MAP > Internet Providers in Thailand

The Thai telecom market is a very complex commercial environment with the mix of the state-owned companies and also the private operators functioning under the wide variety of the corporate as well as regulatory structures and the interfaces. The CAT telecom has been set to merge with the sister fixed-line operators, the TOT to be able to create a very strong business. The penetration in the fixed-line market in Thailand has seen a decline at a very substantial and rising rate over the five years that have passed. The major reason for this has been mainly due to dominance of mobile segment as well as the growth of the mobile broadband segment.

Market has been predicted that it is going to further decline over next few years to the year 2023 as both the mobile as well as the mobile broadband penetration continues to rise. The digital infrastructure in Thailand can be able to attract the investment in the IoT that is going to provide the opportunity for the IoT solution to be able to develop in the numerous industries, Thailand 4.0 vision, has grown from the realization that the digital technologies can be able to drive the socio-economic growth as well as the economic growth of the countries.

Thai government was able to lift the target of creating 3 smart cities by the year 2018 to 7 by incorporating the industrial centers on eastern seaboard. Eastern economic corridor development sector is going to be able to change eastern part of Thailand into the special economic zone. A portion of the Thailand 4.0 initiative, this country got to set itself target of being able to create a minimum of 100 smart cities within the borders over next two decades. Thailand market has been able to witness very strong growth in fixed broadband market over past few years from the relatively small base. Fiber to the home has continued to grow strongly in the Thailand’s major metropolitan areas. But, the fixed broadband penetration has remained low when compared to the Asian telco markets as a result of the limited number of the fixed lines and dominance of mobile platform.

In the next five years to the year 2023, a strong but gradual decline in the growth has been predicted as major providers get to roll out the fiber networks. Thailand has quickly grown on to become one of the largest e-commerce markets in the Southeast Asia. By the year 2022, the sales in the market have been expected that they will grow to reach billion.