AOT & BDMS: Kuwait & UAE suspend flights to TH. Comment: This will hammer BDMS And BH BEM maintained 20% full year ridership growth target to 500kpd, supported by larger network from Blue line extension, mulls adding 20 trains to support growth, sees toll way traffic steady at 1.1m trips/day. Comment: Just as with BTS, […]

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DELTA sees COVID-19 weighing on 1Q20, yet firm on 5% revenue growth target this year, sets Bt$200m capex for M&A in India. Comment: We think its going to knock off -20% off the markets revenue (excl energy) GULF’s board approve par split from Bt5 to Bt1 to boost liquidity. Comment: Liquidity? The stock has plenty […]

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The market woke up this morning with a serious flu with the whole region down 1-2%. It’s not much of a surprise given the supposed 2 weeks period that it takes for the flu to appear in people. I suspect this week will be peak fear. Should the analogy to SARS hold that by the […]

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5G auction raises B100bn : AWN bags almost half the licence haul. Around 100 billion baht was raised in the 5G multiband licence auction yesterday with leading mobile operator Advanced Info Service (AIS), through its subsidiary Advanced Wireless Network (AWN), grabbing almost half the 49 licences of three spectra put up for auction. Bangkok Post […]

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ADVANC will switch on the country’s first 5G mobile network on the 2600-MHz band after making the 1st instalment payment today for the spectrum won at this week’s auction. Comment: Lets see if there are dividend cuts AOT: airlines voice out unfair treatments following announcement of remedy package for tenants at 6 airports as airlines […]

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ADVANC sets Bt10-15b 1-year capex to expand 5G network, while Fitch said 5G capex is credit neutral. AOT cuts fix rent by 20%, waives minimum payment for revenue sharing for tenants only variable percentages applied from February 1,20 till January 31,21, stretching payment terms for operators in the airport for 6 months for payment due […]

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DTAC’s confident its newly acquired 26GHz (200MHz) is sufficient to cater for its 5G business, mulls commercial services in 2Q20. Comment: Doesn’t appear to be the case when looking at their share price performance, the market is probably worried about the potential continued loss of customers. GUNKUL target FY20 revenue growth >20-25% yoy, supported by […]

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BAY tightens credit screening for consumer credit clients especially Gen Y who earns <Bt30k/month, see NPLs, aims to curb NPLs from cards & consumer loans within 0.3% from current 0.2%. Comments: And should this generation of consumers lose access to credit which was freely available to the previous generation. Then don’t expect to see any […]

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