countries. The tourism sector has been adversely affected by a contraction of Chinese tourists’ arrivals while private investment has been expanding at a slower rate. Although private consumption has

encounter with risk factors from the consumption of private sector that has trended not to be recovered and buying power of household staying in medium to low level remain in weak condition and there is a

export sector. In addition, the household consumption expanded by 3.1%, compared with 2.2% in the previous year, which was supported by the government stimulus measures at the end of 2016. The Thai economy

. The domestic economy recovered at a modest pace. Public spending and private consumption remained to be the main growth drivers. Private investment remained at a similar level compared to the same

use of Biodiesel fuel (B100) within the energy sector. This has increased the demand for consumption of the product, consequently increasing the price of B100 products. Concurrently, the company

license and first payment for the spectrum will begin around Oct-20. The low- band frequency such as 700MHz inherits a wide-coverage as strong characteristic which will support 5G coverage. In the short

a low growth of only 0.5% yoy, with growth in line with the recovery of the overall global demand. Tourism also showed continuous growth with the number of foreign visitor arrivals for the year 2017

& Analysis Management Discussion & Analysis (MD&A) Q1/2018 3 • Energy Consumption in Q1/2018 Thailand’s economic overview for Q1/2018 indicates that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been revaluated to grow

low-carbon industrial factory from Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (TGO). The award was aimed at reducing greenhouse gas in the areas of Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) and was done

agreements with TOT, effective since 1-Mar-18, on co- utilizing the 2100MHz spectrum. This resulted in AIS having in total 55MHz spectrum in both low- and high-band, which ensures AIS’s capability to provide