will amend current regulations, which require operators not to exceed a dropped call rate of 15% across all calls, to instead require operators to maintain this […]
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Retail Asia25/05/2016
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Telecom

Thailand’s AIS launches prepaid broadband

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Thailand’s AIS has launched the nation’s first prepaid fixed broadband service, introducing a 15Mbps speed plan for a 500 baht ($14) monthly top-up fee. AIS has set a target of becoming Thailand’s second largest broadband player by 2019, citing comments from a senior executive at the company. The operator launched commercial fixed broadband services in April […]
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Retail Asia16/05/2016
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Telecom

AIS abandons plan to rent TrueMove’s 2G network

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Thailand’s AIS and TrueMove have abandoned plans to enter a mobile network rental agreement after being unable to accept mutually agreed upon terms. AIS no longer intends to rent TrueMove’s 900-MHz network to allow it to continue serving its 900-MHz 2G customers in the wake of the expiration of its 900-MHz license, telecoms regulator NBTC’s […]
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Retail Asia09/05/2016
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Telecom

Thailand’s AIS faces $71k fine per day

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Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission has written to AIS warning of $71,114 (2.5 million Baht) a day fines unless they complete the handover of 300,000 subscribers to TrueMove under the mobile number portability system by May 10th. Thai language daily Thairath reported that AIS has refused to release the subscribers due to incomplete or […]
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Retail Asia26/04/2016
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Telecom

Thai government leans on AIS to surrender 8m users to True

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A newspaper report has accused deputy prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam, NBTC Secretary-General Takorn Tantasit and ICT Minister Uttama Savanayana of trying to strongarm AIS into handing over 8 million 2G customers to TrueMove in a meeting last week. In a report, Thai-language newspaper Manager said that the three – along with ICT Permanent Secretary Songporn Komolsuradej, […]
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Retail Asia25/03/2016
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Telecom

TOT allows AIS to trial use of 2.1-GHz spectrum

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Thai state-owned operator TOT has granted former concession holder AIS permission to provide a trial mobile service over the 2100-MHz spectrum band. TOT has not yet permitted AIS to commercially use the spectrum but will allow the private operator to conduct technical testing ahead of the signing of a planned partnership deal. But regulator NBTC […]
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Retail Asia25/03/2016
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Telecom

Thailand’s AIS facing 2G switch-off

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Subscribers to Thai operator AIS’ 900-MHz 2G service could face having their services disconnected by midnight tonight amid an ongoing dispute over spectrum usage. AIS still has around 400,000 2G subscribers left on its 900-MHz 2G network, but spectrum AIS had been using for the service has been reallocated at auction to True Move H […]
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Retail Asia02/02/2016
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Telecom

Premium SMS Scam in Thailand by Foreign Content Providers

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Scammers create SMS competitions or trivia scams to trick you into paying extremely high call or text rates when replying to an unsolicited text message on your mobile or smart phone. Over the last few months mobile operators in Thailand managed to close some sms gateways from frauduleus foreign content providers like Mexcomm. A Malaysian company, […]
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Retail Asia04/11/2015
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Telecom

4G auctions set to generate B1.3tn

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A woman walks past telecom and cable lines along Phahon Yothin road. The 4G auction is expected to spur huge investment in telecom lines. PATTARAPONG CHATPATTARASILL The imminent fourth generation (4G) spectrum auctions could stimulate direct and indirect investment valued at 1.3 trillion baht over the next five years. The development will also transform Thailand into […]
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Retail Asia25/07/2015
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E-Tailing

Scope of e-commerce expanding rapidly

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Thailand’s e-commerce sector is expected to see continued strong growth, of 30-35 per cent this year. More and more players are getting into the e-commerce game, such as online merchants, payment-service providers, order-fulfilment providers, tech start-ups and telecoms, and foreign interests as well, encouraged by the government’s “digital economy” initiative. Thai E-Commerce Association president Pawoot […]
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