Advanced Info Service Public Company Limited (AIS) is

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's largest

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with 39.87 million customers as of Q3 2016. Founded in April 1985, AIS started off as a computer rental business. In October 1990, it launched analog 900

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mobile phone services with a 20-year monopoly concession from the Telephone Organization of Thailand (TOT), and later became the first company allowed to operate on the GSM-900

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. It acquired Shinawatra Paging in June 1992. The company is controlled by the

Intouch Holdings Intouch Holdings PCL ( th, บริษัท อินทัช โฮลดิ้งส์ จำกัด (มหาชน); formerly Shin Corporation) is a Thai holding company which focuses on telecommunication industry. It is the parent c ...

(formerly

Shin Corporation Intouch Holdings PCL ( th, บริษัท อินทัช โฮลดิ้งส์ จำกัด (มหาชน); formerly Shin Corporation) is a Thai holding company which focuses on telecommunication industry. It is the parent ...

), headed by

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, a

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government-owned agency. AIS listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand on . As of 23 December 2011, Intouch holds 40.45 percent of the shares of the company and

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(also majority-held by Temasek) together with Thai Trust Fund and OCBC Nominees holds a 23.32 percent stake. Temasek bought the AIS brand through the 2006 acquisition of the Shin Corporation from ousted former Prime Minister

Thaksin Shinawatra Thaksin Shinawatra ( th, ทักษิณ ชินวัตร; ; ; Chinese: 丘達新; cnr, Taksin Šinavatra; born 26 July 1949), is a Thai businessman, politician and visiting professor. He served in the Thai Police from 1973 to 1987, a ...

. In February 2014, in a

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between the

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(PRDC) and Shinawatra, the PDRC called for a boycott of AIS, wrongly believing it to be owned by the Shinawatra family.

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 Advanced Info Service Public Company Limited (AIS) is Thailand's largest GSM mobile phone operator with 39.87 million customers as of Q3 2016. Founded in April 1985, AIS started off as a computer rental business. In October 1990, it launched ana ...

- payment processing and e-wallet service

mPay

mPay, an AIS subsidiary, is a

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and one of Thailand's three major

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s. Its partners include

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and

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. According to a 2014 article in ''

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'', 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 baht. In November 2015, four million people in Thailand used mPay, and in August 2013, mPay had around 700 merchant partners.

Services and coverage

As of August 2019, AIS is the largest network in Thailand, with 40.1 million subscribers. In addition to post pay services, AIS offers prepaid services under the ''1-2Call'' brand. Currently (2020) data is sold in time-based, volume-based and unlimited packages. AIS operates 2G , 3G

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, and

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networks.

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

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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

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, the fastest wireless network currently available in Thailand.

AIS Play

AIS also provides online multiplatform entertainment, business and financial services called AIS Play that was launched on 1 February 2017. AIS Play is the first Thai OTT TV with 4K resolution, VOD and more than 100 popular channels. The current channel lineup is: Following with Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific: *

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* HLN *

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Following With Paramount Global (Asia) *

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(Include On Demand) *

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(Include On Demand) *

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(On Demand Only) * Paramount Pictures (On Demand Only) Following with

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: *

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Following with BBC Studios *

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(On Demand, TBA) Other Channels: *

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* Edge Sports *

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(1-5) * Golf Channel Thailand (A-la-carte) *

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* HITS * HITS Movies On Demand Brand * TIGA * GDH Subscription Apps *

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(Exclusive Disney+ Hotstar privilege is for AIS customers and AIS Fibre customers who use AIS mobile number) * Viu * beIN Sports Connect *

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* AIS Karaoke *

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* MONO MAX Freemium channels: * NHK World Japan *

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* CNA * DW *

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* Doonee by AIS (On Demand) * Zee Nung *

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* TV5MONDE Asie There's over 100 free to air channels, including some Local channels, available to stream. In 2021 AIS partnered with

Thai League 1 The Thai League 1 ( th, ไทยลีก 1), often referred to as T1, is the top level of the Thai football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Thai League 2. Seasons run from August ...

, Thailand's top-tier football league, to broadcast their matches through their AIS Play application. The deal will cover the whole 2021-2022 season and will also include matches played in the lower Thai league,

Thai League 2 Thai League 2 ( th, ไทยลีก 2), commonly known as the T2, formally called Thai Division 1 League, is the second-tier professional league in the Thai football league system. The top 3 are promoted to Thai League 1 at the end of the s ...

and

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. Additionally, the

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will also be broadcast by AIS on AIS Play. At present, most of the business halls of AIS has mainly promoted and sold

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products, and equipped with AIS Play soft terminal applications.

Company logo

File:Logo-ADVANC.png, Previous logo File:Advanced Info Service (logo).png, Current logo, changed on 29 September 2011

References

External links

* {{Thaksin Shinawatra Companies established in 1986 Mobile phone companies of Thailand Intouch Holdings Companies listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand 1986 establishments in Thailand Thai brands SET50 Index