Thai mobile numbers reaches 66 million
The Nation: 9 Jun 2010
Mobile numbers reach 66M in first quarter
By TELECOM REPORTERS
THE NATION
Published on June 9, 2010
In the first quarter, 66 million mobile-phone numbers were in use, of which 88 per cent were prepaid and 10.7 per cent post-paid.
Mobile-phone calls in last year's fourth quarter were 252 minutes long on average. Post-paid calls were 484 minutes |long and prepaid calls 226 |minutes, according to a recent report from the National Telecommunications Commission.
The monthly average revenue per user (ARPU), excluding interconnection revenue, in the fourth quarter was Bt203. The post-paid ARPU was Bt579 and prepaid ARPU Bt163.
The average fourth-quarter airtime rate was Bt1.20 per minute. The average post-paid rate was Bt1.30 and prepaid rate Bt1.15.
The combined voice revenue of the top three cellular players last year was Bt118.43 billion, and their data revenue was Bt24.44 billion.
Of the total data revenue Advanced Info Service contributed Bt13.74 billion,
Total Access Communication Bt7.56 billion and True Move Bt3.13 billion
Last year, AIS commanded a 43.5-per-cent share of the mobile-phone user market,
while DTAC controlled 29.8 per cent,
True Move 23.0 per cent,
CAT Telecom and its joint venture Hutchison-Wireless Multimedia a combined 2.6 per cent,
and TOT 0.1 per cent.