Advanced Info Service

Advanced Info Service Public Company Limited (AIS) is Thailand's largest GSM mobile phone operator with 39.87 million customers as of Q3 2016. Founded in April 1985, AIS started off as a computer rental business. 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. It acquired Shinawatra Paging in June 1992.

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 November 5, 1991. 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.

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

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.

Subsidiaries

 * Advanced Contact Center Company Limited (ACC) – operate AIS Call Center 1175 and 1148
 * 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
 * mPay – payment processing and e-wallet service

mPay
mPay, an AIS subsidiary, is a payment processor and one of Thailand's three major payment service providers. Its partners include CIMB and 2C2P.

According to a 2014 article in The Nation, mPay has around 1.6 million registered users, of which roughly 1.2 million are end-users and 400,000 are mPay agents. 150,000 of mPay's end-users use the service monthly, spending on average 30,000 baht. In November 2015, four million people in Thailand used mPay, and in August 2013, mPay had around 700 merchant partners.

Services and coverage
As of August 2019, AIS is the largest network in Thailand, with 40.1 million subscribers. In addition to post pay services, AIS offers prepaid services under the 1-2-Call brand.

Currently (2020) data is sold in time-based, volume-based and unlimited packages.

AIS operates 2G, 3G WCDMA/HSPA+, LTE, 5G NR, NB-IoT, and eMTC networks.

Wi-Fi hotspots
AIS owns and operates more than 100,000 Wi-Fi hotspots under the name "AIS SUPER WIFI."

Next G
In 2017 AIS announced it has teamed up with Samsung Electronics to combine Wi-Fi and LTE in a gigabit-speed mobile service called AIS Next G. The new network is estimated to be 15 times faster than the existing LTE and four times faster than the tri-band LTE-A, the fastest wireless network currently available in Thailand.

AIS Play
AIS also provides online multiplatform entertainment, business and financial services called AIS Play, launched on 1 February 2017. AIS Play was the first Thai OTT TV with 4K resolution and VOD. Programming From Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pacific: Programming From Paramount Global (Asia) Programming From Rock Entertainment:
 * Warner TV
 * HLN
 * Cartoon Network
 * CNN International
 * Discovery Asia
 * Discovery Channel
 * Animal Planet
 * TLC
 * Asian Food Channel
 * Food Network Asia
 * Eurosport
 * HBO
 * Cinemax
 * HBO Hits
 * HBO Family
 * HBO Signature
 * HBO On Demand (On Demand, TBA)
 * HGTV (Coming Soon)
 * Travel Channel (Coming Soon)
 * Cartoonito
 * Nickelodeon (Include On Demand)
 * Nick Jr. (Include On Demand)
 * MTV Live (Coming Soon)
 * MTV 90s (Coming Soon)
 * MTV India (Coming Soon)
 * Rock Entertainment
 * Rock Action
 * Love Nature
 * ZooMoo (Coming Soon)

Programming From BBC Studios Programming From KC Global Media Asia (Coming Soon) Programming From A+E Network Asia (Coming Soon) Programming From CJ ENM HK (Coming Soon) Programming From Other Channels: Subscription Apps Freemium channels:
 * BBC News
 * BBC First (On Demand, TBA)
 * BBC Brit (On Demand, TBA)
 * BBC Earth (Coming Soon)
 * BBC Lifestyle
 * CBeebies (Coming Soon)
 * AXN
 * Animax
 * GEM
 * ONE
 * Colors MENA
 * Colors Rishtey
 * Colors Asia
 * MTV India
 * History
 * Crime + Investigation
 * Lifetime
 * tvN (Localized Feed, Programming Shares With Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines Premium Feed)
 * TVBS Asia (Coming Soon)
 * beIN Sports (1-3)
 * Techstorm
 * TVB Xing He (Coming Soon)
 * NHK World Premium (Coming Soon, A La carte Only.)
 * SPOTV (Include SPOTV & SPOTV2, Coming Soon)
 * Disney+ Hotstar (Exclusive Disney+ Hotstar privilege is for AIS customers who use AIS mobile number)
 * Viu
 * WeTV
 * Netflix
 * NHK World Japan
 * France 24
 * Cartoonito (Localized Feed)
 * CNA
 * DW
 * Euronews
 * Al Jazeera English
 * Arirang TV
 * TV5MONDE Asie
 * RT
 * TVBS News
 * TRT World (Coming Soon)
 * CCTV-4
 * CGTN
 * CGTN Documentary (Coming Soon)
 * TV5MONDE Style HD (Coming Soon)
 * Phoenix Chinese Channel (Coming Soon)
 * Phoenix InfoNews Channel (Coming Soon)
 * Phoenix Hong Kong Channel(Coming Soon)

There are over 100 free-to-air channels, including some local channels, available to stream. There's also premium channels included with their Play Premium or Play Premium Plus subscription, such as HBO Asia, Discovery Channel Asia, Bein Sports, Nickelodeon, etc. They also provide streaming app, such as Disney+ Hotstar, Netflix, Prime Video, Viu, WeTV, iQiyi and many more.

In 2021, AIS partnered with Thai League 1, Thailand's top-tier football league, to broadcast their matches through their AIS Play application. The deal covered the whole 2021–2022 season and also included matches played in Thai League 2 and Thai League 3. Additionally, the Thai FA CUP was also broadcast on AIS Play.