CAT TeleCom making sense of the future www.cattelecom.com CAT TeleCom Making sense of The fuTure CAT Telecom is striving to lead the way in providing wireless multimedia services in one of Southeast Asia’s most economically dynamic nations written by: Will Daynes research by: DaviD Brogan CAT TeleCom CAT tower at Bangrak, Bangkok, with ith a GDP worth $602 on transforming itself in order to effectively telecommunication facilities suitable for billion, Thailand is support all services and respond quicker network and service providers the second largest to changing customer needs. While every economy in Southeast step of development has been carried WAsia. Having enjoyed out simultaneously, including network the world’s highest growth rate from 1985 development, the company has also to 1996, during which time it averaged 12.4 launched the Asia-America Gateway (AAG) percent growth annually, the country is today project. A modern international submarine considered to be a newly industrialised, cable system with a capacity of 1.92 terabits emerging economy. per second, this project has greatly helped The world’s 51st-largest country in terms advance the potential of the company’s own of total area, Thailand boasts an advanced CAT Internet Gateway. telecommunications industry that operates Much of the company’s domestic success through an extensive network of telephone derives from its provision of internet services. lines covering the 513,000 As a result of its links with square kilometres of the the previous government of Indochina nation. In recent Thailand and its advanced years, mobile cellular inf rastr ucture, C AT telephone ownership has 2003 Telecom holds a competitive grown at a much faster rate advantage over its rivals. This CAT Telecom established than landline ownership. advantage is further buoyed Partly as a result of the by its unique access to the mobile communications price war that country’s fibre optic network. erupted in 2004, which led to prices falling Partnerships with key local and as low as 0.25 Baht per minute, there are international partners have also proved now approximately five times as many mobile invaluable for the company. One such cellular telephones than landlines in use. relationship exists between CAT Telecom Based on the most recent data available, and Hong Kong-based company PCCW more than half of the Thai population owns Limited. In providing PCCW with access to a mobile telephone, with more numbers the Thai telecoms market, CAT Telecom in allocated than number of population. turn receives access to the lucrative Hong Established in August 2003, under the Kong market where PCCW holds interests name of the Communications Authority of in telecommunications, media, IT solutions, Thailand, CAT Telecom exists to provide all property development and investment. categories and forms of telecommunication Not only has the company worked to services, as well as other related solutions, to improve its existing services in line with the customers domestically and internationally. requirements of its customers, and the rapid In recent times CAT Telecom has focused changes in communications technology, but it CAT TeleTELECOMCom CAT Telecom feature text tempor incididunt ut labore hasCAT also Telecom strived to feature create newtext sametempor time incididunt CAT Telecom ut labore is to go here......Lorem ipsum et dolore magna aliqua. Ut tosolutions go here......Lorem that bring ipsumadded etincreasing dolore magna the capacity aliqua. of Utits dolor sit amet, consectetur enim ad minim veniam, dolorvalue tosit the amet, voice, consectetur broadband enimtelephone ad exchangeminim systemveniam, to adipisicing elit, sed do quis nostrud exercitation adipisicingand wireless productselit, sed that doits quissupport nostrud a growing exercitation subscriber eiusmod tempor incididunt ullamco laboris nisi ut eiusmodusers already tempor enjoy. incididunt ullamcobase. laboris nisi ut ut labore et dolore magna aliquip ex ea commodo ut Inlabore the etcompany’s dolore magna 2010 aliquipIn the exlast eatwo commodo years the aliqua. Ut enim ad minim consequat. Duis aute irure aliqua.annual Utreport, enim great ad minim detail consequat.company has Duis commenced aute irure veniam, quis nostrud dolor in reprehenderit in veniam,was given regardingquis nostrud a series dolorwork onin reprehenderitphase two of itsin exercitation ullamco laboris voluptate velit esse cillum exercitationof projects that ullamco will help laboris drive voluptateUniversal Servicevelit esse Obligation cillum nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo dolore eu fugiat nulla nisibusiness ut aliquip in the ex eamonths commodo and dolore(USO) project.eu fugiat Phase nulla one consequat. Duis aute irure pariatur. Excepteur sint consequat.years to follow. Duis At aute the topirure of pariatur.saw it install Excepteur both fixed sint line dolor in reprehenderit in Thisopening is a caption ceremony this of is the a caption annual occaecat cupidatat non dolorits agenda in reprehenderit was the building in ThisC isAT a ncaptionetwork this showcase is a caption 2012 occaecatand public cupidatat telephones non in voluptate velit esse cillum proident, sunt in culpa qui voluptateof a digital velit trunked esse cillum radio proident,some of thesunt more in culpa remote qui dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. doloresystem eu(DTRS) fugiat mobilenulla pariatur. network. Excepteur This will officiavillages deseruntfound in mollitThailand anim toid lowest laborum. income sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur sintreplace occaecat the old cupidatat analog network non proident, and further sunt Loremhouseholds, ipsum schools dolor andsit amet,health consectetur stations, as in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor inextend culpa services qui officia to areas deserunt such asmollit Bangkok’s anim id adipisicingwell as providing elit, phonesed do cards eiusmod to people tempor with est laborum. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. estindustrial laborum. zones, Lorem the ipsum eastern dolor seaboard sit amet, of incididuntdisabilities. ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud consecteturthe country adipisicingand its central elit, sedregion. do eiusmod At the UtTo enim implement ad minim the veniam, second quisstage nostrud of this TRUE CORPORATION PLC True Corporation Plc, one of Thailand’s strongest businesses include TrueMoney which offers True Corporation Plc, one of Thailand’s strongest businesses include TrueMoney which offers and most recognizable brands, is the country’s payment and booking solutions, and TrueLife and most recognizable brands, is the country’s payment and booking solutions, and TrueLife only fully-integrated telecommunications which comprises digital content and lifestyle only fully-integrated telecommunications which comprises digital content and lifestyle operator. True’s strength is its ability to offer the convergence services. operator. True’s strength is its ability to offer the convergence services. convergence benefits of its networks, products True’s mobile business arm was the first to convergence benefits of its networks, products True’s mobile business arm was the first to and services. officially launch the iPhone 3 in Thailand, and and services. officially launch the iPhone 3 in Thailand, and True operates three core businesses: has quickly over the past five years become the True operates three core businesses: has quickly over the past five years become the TrueOnline, the largest broadband and market leader in smartphones covering many TrueOnline, the largest broadband and market leader in smartphones covering many fixed-line phone provider in the Bangkok operating systems. This leadership is further fixed-line phone provider in the Bangkok operating systems. This leadership is further Metropolitan Area, as well as the leading strengthened by True’s convergence platform and Metropolitan Area, as well as the leading strengthened by True’s convergence platform and Wi-Fi service provider; TrueMove, by TrueMove H, the group’s flagship carrier and Wi-Fi service provider; TrueMove, by TrueMove H, the group’s flagship carrier and Thailand’s third-largest mobile operator, a reseller of CAT, in rolling out 3G+ services on a Thailand’s third-largest mobile operator, a reseller of CAT, in rolling out 3G+ services on a and TrueMove H, which provides nationwide 3G (850 MHz) network that delivers the fastest and TrueMove H, which provides nationwide 3G (850 MHz) network that delivers the fastest commercial 3G services via HSPA technology speeds and has the largest nationwide coverage commercial 3G services via HSPA technology speeds and has the largest nationwide coverage on 850 MHz in conjunction with CAT Telecom across all 77 provinces in Thailand. on 850 MHz in conjunction with CAT Telecom across all 77 provinces in Thailand. Public Company Limited (CAT); and TrueVisions, Public Company Limited (CAT); and TrueVisions, the dominant nationwide pay-TV operator. Other www.truemove-h.com the dominant nationwide pay-TV operator. Other www.truemove-h.com NOVEMBER 2012 | 2 CAT TeleCom project CAT Telecom will establish a combined x (FTTx) project, Gulf of Thailand submarine telephone and internet service within the cable network project and its IP core network aforementioned communities. Furthermore, development