Advanced Info Service PCL is Thailand's largest GSM mobile phone operator with 23 million customers as of 2007. Founded in March 1990 and acquiring Shinawatra Paging in June 1992, the highly profitable company is controlled by the Shin Corporation, headed by Temasek Holdings, a Singapore government owned agency. Singapore Telecommunications holds a 21.5% stake in the company. Temasek bought AIS and Shin from the ousted Prime Minister Thaksin in early 2006.
Subsidiaries
- Advanced Contact Center Company Limited (ACC) - Operate AIS Call Center 1175
- 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.
- Digital Phone Company Limited (DPC) - Operator of "GSM 1800" (acquire from SAMART Corporation)
Competitors
- DTAC
- True Move (formerly Orange)
- Hutch (Thailand)
- CAT
- TOT
