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Articles tagged with: Ais and Dtac
Thai Operators Start Blocking Spam SMS
Thailand's three main mobile network operators are to cooperate on blocking SMS spam being sent over their networks. The three GSM based networks, ais, DTAC and True Move are to spend THB 30 million (US$880,000) on anti-spam software to filter messages sent between their three networks. more
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Thailand's TrueMove Grows Falters on Unfavourable Tariffs
Third-placed Thai mobile operator TrueMove turned in its weakest net additions performance for more than two years in Q1 2008 with just 368k new customers joining its service, compared with an average of 1.1m per quarter in 2007. As a result, proportionate growth fell from 7.4% in Q1 07 and 7.5% in Q4 07 to 3.0% in Q1 08, taking the customer base to 12.45m. more
Related Tags: arpu, compete, tax, truecorp, Thailand
Thai Operators Launch Low-Income Tariff
Thailand's four main mobile network operators, ais, DTAC, True Move and Hutch has jointly announced plans to offer a special tariff to low-income people which will be managed by the government's Commerce Ministry. more
Related Tags: advanced-info-service, true-move, Thailand
Thailand AIS - Credit-Control Crunch Catapults Contract Churn
Full-year results from Thai market leader ais show the company to have ended 2007 with a customer base of 24.1m, up from 19.5m a year earlier. In proportionate terms, the year's growth amounted to 23.5% of the 2006 total, the best performance by the company since 2003. The growth rate still lagged behind rival DTAC, which registered a 32.9% increase, but in absolute terms the growth amounted to a greater number of net additions - 4.58m against DTAC's 3.90m - extending ais' lead over DTAC from 7.65m to 8.33m customers over the course of the 12 months to 31st December 2007. more
Record-breaking quarter for Truecorp but AIS still leads
ais and Truecorp, Thailand's 1st and 3rd largest operators respectively, have reported their third quarter results for 2007. ais maintained a customer base over twice the size of that of Truecorp, but only just: with 23.3m customers, ais was 107% larger than Truecorp, which had 11.2m customers. A year previously, ais was 162% larger, and even at the end of Q2 the ratio was 1.5 to 1. more
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Nokia has won two network contracts in Thailand worth US$210 million. Total Access Communication PLC (DTAC) signed a network expansion contract, valued at approximately US$110 million, while ais signed an network upgrade contract worth around US$100 million. more
Related Tags: core-network, total-access-communication, netact
Thai network pressured to allow unregistered handsets
Thailand's House Consumer Protection Committee is putting pressure on the local GSM network, Advanced Info Service (ais) to allow handsets that it has not sold to be used on its network. The Telephone Organisation of Thailand (TOT) has been asked by the committee to require that ais comes into line with local regulations and allow imported handsets to be used on the ais network. ais has delayed unlocking its network, saying that the move would result in a flood of, in its opinion, inferior handsets from overseas. Local media reported that if they do unlock their network to allow imported handsets, then they may take the option of offering a different level of customer care to customers who don't use "approved" handsets. more
Related Tags: advanced-info-service, customer-care, teenagers, imei
Thailand's DTAC has taken steps to ensure its customers are not disconnected while it resolves an argument with the regulator, the Telephone Organisation of Thailand (TOT). DTAC has lodged the cheque for US$25 million with the Administrative Court until a court hearing is held to determine if the fees are valid. more
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