TOT, AIS strike roaming deal
TOT and Advanced Info Service (AIS) have made a deal under which AIS customers would be given roaming access on the TOT 3G network for data, and TOT customers will get roaming access to the AIS network for voice and data services.
This deal should help AIS expand its 3G service so it can compete with True Corp, which has partnered with CAT Telecom.
A TOT source said both sides had agreed on the matter and were waiting for the deal to take effect soon. TOT apparently sent the draft contract to AIS as soon as it looked like Pheu Thai was going to take over the country's reins. Party leader Yingluck Shinawatra is the former president of AIS.
Negotiations for this deal have been going on since last year. The source said that under this deal, TOT would initially allow 60,000 AIS customers to use its 3G network in Greater Bangkok for data roaming, while AIS will allow 200,000 TOT customers voice access and 10,000 customers for data services.
Under the deal, both sides are allowed to provide roaming access to a million customers each.
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3G News & Developments
Started by lomatopo, 2011-06-09 11:34
#52
lomatopo
Titanium Member Posted 2011-07-09 08:17:06
Yingluck denies she urged change to lese majeste law
Published: 9/07/2011 at 12:00 AM Newspaper section: News Pheu Thai's likely prime ministerial candidate Yingluck Shinawatra insisted yesterday that she had never floated the idea of amending Section 112 of the Criminal Code which deals with lese majeste legislation. Meanwhile, Pheu Thai would-be list candidate Surapong Towichakchaikul yesterday vowed to proceed with an inquiry into suspected irregularities involving CAT and True Corporation's 3G partnership. Mr Surapong had grilled ICT Minister Juti Krairiksh for alleged lack of transparency in the last censure debate, accusing Mr Juti of abusing his power to benefit True at the state's expense. #53
thaicbr
fat member Posted 2011-07-09 16:50:04
Loma..... its always interesting to see how these things work out is it not..
It looks like my favorite mobile operator (DTAC) will be bolloxed by True and then it looks like they will be bolloxed by the AIS loving government... sweet. except then it will just be crappy AIS with the lions share and True left to pick up the pieces. And Tot and Cat sitting back like usual just collecting the money.. #54
lomatopo
Titanium Member Posted 2011-07-10 08:25:09
Some interesting figures in this commentary...
http://www.amitiae.com/?p=4290 excerpts... On another level, as expected, the moment the election results became clear, TOT quickly approved Shincorp’s AIS’ request to roam onto its 3G network. That the approval came so quickly was not surprising, but the numbers were somewhat higher than expected. At 0.85 Baht per megabyte (both ways, TOT 3G users can now also roam onto AIS 2G), that works out at 850 Baht per gigabyte or four to eight times what TOT’s current MVNOs are charging their customers for data. Quite how this would make sense commercially is unclear, apart from bragging rights that AIS now has 2100 MHz 3G. Also, as the election results started to become clear, TrueMove (which is somewhat aligned with the outgoing Democrats) had its 3G project thrown into disarray. First, the regulator NBTC set up sub-committees to investigate the deal (after months of saying it was not their responsibility) and later, the ICT Ministry (as the Ministry controlling CAT Telecom, concession holder of True) refused to approve the project and deferred it to the incoming cabinet to decide. Talk about doing the right things for the wrong reasons. This is nothing terminal, of course, just that True would have to, ahem, work harder at appeasing Mr and Miss Shinawatra so that her Cabinet approves the deal. So AIS gets roaming on 2100. True continues to push ahead with 850 3G. That only leaves poor old Dtac with a bucket load of lawsuits and criminal investigations into its shareholding structure with no 3G network in sight. The next phase of politics is more worrying though. Many Puea Thai factions have been openly campaigning for a return to the “more democratic” 1997 constitution which would also just happen to conveniently annul the lawsuits against Thaksin Shinawatra without having to grant an amnesty. The only problem for the telco sector is that the 1997 constitution calls for two separate telecom and broadcasting regulators as opposed to the 2007 converged one. #55
lomatopo
Titanium Member Posted 2011-07-11 09:50:00
TOT pushes its 3G lease bidding process
By USANEE MONGKOLPORN THE NATION Published on July 11, 2011 TOT plans to finish within 30 days the bidding process for selecting firms to lease its 3G capacity once the board approves the bid details. It remains to be seen if TOT could launch the bid soon, pending completion of the details. TOT's 3G network management committee plans to submit the terms of reference for consideration of the state agency's board today. Last week, it had worked out the commercial details of the |bid, including the entry fee, |the minimum revenue guarantee, and the fine amount in case the bid winners fail to meet contract terms and conditions. TOT wants to complete |the bid as soon as possible once it gets the board approval so as to officially kick off the 3G service on the new network within the third quarter, board spokesman Prapan Boonyakiat said. The state agency divides the bid into three parts - the bid to lease 40 per cent of its 3G network capacity, while the other two bids are for lease of each of the two bulks of 20 capacity. The bid winners will lease the capacity on the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) basis. The MVNOs are firms without their own network who have leased the network of telecom operators to provide the service. more... #56
lomatopo
Titanium Member Posted 2011-07-12 09:18:13
TOT board demands another look at 3G leasing plan
By USANEE MONGKOLPORN THE NATION Published on July 12, 2011 The TOT board yesterday sent back to square one the state agency's plan to invite firms to bid on leasing its 3G capacity to |provide the wireless broadband service. The board asked management to have the project's consultant Prime Street re-study all aspects of the overall leasing plan and determine the terms and conditions of the bid, said board spokesman Prapan Boonyakiat. The board also asked TOT to clarify in writing why it agreed to allow its concession holder Advanced Info Service (AIS) to roam its customers on TOT's third-generation network. The board wants to learn whether the roaming would affect TOT's plan to lease its 3G network capacity to other firms. There is a report that the Pheu Thai Party, which is forming a new government, wants TOT to wait for it to release its policy on the 3G issue before going ahead with the plan to lease its 3G capacity. Prapan said the re-study would take 30 days. It will focus on the pros and cons of the project and how TOT would be affected if it decided to allow existing cellular operators to bid to lease its 3G capacity. The consultant will also investigate whether the capacity bandwidth ratio TOT has planned to lease to the bid winners is appropriate. more... #57
lomatopo
Titanium Member Posted 2011-07-13 05:09:17
Mobile internet flourishing in Thailand, but still no 3G
By Jon Russell Jul 12, 2011 11:30AM UTC Thailand’s mobile telecom and broadband markets are performing well and showing much potential despite the ongoing issues around 3G technology, according to two separate reports published this month. Despite the lack of country-wide, public 3G mobile technology, Thais are amongs Asia’s most avid mobile internet users according to a report from research firm Nielsen, published in The Nation. “Thailand is one of the very few countries that still has no commercial 3G network,” notes Aaron Cross, managing director of Nielsen Consumer division in Thailand. “However, thanks largely to the social media momentum, mobile technology is evolving at a rapid pace and the advent of Smartphones such as the iPhone and Blackberry is making it easier for consumers to access the Internet anywhere, anytime. Thai people’s willingness to embrace new technology, despite the lack of availability of high speed mobile data services, shows real potential in this space.” However, before anyone suggests that the arrival of 3G might be somewhat inconsequential to Thailand based on this account, there is caution as Business Monitor International (BMI) warns that ARPU (average revenue per user) is set to drop leaving the countries mobile operators struggling to boost revenue – which can have knock-on effects for mobile phone users. and.... [Thailand] has one of the lowest levels of overall Internet penetration in SEA. Less than one third of Thailand’s population aged 15+ (31 per cent) use the Internet, seven percentage points lower than the SEA regional average of 38 percent…Internet penetration in Thailand is lowest amongst those aged 50+ where only seven percent of consumers are online. more... #58
lomatopo
Titanium Member Posted 2011-07-14 10:49:58
CAT seeks NTC okay to install, use 5,300 base stations for 3g service
By Usanee Mongkolporn The Nation Published on July 14, 2011 CAT Telecom has requested permission from the national telecom regulator to install and use 5,326 High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) base stations nationwide as part of its plan to begin commercially wholesaling 3G capacity in late August. CAT hopes to receive approval at the end of the month or in early August, given that the board of the National Telecommunications Communication (NTC) yesterday approved the introduction of the process for the automatic granting of permits to those requesting to import, install and use radio communications devices and network equipment. The automatic permit-granting method is expected to be published in the Royal Gazette and take effect at the end of this month. Once the new method is implemented, the NTC office will grant permits within three days of receiving complete documentation concerning such requests, said NTC member Suranan Wongvithayakamjorn. more... #59
lomatopo
Titanium Member Posted 2011-07-15 15:05:49
AIS 3G roaming only an interim facility
By USANEE MONGKOLPORN THE NATION Published on July 15, 2011 Advanced Info Service (AIS) said its roaming facility with TOT's 3G network was just an interim solution to help it quickly expand third-generation service, but the real solution to usher Thailand into the full wireless-broadband era is the issuance of licences for the 2.1-gigahertz spectrum. Recently, AIS reached an agreement with its concession owner TOT initially to allow 60,000 AIS subscribers to roam on TOT's existing and upcoming 3G networks for data services. The deal is expected to take effect soon. Somchai Lertsutiwong, AIS executive vice president for marketing, said yesterday that the roaming facility with TOT network was just to complement AIS's existing 3G service, using the 900-megahertz spectrum. AIS will fully promote 3G-900MHz service when it finishes establishing 1,884 base stations for it nationwide. Currently, there are only a few such base stations in some major provinces. Somchai said the best way to move Thailand into full 3G era was the granting of the long-awaited 2.1GHz-spectrum licences by the upcoming National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission. The NBTC is expected to get off the ground this year and will take a couple of years to finish the spectrum master plan, a key to granting new licences. more... #60
Crushdepth
Dismembered Posted 2011-07-15 15:09:35
Only three more years to develop a plan to start granting licences? Is it wise to move so rapidly?
#61
lomatopo
Titanium Member Posted 2011-07-16 05:26:23
Analyst report: True
True Corporation (TRUE) TRUE - CAT 3G to be finalised soon Problems are easing, after the Attorney- General confirmed that the new TRUE – CAT contract was legal. The importation of 3G equipment and the new license from the NBTC seem to be moving smoothly after the NBTC adjusted the permit process. Therefore, TRUE is expected to achieve a 3G start up as planned in August. The current share price has a 14% upside with a fair value of Bt4.28. We are maintaining our speculative Buy call. ♦ 3G TRUE-CAT objections are easing The regulatory problems for the TRUE 3G service start up have gotten better. Early this week, the Attorney- General reported to the ICT Ministry that the TRUE- CAT contracts are not against the Joint Venture Act and not against NBTC regulations on wholesale and retail services, and leasing telecommunication equipment. Yesterday (13 July), the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) stated that the Board approved the telecommunications license revisions to become an automatic function without board consideration to shorten the license process from one month to three days. The revised act will be published as law in Government Gazette later this month. ♦ Highly likely start up of 3G services in 3Q11 After the Attorney- General approval of the TRUE - CAT 3G contracts, we see less risk in legal issues. Furthermore, after the NBTC simplification of the license process to just 3 days, the CAT (TRUE partner for 3G services) will have a license to import 3G equipment, to possess it and to use the 3G base stations shortly and this will benefit the TRUE ability to install the 3G equipment as per contract to start 3G services in BKK and the suburbs, according to plan. more... #62
lomatopo
Titanium Member Posted 2011-07-18 08:12:39
3G battle set to begin as real move and CAT are poised to launch service
By Usanee Mongkolporn The Nation Published on July 18, 2011 The 3G-service battle looks set to intensify as Real Move and its 3G partner CAT Telecom are expected to announce the launches of commercial 3G services today and Wednesday, respectively. Advanced Info Service (AIS) is also expected to fully launch 3G-900 MHz services this month. After the official launch of |Real Move's services, TrueMove |will stop providing 3G services to |its customers as these will be replaced by those of Real Move. The launch stems from deals between CAT and True Corp's subsidiaries, Real Move and Real Future, to jointly provide 3G services. CAT will wholesale its 3G capacity for Real Move to provide services for 14.5 years at a spectrum of 800 MHz. CAT will also resell services, mainly to corporate customers. more... #63
lomatopo
Titanium Member Posted 2011-07-18 08:13:53
AIS eager to use TOT 3G
Published: 18/07/2011 at 12:00 AM Newspaper section: Business Advanced Info Service appears to be gaining momentum to win a major deal to help TOT Plc expand its 3G wireless broadband service, as the country's largest mobile operator is offering the state telecom enterprise four times higher returns than rivals. AIS and Samart Corporation are the two main contenders to win the deal to provide 3G service under the mobile virtual network operators (MVNO) model. They aim to secure 40% of TOT's 3G network capacity under a 10-year strategic partner contract. Wichian Mektrakarn, AIS's chief executive, said the company aimed to provide 3G service on behalf of TOT as it sees higher returns than operating its own 3G service on the 900-Megahertz frequency under the concession system. An MVNO is a mobile operator that does not own its own spectrum and usually does not have its own network infrastructure. A TOT board director, who asked not to be named, said AIS had offered to pay it as much as 40% of revenue share plus other unconditional benefits if the company is selected as a strategic MVNO. more... #64
lomatopo
Titanium Member Posted 2011-07-20 08:01:05
This article.analyst report has a fair amount of detail, albeit depressing re: NTBC/2100 Mhz 3G licensing. Key takeaway, licenses may not be issued until Q42012...
"We are 80% confident that the NBTC will award 3G/2.1GHz licences in 4Q12." http://www.nationmul...r-30160619.html #65
lomatopo
Titanium Member Posted 2011-07-20 09:15:24
Soft launch today of CAT's 3G service
By Usanee Mongkolporn The Nation Published on July 20, 2011 CAT Telecom will soft-launch its commercial 3G service today and use the My brand. Now CAT has 1,000 subscribers to its third-generation wireless broadband service, who are its employees. It will migrate the 400,000 subscribers of its existing cellular service to 3G over two years. The move follows its deals signed with True Corp subsidiaries Real Move and Real Future in January to develop the 3G service nationwide. CAT will wholesale and resell the 3G service. Real Move has leased 3G capacity from CAT to resell the service. Real Move yesterday formally kicked off its 3G service under the TrueMove H brand with three service packages. Real Move has gradually switched about 800,000 subscribers of the Hutchison-CAT Wireless Multimedia's CDMA (code division multiple access) cellular service to its 3G |service, starting with heavy data users. Under CAT's 3G network plan, 671 base stations were to be set up by last month, with the capacity to serve 700,000 |customers and cover 13 per |cent of the population. Next month, it plans to increase the base stations to 2,763 to serve up to 2.5 million customers and 29 per cent of the population. By December it will have 5,326 stations capable of serving 5 million customers and reaching 70 per cent of the population. more... Note that Truemove had a planned and announced service outage 19 July 00:01 - 05:00, presumably as part of this launch? Edited by lomatopo, 2011-07-20 09:21:15. #66
lomatopo
Titanium Member Posted 2011-07-20 09:18:05
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
AIS rolls out 3G coverage for Phuket EXCLUSIVE: Some AIS users may have recently noticed the "3G" logo on their phone. Full services are expected to be available by the end of the month. PHUKET: AIS is currently rolling out Phuket’s first island-wide full 3G service with a target launch date slated for the end of the month, the Phuket Gazette has learned. The news follows a ground-breaking demonstration of the service by Paiboon Rinsakul, AIS Marketing and Sales Manager for Upper Southern Thailand, at the Woody Leonhard Computer Clinic held in Chalong on Sunday. Mr Paiboon demonstrated AIS’s new HSPA 3G service, with full internet access over AIS’s about-to-be-released wireless network. In front of 50 observers at the meeting, Mr Paiboon ran the group’s standard international speed test to Los Angeles (www.phuketinternetspeed.com). The speed test delivered a return of 1.8 Mbps download speed – by far the fastest wireless internet the group has ever seen, reported Mr Leonhard. “By comparison, most wired connections in Phuket are running at 0.6 to 1.3 Mbps, meaning that the wireless AIS 3G service, right now, is faster than most wired ADSL connections. “It’s also faster than most 3G connections in the US and Europe,” he added. Mr Paiboon revealed that AIS will roll out HSPA 3G to towers covering about 95 per cent of the internet usage areas on the island. The 3G service will be available to postpaid GSM and prepaid 1-2 Call, Mr Paiboon said. “Full details, including pricing, have yet to be finalized, but AIS will probably offer several levels of service,” he added. #67
lomatopo
Titanium Member Posted 2011-07-22 07:29:45
DTAC 3G service to go commercial next month
By Usanee Mongkolporn The Nation Published on July 22, 2011 Total Access Communication (DTAC) will commercially launch its 3Gwireless broadband service in Bangkok in mid-August, with a plan to invest another Bt750 million next year to increase the number of 3G base stations to 2,000 aimed at expanding total coverage to 40 provinces. However, it remains to be seen whether its proposed launch next month will put it on a collision course with concession owner CAT Telecom and the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC). DTAC chief executive officer Jon Eddy Abdullah said yesterday that his telecom was ready to launch the billable service on the 850-megahertz spectrum in August. The launch will be based on the NTC permit DTAC secured in June to install and use 3G equipment to provide the service under CAT's concession. DTAC got the NTC permit last month to install and use 240 3G base stations, and the permit to use an additional 3G base stations is expected next week. It has informed CAT about the planned launch. more... #68
Redux7
Newbie Posted 2011-07-22 12:58:32
Is anyone else spotting 3G coverage more frequently.
I am with Ais and for the past month I have been spotting 3G coverage at Nana BTS station. Also in that general area. Its spoty at best but more than I can speak of previously. Is this part of the TOT roll out plan? Can anybody else attest to that. ? #69
lomatopo
Titanium Member Posted 2011-07-22 16:17:32
Is anyone else spotting 3G coverage more frequently. I am with Ais and for the past month I have been spotting 3G coverage at Nana BTS station. Also in that general area. Its spoty at best but more than I can speak of previously. Is this part of the TOT roll out plan? Can anybody else attest to that. ? Your query is answered in several articles posted on this page... Somchai Lertsutiwong, AIS executive vice president for marketing, said yesterday that the roaming facility with TOT network was just to complement AIS's existing 3G service, using the 900-megahertz spectrum. AIS will fully promote 3G-900MHz service when it finishes establishing 1,884 base stations for it nationwide. Currently, there are only a few such base stations in some major provinces. So AIS (apparently) had already installed (perhaps in anticipation of the election winner?) a lot of 3G 900 Mhz base-stations in metro-Bangkok, and Phuket (and other areas as well), and are just turning up the service. It is independent of the TOT roaming agreement. When you are outside of the 900 Mhz 3G service you would roam onto TOT's network. They might send you an SMS once the service if more widely available, then you could subscribe to a 3G data plan? What make/model phone do you have? #70
lomatopo
Titanium Member Posted 2011-07-23 07:16:30
CAT puts brakes on DTAC 3G launch
By Usanee Mongkolporn The Nation Published on July 23, 2011 CAT Telecom chief executive officer Jirayuth Rungsrithong said the agency would advise Total Access Communication (DTAC) to wait for a reply from the Office of the Attorney-General before launching commercial third-generation services. He added that DTAC's clinching of a permit last month from the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to install and use a 3G wireless broadband network did not mean DTAC could go ahead with its stated plan to launch it in August. The cellular operator needs to wait for the Office of the Attorney-General to inform CAT if DTAC can launch 3G commercial services under a CAT concession, he said. A source from DTAC complained that CAT had kept the firm waiting for more than two years for the nod to launch 3G commercial services. The source added that if the OAG gave DTAC the okay, CAT might try to delay the plan further. CAT has allowed DTAC to launch 3G services on a trial basis. Advanced Info Service is expected to launch commercial 3G services next week, while CAT soft-launched its own commercial 3G services this week. On Thursday, DTAC announced that it would commercially launch 3G wireless broadband services in Bangkok in mid-August. The launch will be based on an NTC permit. DTAC has earmarked Bt1.2 billion for the two-phase network upgrade this year using 1,220 base stations. It has completed the initial upgrade in Bangkok of 400 stations at a cost of Bt350 million. The addition of 800 more sites to cover all of Bangkok and 20 other provinces is expected to be completed this year. DTAC also plans to increase the number of 3G base stations to 2,000 in 2012, which will cost Bt750 million for an additional 780 base stations in 40 provinces. If its board approves this third phase, it is expected to start in the first quarter of next year. #71
Redux7
Newbie Posted 2011-07-24 09:22:36
Thank you for your response. I now see all the related article. This is great news. Hope that the network will be a stable one. I also noticed that all along Sukhumvit there is 3G+.
I am using a windows phone Samsung Omnia 7. My mom while on vacation here was displaying H in Hua Hin on the Ais network. She was using a HTC HD7. Somchai Lertsutiwong, AIS executive vice president for marketing, said yesterday that the roaming facility with TOT network was just to complement AIS's existing 3G service, using the 900-megahertz spectrum. AIS will fully promote 3G-900MHz service when it finishes establishing 1,884 base stations for it nationwide. Currently, there are only a few such base stations in some major provinces. So AIS (apparently) had already installed (perhaps in anticipation of the election winner?) a lot of 3G 900 Mhz base-stations in metro-Bangkok, and Phuket (and other areas as well), and are just turning up the service. It is independent of the TOT roaming agreement. When you are outside of the 900 Mhz 3G service you would roam onto TOT's network. They might send you an SMS once the service if more widely available, then you could subscribe to a 3G data plan? What make/model phone do you have? [/quote] #72
Crushdepth
Dismembered Posted 2011-07-24 12:09:05
This article.analyst report has a fair amount of detail, albeit depressing re: NTBC/2100 Mhz 3G licensing. Key takeaway, licenses may not be issued until Q42012... "We are 80% confident that the NBTC will award 3G/2.1GHz licences in 4Q12." http://www.nationmul...r-30160619.html I've literally gone grey waiting for to happen. #73
lomatopo
Titanium Member Posted 2011-07-27 18:29:46
Loxley and FTTX seek 3G capacity deals with CAT
By Usanee Mongkolporn The Nation Published on July 27, 2011 Loxley and AirAsia subsidiary FTTX have approached CAT Telecom about possible deals to lease its third-generation wireless broadband capacity to provide the service on a retail basis. CAT chief executive officer Jirayuth Rungsrithong yesterday said the state agency would grant the deals if the companies could accept the condition that they lease capacity on a long-term contract of 14 years. The other key condition is that the 3G bandwidth capacity they lease in the following years must not be lower than the amount they lease from CAT in the first year of the deal. These requirements have been drawn up to guarantee that CAT gains substantial revenue from wholesaling the capacity, he said. CAT has already leased its 3G capacity to True Corp's Real Move for 14 and a half years for the provision of retail service nationwide. Jirayuth added that CAT had opened the service for resale partners, which can lease 3G capacity from TOT and CAT at the same time. more... #74
lomatopo
Titanium Member Posted 2011-07-27 18:34:38
AIS to launch commercial 3G services tomorrow (28 July 2011) on 1,884 base-stations.
Link to TV thread #75
lomatopo
Titanium Member Posted 2011-07-29 08:41:02
AIS kicks off 3G in Bangkok, 7 provinces
By USANEE MONGKOLPORN THE NATION Published on July 29, 2011 Advanced Info Service (AIS) will start roaming its customers on TOT's third-generation network for wireless broadband service on October 7. AIS chief executive officer Wichian Mektakarn said yesterday that this deal would enable the company to expand its 3G service offerings quickly. AIS signed the deal with TOT initially to allow its 60,000 customers to access TOT's existing 3G network in Greater Bangkok and upcoming nationwide network for data services. A maximum of 1 million AIS customers will be allowed to roam on the networks in one year. AIS expects significant growth in data revenue this year, after the full launch of its 3G wireless broadband service yesterday and a host of content and applications. However, Wichian declined to specify the estimated revenue growth. AIS debuted the full launch of its 3G service in Bangkok and seven other major provinces, namely Chiang Mai, Chon Buri, Songkhla (Hat Yai), Phuket, southern Phetchaburi and northern Prachuap Khiri Khan (Cha-am-Hua Hin-Pranburi), and Nakhon Ratchasima. The launch followed expansion of its 3G base stations to 1,884 in these provinces, up from about 100 bases a few years ago. Maximum connection speed is 21.6 megabits per second. more... ----------- AIS goes 3G in spite of legal jams Advanced Info Service, the country's largest mobile operator, has started commercial 3G wireless broadband services as part of its 10-billion-baht network expansion this year. Published: 29/07/2011 at 12:00 AM Mr Wichian is flanked by Somchai Lertsutiwong (left), executive vice-president for marketing, and Thitipong Kiewpaisal, vice-president for marketing, at yesterday’s launch, where the company also introduced the AIS Bookstore application for the Apple iPad. The 3G services - running on HSPA, Edge plus and WiFi systems - will be available initially in Bangkok and nine major areas: Chiang Mai, Chon Buri, Hat Yai in Songkhla, Phuket, Cha-am in Phetchaburi, Hua Hin and Pranburi in Prachuap Khiri Khan, Nakhon Ratchasima, Chiang Rai and Nakhon Pathom. Although AIS and second-ranked DTAC offer commercial 3G service by upgrading their existing 2G technologies to 3G high-speed packet access (HSPA), questions remain about the legality of doing so under their existing concessions granted by the state telecom enterprises. Some lawyers maintain that operators would be breaching their existing concessions, which permit them to offer only 2G digital cellular service more... Other links: http://naiaobaoon.wo...-package/ note fair-use policy http://www.ais.co.th...ileinternet/3g/ top/main page http://www.ais.co.th...et/3g/coverage/ coverage maps http://www.ais.co.th...package/ click on device to see device-specific plans http://www.ais.co.th...dset/ settings |
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