Why is the fixed line market in Thailand predicted to further decline over the next five years ?

LONDON, Oct. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Thai telecom market is a complex commercial environment, with a mix of state-owned companies and private operators functioning under a wide variety of corporate and regulatory structures and interfaces.

Key Facts

• The fixed line market in Thailand remains underdeveloped and penetration has been declining over the past five years.
• A major reason for this is due to the dominance of the mobile segment and the growth of mobile broadband.
• The market is predicted to further decline over the next five years to 2022 as both mobile subscriber and mobile broadband penetration continue to increase.
• The governments plans to invest 10 billion baht towards improving the nations telecom infrastructure as part of its digital economy strategy.
• The government aims to double Thailands internet-connected population to 40 million users by 2018.

Internet users, per 100 inhabitats in Thailand

Number of Fixed Broadband Subscriptions in Thailand

In 2017 Thailands Ministry of Sciences & Technology, Ministry of Digital Economy & Society, and Huawei, jointly developed a digital roadmap to achieve its Thailand 4.0 vision. The Road Map has been developed from a realization that digital technologies can drive socio-economic development and economic growth of countries.


Key developments:
The fixed line market remains underdeveloped and penetration has been declining over the past five years.
The fixed line market is predicted to further decline over the next five years to 2022.
State owned TOT Corp is poised to take over True Corporation's fixed line operations in the Bangkok Metropolitan Area (BMA).
A digital roadmap to achieve its Thailand 4.0 vision has been developed.

Companies covered in this report include:
TOT Corp; CAT Telecom; True Corp; True Move; TT&T; AIS; DTAC; Thaicom, Triple T Broadband; AIS; DTAC;

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