Advanced Info Service

Advanced Info Service Public Company Limited
Company type	Public
Traded as	SET: ADVANC
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	24 April 1985
Founder	Thaksin Shinawatra
Headquarters	Phaya Thai, Bangkok, Thailand
Area served	Thailand
Key people	Vithit Leenutaphong (Chairman); Somchai Lertsutiwong (CEO);
Products	Mobile network, Internet service provider, Internet TV
Services	Mobile telephony, Internet
Revenue	180.89 billion baht (2019)
Operating income	37.40 billion baht (2019)
Net income	31.19 billion baht (2019)
Total assets	289.67 billion baht (2019)
Total equity	69.39 billion baht (2019)
Number of employees	10,586+ (2013)
Parent	Intouch Holdings
Subsidiaries	Triple T Broadband (3BB); JASIF (Jasmine Broadband Internet Infrastructure Fund) (19%)
Website	www.ais.th/en/

Advanced Info Service Public Company Limited (AIS) is Thailand's largest GSM mobile phone operator with 39.87 million customers as of Q3 2016.^[5]^{[failed verification]} Founded in April 1985, AIS started off as a computer rental business.^[6] 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.^[7] It acquired Shinawatra Paging in June 1992.^{[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 5 November 1991 (1991-11-05).^[8] 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.^[9]^[10]^[11]

Temasek bought the AIS brand through the 2006 acquisition of the Shin Corporation from ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.^[12]

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.^[13]

^ Advanced Info Service (2010). Annual Registration Statements 2009 (PDF) (in Thai). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
^ "Contact us". Advanced Info Service PLC. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "ADVANC: ADVANCED INFO SERVICE PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED: Financial data" (PDF). AIS. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
^ Staff & Human Resource Development Archived 20 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine Investor Site – AIS
^ Sirivish Toomgum (September 2011). "AIS to double 3G users". The Nation. Archived from the original on 8 June 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
^ Job TopGun,[1] Archived 13 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Advanced Info Service PLC
^ AIS corporate website, click on "About AIS", "Company profile", and then "1990"^{[additional citation(s) needed]}
^ "ADVANC Company Profile". Stock Exchange of Thailand. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
^ "Page 42 – Shareholding structure – AIS 2011 Annual Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
^ "Shin to sell more of AIS to Singtel". The Nation. Archived from the original on 8 June 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
^ "ADVANC Major Shareholder". Stock Exchange of Thailand. Archived from the original on 1 March 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
^ "Thaksin helps himself". The Economist. 26 January 2006. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
^ "PDRC targets Shinawatra interests". Bangkok Post. 19 February 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2014.

[0956-1-1] Advanced Info Service (2010). Annual Registration Statements 2009 (PDF) (in Thai). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2010.

[AIS-Contact-2] "Contact us". Advanced Info Service PLC. Retrieved 1 January 2019.

[AIS-3] "ADVANC: ADVANCED INFO SERVICE PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED: Financial data" (PDF). AIS. Retrieved 23 January 2021.

[4] Staff & Human Resource Development Archived 20 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine Investor Site – AIS

[5] Sirivish Toomgum (September 2011). "AIS to double 3G users". The Nation. Archived from the original on 8 June 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2012.

[6] Job TopGun,[1] Archived 13 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Advanced Info Service PLC

[7] AIS corporate website, click on "About AIS", "Company profile", and then "1990"^{[additional citation(s) needed]}

[SETCompanyProfile-8] "ADVANC Company Profile". Stock Exchange of Thailand. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2010.

[AIS-SP-00-9] "Page 42 – Shareholding structure – AIS 2011 Annual Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2012.

[AIS-SP-01-10] "Shin to sell more of AIS to Singtel". The Nation. Archived from the original on 8 June 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2012.

[SETMajorShareholder-11] "ADVANC Major Shareholder". Stock Exchange of Thailand. Archived from the original on 1 March 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2010.

[12] "Thaksin helps himself". The Economist. 26 January 2006. Retrieved 23 June 2015.

[13] "PDRC targets Shinawatra interests". Bangkok Post. 19 February 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2014.

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