Template:Short description Template:More citations needed Template:Use dmy dates {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template otherTemplate:Main other{{#invoke:Check for clobbered parameters|check|nested=1|template=Infobox company|cat=Template:Main other|name; company_name|logo; company_logo|logo_alt; alt|trade_name; trading_name|former_names; former_name|type; company_type|predecessors; predecessor|successors; successor|foundation; founded|founders; founder|defunct; dissolved|hq_location; location|hq_location_city; location_city|hq_location_country; location_country|num_locations; locations|areas_served; area_served|net_income; profit|net_income_year; profit_year|owners; owner |homepage; website }}{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox company with unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | ignoreblank=y | alt | area_served | areas_served | assets | assets_year | aum | brands | company_logo | company_name | company_type | defunct | dissolved | divisions | embed | equity | equity_year | fate | footnotes | former_name | former_names | foundation | founded | founder | founders | genre | homepage | hq_location | hq_location_city | hq_location_country | incorporated | image | image_alt | image_caption | image_size | image_upright | income_year | industry | ISIN | key_people | location | location_city | location_country | locations | logo | logo_alt | logo_caption | logo_class | logo_size | logo_upright | members | members_year | module | name | native_name | native_name_lang | net_income | net_income_year | num_employees | num_employees_year | num_locations | num_locations_year | operating_income | owner | owners | parent | predecessor | predecessors | production | production_year | products | profit | profit_year | rating | ratio | revenue | revenue_year | romanized_name | services | subsid | successor | successors | traded_as | trade_name | trading_name | type | website| qid | fetchwikidata | suppressfields | noicon | nocat | demo | categories }} Advanced Info Service Public Company Limited (AIS) is Thailand's largest GSM mobile phone operator with 39.87 million customers as of Q3 2016.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Failed verification Founded in April 1986, AIS started off as a computer rental business.<ref>Job TopGun,[1] Template:Webarchive Advanced Info Service PLC</ref> In October 1990, it launched analog 900 MHz 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 frequency.<ref>AIS corporate website, click on "About AIS", "Company profile", and then "1990"Template:Additional citation needed</ref> It acquired Shinawatra Paging in June 1992.Template:Citation needed
The company is controlled by the Intouch Holdings (formerly Shin Corporation), headed by Temasek Holdings, a Singapore government-owned agency. AIS listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand on Template:Start date.<ref name="SETCompanyProfile">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As of 23 December 2011, Intouch holds 40.45 percent of the shares of the company and Singapore Telecommunications (also majority-held by Temasek) together with Thai Trust Fund and OCBC Nominees holds a 23.32 percent stake.<ref name=AIS-SP-00>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=AIS-SP-01>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="SETMajorShareholder">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Temasek bought the AIS brand through the 2006 acquisition of the Shin Corporation from ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In February 2014, in a conflict between the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PRDC) and Shinawatra, the PDRC called for a boycott of AIS, wrongly believing it to be owned by the Shinawatra family.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
SubsidiariesEdit
- 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 – payment processing and e-wallet service
mPayEdit
mPay, an AIS subsidiary, is a payment processor and one of Thailand's three major payment service providers.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Its partners include CIMB<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and 2C2P.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Nonspecific</ref>
According to a 2014 article in The Nation, 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In November 2015, four million people in Thailand used mPay,<ref name="PCL. 2015">Template:Cite news</ref> and in August 2013, mPay had around 700 merchant partners.<ref name="BPOST 2013">Template:Cite news</ref>
Services and coverageEdit
As of August 2019, AIS is the largest network in Thailand, with 40.1 million subscribers.<ref name="DTAC Slow Plays 3g Roll Out">Template:Cite news</ref> In addition to post pay services, AIS offers prepaid services under the 1-2-Call brand.
Currently (2020) data is sold in time-based, volume-based and unlimited packages.
AIS operates 2G, 3G WCDMA/HSPA+, LTE, 5G NR, NB-IoT, and eMTC networks.
| Frequency | Frequency band |
Frequency width (MHz) |
Generation | Radio interface | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 700 MHz | 28/n28 | 20 | 4G & 5G | LTE & NR | |
| 900 MHz | 5 | 2G | GSM/GPRS/EDGE | ||
| 900 MHz | 8 | 10 | 3G | UMTS/HSPA | |
| 900 MHz | 8 | 10 | 4G | LTE | |
| 1800 MHz | 3 | 20 | 4G | LTE | (main frequency) |
| 2100 MHz | 1 | 10 | 3G | UMTS/HSPA | |
| 2100 MHz | 1 | 20 | 4G | LTE | |
| 2600 MHz | 41/n41 | 100 (TDD) | 4G & 5G | LTE & NR | dynamic spectrum sharing |
| 26 GHz | n258 | 1200 | 5G | NR |
Wi-Fi hotspotsEdit
AIS owns and operates more than 100,000 Wi-Fi hotspots under the name "AIS SUPER WIFI."
Next GEdit
In 2017 AIS announced it has teamed up with Samsung Electronics 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 LTE-A, the fastest wireless network currently available in Thailand.
AIS PlayEdit
AIS Play was launched on 1 February 2017, serving as Thai's first OTT platform with 4K resolution and VOD, which featured AIS Play Originals (most of which are Boys Love series, such as Oh! My Sunshine Night, I'm Tee, Me Too, War of Y, Not Me and even Thai adaptation of Love Stage!!).
There are over 100 free-to-air channels, including some local channels, available to stream. There's also premium channels included with their Play Premium or Play Premium Plus subscription, such as HBO Asia, Discovery Channel Asia, Bein Sports, Nickelodeon, etc. They also provide streaming app, such as Disney+ Hotstar, Netflix, Prime Video, Viu, WeTV, iQiyi and many more.
In 2021, AIS partnered with Thai League 1, Thailand's top-tier football league, to broadcast their matches through their AIS Play application. The deal covered the whole 2021–2022 season and also included matches played in Thai League 2 and Thai League 3. Additionally, the Thai FA CUP was also broadcast on AIS Play.