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 launched “AIS ACADEMY for THAIs 2026,” an AI conference held under the theme “MASTERING AI BEYOND BORDERS,” bringing together public stakeholders. Earlier, on September 3, 2026, AIS joined the Ministry of Defence and the Digital Government Development Agency (DGA) in a collaboration to enhance the artificial intelligence capabilities of armed forces personnel and their families, preparing them for AI transformation. Prior to these developments, on August 13, 2026, Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel) reported a 21% rise in its first-quarter underlying net profit, with post-tax contributions from regional associates, including Thailand's Advanced Info Service (AIS), increasing by 16.1% to S$543 million. This followed an August 3, 2026, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between AIS Business and Huawei Cloud, aiming to accelerate Thailand’s industrial sector towards intelligent manufacturing by combining AIS Business’s network infrastructure and understanding of the Thai business landscape with Huawei Cloud’s cloud and AI technologies and global manufacturing expertise.

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Advanced Info Service offers 8 products in the connectivity and cloud, media and telecoms services and enterprise tech industries. Advanced Info Service's product portfolio comprises of consumer electronics, telecoms, enterprise and telecoms software, enterprise connectivity services and media and TV services.
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