Samart I-Mobile Public Company Limited ( th, บริษัท สามารถ ไอ-โมบาย จำกัด (มหาชน) ) or simply I-Mobile () is a Thai

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company. It is a subsidiary of

Samart Group Samart Group or simply Samart ( th, สามารถ) is a Thai group of companies which focuses on telecommunication, Consumer electronics industry. It is the parent company of Samart Corporation, Samart I-Mobile, Samart Telecom. It is listed ...

. It is one of leading local mobile phone brands in Thailand. The company was founded in 1995 and has its headquartered in

Nonthaburi Nonthaburi ( th, นนทบุรี, ) is the principal city of the district and province of the same name in Thailand. On 15 February 1936, Nonthaburi town municipality (''thesaban mueang'') was established, which only covered Suan Yai su ...

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

. I-Mobile smart phones run on

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. I-Mobile has own shop called "i-mobile by SAMART" to distribute IT devices, mobile phones, accessories, SIM cards, and provide after sales services nationwide. In 2014, it had the fourth largest

market share Market share is the percentage of the total revenue or sales in a market that a company's business makes up. For example, if there are 50,000 units sold per year in a given industry, a company whose sales were 5,000 of those units would have a ...

with 9.2 percent of mobile phones in Thailand. The current market is expanding from Thailand to overseas markets in Malaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Laos, Hong Kong, India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. In 2017, I-Mobile decided to liquidate the business after a loss for a period of 2–3 years consecutively and focusing on operating a digital business instead.

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Thai brands Mobile phone companies of Thailand Companies listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand