Key statistics
Regional Asia market comparison
Market characteristics
Market Leaders
Market Challengers
Market Emergents
TMI vs GDP
Mobile and mobile broadband penetration
Fixed versus mobile broadband penetration
Country overview
Covid-19 and its impact on the telecom sector
Economic considerations and responses
Subscribers
Infrastructure
Telecommunications market
Market analysis
Regulatory environment
Regulatory authorities
o National Telecommunications Commission (NTC)
o National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC)
o Ministry of Digital Economy and Society
Fixed-line developments
o Master Plans
o Telecommunications Act 2001
Mobile network developments
o National security
o Spectrum
o Tariffs
o SIM card registration
o Tower sharing
Mobile market
Market analysis
Mobile statistics
Mobile infrastructure
o 5G
o 4G/LTE
o 3G
o GSM
o Mobile broadband
Major mobile operators
o Advanced Wireless Network (AWN)
o DTAC
o TrueMove
o Telephone Organization of Thailand Corp (TOT)
o Communications Authority of Thailand (CAT)
o National Telecom
o TT&T
MVNOs
Fixed-line broadband market
Market analysis
Broadband statistics
Broadband service providers
o True Online
o Triple T Broadband
Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) networks
o AIS
Other fixed broadband services
o Wi-Fi
o Community projects
Digital economy
e-Government
e-Commerce
e-Health
Fixed network operators
Introduction
National telecom
o TOT Corp
o CAT Telecom
True Corp
Advance Information Services (AIS)
Telecommunications infrastructure
Overview of the national telecom network
Government Infrastructure Projects
International infrastructure
o Overview
o Submarine cable networks
o Satellite networks
Data Centres
o Providers
o Government developments
Smart infrastructure
o Internet of Things (IoT)
o Smart cities
o Smart grids
Glossary of abbreviations
Related reports
List of Tables
• Table 1 – Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities – Thailand – 2022 (e)
• Table 2 – Development of telecom sector revenue (THB million) – 2017 – 2020
• Table 3 – Development of telecom revenue by type (THB million) – 2012 – 2019
• Table 4 – Development of mobile service revenue by type (THB million) – 2016 – 2021
• Table 5 – Percentage of the population covered by type of mobile network – 2014 – 2020
• Table 6 – Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
• Table 7 – SMS traffic – 2012 – 2021
• Table 8 – MMS traffic – 2017 – 2021
• Table 9 – Change in the number of base stations by spectrum band – 2019 – 2021
• Table 10 – Growth in the number of mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
• Table 11 – Operator share of the mobile market – 2012 – 2021
• Table 12 – Development of AIS’s revenue and annual change – 2012 – 2021
• Table 13 – Development of AIS’s financial data (THB billion) – 2012 – 2021
• Table 14 – Change on the number of AIS’s mobile subscribers (million) – 2012 – 2021
• Table 15 – Development of AIS’s mobile ARPU (THB / user / month) – 2012 – 2021
• Table 16 – Change in AWN’s mobile churn – 2016 – 2021
• Table 17 – Change in the number of DTAC’s mobile subscribers (million) – 2012 – 2021
• Table 18 – Change in DTAC’s mobile ARPU (THB / user / month) – 2012 – 2021
• Table 19 – Development of DTAC’s telecom revenue – 2013 – 2021
• Table 20 – Development of DTAC’s revenue (THB billion) – 2013 – 2021
• Table 21 – Development of TrueMove H’s financial data (THB million) – 2012 – 2021
• Table 22 – Development of True Corp’s financial data (THB million) – 2012 – 2021
• Table 23 – Change in the number of TrueMove’s mobile subscribers (million) – 2012 – 2021
• Table 24 – Development of True Move’s mobile ARPU (THB / user / month) – 2012 – 2021
• Table 25 – CAT Telecom financial data (THB million) – 2012 – 2020
• Table 26 – Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
• Table 27 – Change in the proportion of fixed broadband subscribers by technology – 2016 – 2021
• Table 28 – Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers by technology (million) – 2012 – 2019
• Table 29 – Change in fixed broadband traffic capacity by platform (Gb/s) – 2016 – 2021
• Table 30 – Change in fixed broadband access revenue (THB million) – 2016 – 2021
• Table 31 – Increase in the number of TrueOnline’s fixed broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2021
• Table 32 – Development of TrueOnline’s annualised fixed broadband ARPU – 2012 – 2021
• Table 33 – Increase in the number of AIS’s fixed broadband subscribers – 2015 – 2021
• Table 34 – Development of AIS’s fixed broadband ARPU – 2015 – 2021
• Table 35 – Change in the number of fixed lines in service and penetration – 2012 – 2027
• Table 36 – Increase in international internet bandwidth – 2012 – 2020
• Table 37 – Historic – Mobile subscribers, penetration, and annual growth – 1999 – 2011
• Table 38 – Historic – AIS mobile subscribers (million) – 2004 – 2011
• Table 39 – Historic – Fixed broadband subscribers and penetration – 2001 – 2011
• Table 40 – Historic – DSL subscribers – 2002 – 2014
• Table 41 – Historic – Fibre-based broadband subscribers – 2010 – 2014
• Table 42 – Historic – True’s fixed-line subscribers – 2004 – 2015
• Table 43– Historic – Fixed lines and Penetration – 1995 – 2011
• Table 44 – Historic – AIS mobile ARPU (THB / user / month) – 2007 – 2011
• Table 45 – Historic – True Move mobile subscribers (million) – 2008 – 2011
• Table 46 – Historic – True Move ARPU (THB / user / month) – 2007 – 2011
• Table 47 – Historic – TrueOnline fixed broadband subscribers – 2008 – 2011
• Table 48 – Historic – DTAC mobile subscribers (million) – 2007 – 2011
• Table 49 – Historic – DTAC mobile ARPU (THB / user / month) – 2008 – 2011
• Table 50 – Historic – TOT’s fixed-line subscribers – 2005 – 2013
• Table 51 – Historic – Increase in international internet bandwidth – 2008 – 2011
List of Charts
• Chart 1 – Asia Telecoms Maturity Index – Market Leaders
• Chart 2 – Asia Telecoms Maturity Index – Market Challengers
• Chart 3 – Asia Telecoms Maturity Index – Market Emergents
• Chart 4 – Asia – Telecoms Maturity Index vs GDP per capita
• Chart 5 – Asia – Mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
• Chart 6 – South East Asia – Mobile subscriber penetration vs mobile broadband penetration
• Chart 7 – South East Asia – Fixed and mobile broadband penetration
• Chart 8 – Development of telecom sector revenue – 2017 – 2020
• Chart 9 – Development of telecom revenue by type – 2012 – 2019
• Chart 10 – Development of mobile service revenue by type – 2016 – 2021
• Chart 11 – Growth in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
• Chart 12 – SMS traffic – 2012 – 2021
• Chart 13 – MMS traffic – 2017 – 2021
• Chart 14 – Growth in the number of mobile broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
• Chart 15 – Operator share of the mobile market – 2012 – 2021
• Chart 16 – Development of AIS’s revenue and annual change – 2012 – 2021
• Chart 17 – Development of AIS’s financial data – 2012 – 2021
• Chart 18 – Change on the number of AIS’s mobile subscribers – 2012 – 2021
• Chart 19 – Development of AIS’s mobile ARPU – 2012 – 2021
• Chart 20 – Change in the number of DTAC’s mobile subscribers – 2012 – 2021
• Chart 21 – Change in DTAC’s mobile ARPU – 2012 – 2021
• Chart 22 – Development of DTAC’s telecom revenue – 2013 – 2021
• Chart 23 – Development of DTAC’s revenue – 2013 – 2021
• Chart 24 – Development of TrueMove H’s financial data – 2012 – 2021
• Chart 25 – Development of True Corp’s financial data – 2012 – 2021
• Chart 26 – Change in the number of TrueMove’s mobile subscribers (million) – 2012 – 2021
• Chart 27 – Development of True Move’s mobile ARPU – 2012 – 2021
• Chart 28 – CAT Telecom financial data – 2012 – 2020
• Chart 29 – Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers and penetration – 2012 – 2027
• Chart 30 – Growth in the number of fixed broadband subscribers by technology – 2012 – 2019
• Chart 31 – Change in fixed broadband access revenue – 2016 – 2021
• Chart 32 – Increase in the number of TrueOnline’s fixed broadband subscribers – 2012 – 2021
• Chart 33 – Development of TrueOnline’s annualised fixed broadband ARPU – 2012 – 2021
• Chart 34 – Increase in the number of AIS’s fixed broadband subscribers – 2015 – 2021
• Chart 35 – Development of AIS’s fixed broadband ARPU – 2015 – 2021
• Chart 36 – Change in the number of fixed lines in service and teledensity – 2012 – 2027
• Chart 37 – Increase in international internet bandwidth – 2012 – 2020
List of Exhibits
• Exhibit 1 – Map of Telecom Maturity Index global ranking among countries in Asia
• Exhibit 2 – Generalised Market Characteristics by Market Segment
• Exhibit 3 – Asia – Market Leaders and market developments
• Exhibit 4 – Asia – Market Challengers and market developments
• Exhibit 5 – Asia – Market Emergents and market developments
• Exhibit 6– 5G auction result – February 2020
• Exhibit 7 – DTAC payments for spectrum concessions – June 2020
• Exhibit 8– Principal submarine cable networks
• Exhibit 9 – Thaicom’s satellite network
• Exhibit 10 – Inet’s Data Centres
• Exhibit 11 – TCC Technology’s data centres
• Exhibit 12– International internet gateway operators in Thailand