Advanced Info Service, also known as AIS, a publicly owned company headquartered in Thailand, was founded in 1986 and operates primarily in telecoms with approximately 2,920 employees. The company reported $6.9B in revenue as of 2025. Functioning as Thailand's largest GSM mobile phone operator with 39.87 million customers as of Q3 2016, Advanced Info Service initially started as a computer rental business. In October 1990, it launched analog 900 MHz mobile phone services under a 20-year monopoly concession from the Telephone Organization of Thailand (TOT). The company later became the first allowed to operate on the GSM-900 frequency and acquired Shinawatra Paging in June 1992.

2025 Revenue

Founded

1986

Headcount

2,912

Headquarters

Thailand

Primary Segment

Telecoms

Ownership

Publicly Owned

News Summary:

On September 17, 2026, AIS Academy officially opened “AIS ACADEMY for THAIs 2026,” a major AI conference themed “MASTERING AI BEYOND BORDERS.” Previously, on September 15, Advanced Info Service joined Thailand’s TH-AI Passport programme, supporting the initiative alongside other mobile operators ahead of its targeted October 1 launch. Earlier, on September 3, the Ministry of Defence, AIS, and the Digital Government Development Agency (DGA) collaborated to enhance the capabilities of armed forces personnel and their families, preparing them for AI transformation. This followed Singtel's August 13 report of a 21% rise in first-quarter underlying net profit, driven by a 16.1% increase in post-tax contributions from regional associates to S$543 million, notably from Advanced Info Service (AIS) and India's Bharti Airtel. On August 3, AIS Business and Huawei Cloud signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to accelerate Thailand’s industrial sector towards intelligent manufacturing, combining AIS Business’s network infrastructure and market understanding with Huawei Cloud’s cloud and AI technologies.

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Advanced Info Service offers 8 products in the connectivity and cloud, enterprise tech and media and telecoms services industries. Advanced Info Service's product portfolio comprises of enterprise connectivity services, telecoms, consumer electronics, enterprise and telecoms software and media and TV services.
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Advanced Info Service's revenues were $6.9B in 2025. Caretta Research has split Advanced Info Service's revenue into 10 different product categories, the largest of which is mobile services, which represents 56% of Advanced Info Service's revenue.
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Advanced Info Service currently holds 21 broadcasting rights for sports competitions including golf, soccer | association football, basketball, multi-sport, tennis and winter sports.

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