ADVANC AIS vows to ‘fight to the end’ to maintain pole position – Advanced Info Service (ADVANC) is pinning its hope on this year’s scheduled spectrum auction of four licenses to provide fourth generation mobile broadband service under a do-or-die strategy to maintain its leadership in the hyper-competitive market over the past two decades. (Bangkok […]
Read More →Hello World I’m back! So 4 years after constant news mongering that Greece was dead, leaving the EU, on the edge of creating a brand new global finanical crisis they’ve returned to the market selling EUR3 bn five year bonds with a yield just under 4.9%. At one point their 10 year bonds (chart below) […]
Read More →ADVANC TOT eyes new revenue from AIS pact – TOT Plc expects to earn revenue of at least Bt800mn a year from its network rental service once the state telecom enters a partnership with mobile leader Advanced Info Service (AIS). TOT chief executive Yongyuth Wattanasin said a one-year memorandum of understanding between the two parties […]
Read More →ADVANC PDRC targets AIS in anti-Shinawatra bid- The People’s Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) kicked off its campaign yesterday targeting businesses believed to be owned by the Shinawatra family. PDRC leader Suthep Thaugsuban announced at a Silom Road rally it was necessary to “destroy” the Shinawatras’ funding sources and the group targeted Advanced Info Service (AIS), […]
Read More →Huh what? Thats news to me, ADVANC and INTUCH still belong to the Shinawatra family? Really? Wait a minute, wasn’t it when Thaksin sold his shares to the Singaporean investment Group that the yellow shirts first begun their hissy fit? Ok so just to debunk this silly story Here are ADVANC’s top shareholders So INTUCH […]
Read More →ADVANC ADVANC reported net profits for 2013 at Bt36.27bn, a 4% increase YoY, supported by growth in revenue from internet services. It will pay a dividend of Bt5.75/share, bringing the year’s dividend to Bt12.15/share. This year, it targets service revenue to grow by 6-8%. (Khao Hoon, 12/02/14) Comment: A 4% Increase isn’t much to brag […]
Read More →Looks like the bidding begins by Sept ’14, ADVANC and DTAC are in good financial shape to be able to pay for this, TRUE has launched its TRUEGIF but it’s still bleeding cash from its marketing campaigns, at the end of the day ADVANC is still going to be the market leader. True Move and […]
Read More →The clever folks at Asia Plus Securities put this out earlier in the week showing what foreign investors have been selling in Thailand during the month of November. And the damage is clear to see, telco’s especially ADVANC are being hurt badly followed by the banks, why? We hypothesize that well both sectors are overvalued, […]
Read More →Not directly related to the market but its interesting to see the latest numbers from Instagram showing that the #1 location in the world was Siam Paragon and that for the most instagrammed cities, Bangkok was #2, you can see below for the whole list. Now if I’m reaching for an investment case…well high number […]
Read More →ADVANC Cuts revenue target — ADVANC has lowered its revenue target for the year to 5-6% from 6-8% as it expects the slowdown in the economy to continue affecting earnings from 3Q13 through to 4Q13. (Khao Hoon, 20/11/13) Comment: And it looks like it will be the same story next year, management isn’t really open […]
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