of COVID-19 local infections since mid-December of last year. Economic activity improved in February as the outbreak was brought under control and external demand continued to recover. Private
support the development of high-value-added industries – and the modernization of the country’s legal V3 22/02/61 10:09 น. 2 framework to provide greater convenience for doing business. Around mid-2017, the
& device sales were Bt6,867mn rising 7. 8% YoY driven by higher volume of localized handset campaigns. QoQ, SIM & device sales decreased 11% from lower unit price driven by sales in mid- tier smartphones
range to accelerate 5G adoption toward the low-mid tier segment corresponding to wider 5G device availability. • The home broadband market showed subsiding demand as the pandemic relaxation created less
potential demand in untapped locations (e.g. shopping malls in 2-tier or 3-tier cities and office building) where our major outlets could not cover demand. Throughout 2019, 25 pop-up stores, generating
plans to suit customer’s usage pattern. Prepaid competition, however, remained challenging with offering of large data allowance on low-tier package during the quarter to date. AIS selectively offered
Environment The mobile market environment in 2Q18 remained competitive. Postpaid segment continued its growth with more varieties of mid-tier handsets to encourage migration of prepaid to postpaid while
a larger postpaid subscriber base. %Bad debt to postpaid revenue was 4.3%, compared to 3.6% in 2016, following penetration into mid- to low-tier customer segments. 4 2017 MD&A Advanced Info Service