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Berli Jucker shareholders have voted in favour of the US$6.2 billion acquisition of a majority stake in Big C Thailand. The vote – virtually unanimous – followed news the listed company had secured funding for the purchase from a syndicate of 15 banks and…
HSBC Bank (Vietnam) chief executive Pham Hong Hai (right) and Kelvin Tan, chief executive of HSBC Thailand, say HSBC aims to capitalise on its presence in seven of the 10 Asean countries. HSBC seeks to offer a better integrated regional service with the…
Thailand’s Robinson Department Store aims to invest about 16.8 billion baht (US$479 million) on opening stores over the next five years with the aim of boosting average sales growth by 5 to 7 per cent a year. Majority-owned by Central Group, Thailand’s…
Microsoft Thailand recently announced the official launch of its Microsoft Online Store on Lazada Thailand. The store is envisioned to be a one-stop shop for Microsoft’s products and a destination for exclusive offers and deals, giving Thai consumers access…
While the company’s success up to now has relied on the huge domestic home market in China – which accounts for 99 per cent of all UP credit cards issued – this could be about to change. UnionPay is setting its sights on global expansion and intriguingly…
Keraudy will take over from Umesh Phadke as the first female managing director of L’Oreal Thailand on April 1. She is currently general manager of L’Oreal Thailand’s consumer products division, and will come to the top position with significant experience in…
The Huawei G7 Plus is now on sale in Thailand with the retail price of 12,000 Baht.(Photo : YouTube) Chinese smarpthone maker Huawei has announced that their latest device called the Ascend G7 smartphone is now available in Thailand for 12,000 Baht. The…
The Stock Exchange of Thailand continues to stay in positive territory, gaining around 7 per cent year to date, despite the sluggishness over the last two weeks. Nevertheless, the SET Index still failed to breach the psychological 1,400 level. Month-to-date,…
Thai state-owned operator TOT has granted former concession holder AIS permission to provide a trial mobile service over the 2100-MHz spectrum band. TOT has not yet permitted AIS to commercially use the spectrum but will allow the private operator to conduct…
Subscribers to Thai operator AIS’ 900-MHz 2G service could face having their services disconnected by midnight tonight amid an ongoing dispute over spectrum usage. AIS still has around 400,000 2G subscribers left on its 900-MHz 2G network, but spectrum AIS…
Dtac has launched a social media campaign under the hashtag #fairfight pledging support for AIS and its subscribers. The campaign features Dtac CEO Lars Norling saying that he cares for all mobile users and that AIS 2G subscribers are welcome to roam on Dtac…
Telecoms consultancy Yozzo has released a report on Thailand’s telecom market at the end of 2015 in which it highlighted a vibrant, healthy market that is let down by mis-investment by the state. Report author Allan Rasmussen told TelecomAsia that according…
Thai regulator NBTC has rejected a request from mobile operator Dtac to be allowed to deploy a 4G service based on its existing unused 1800-MHz spectrum. Dtac has access to 50MHz of 1800-MHz spectrum under its existing 2G concession arrangement with…
Thailand’s TrueMove H has appointed Ericsson to support its LTE-Advanced rollout in north, central west and south Thailand. Under the contract Ericsson will help deploy LTE-A carrier aggregation and further expand TrueMove H’s 2G and 3G networks on the…
StarHub has signed an MoU with China Mobile and TrueMove covering hand-in-Hand collaboration. Under the agreement, China Mobile Communications Corporation, the world’s largest telco, will play host to the collaboration in five areas: device collaboration on…
Thailand’s Charoen Pokphand Group (CP) and two property firms have raised their investment in Bangkok’s Icon Siam development to 54 billion baht ($1.6 billion) to expand its shopping malls, an executive said on last Tuesday during an official press. Despite…
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