Total Access Communication Public Company Limited (commonly known as DTAC, and stylized as DTAC or dtac) is a
GSM
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mobile phone
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company in Thailand. It is the nation's third largest GSM phone company, after
AIS and
True
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True may also refer to:
Places
* True, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States
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* ...
. DTAC is owned by Norwegian company
Telenor
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both directly and indirectly, and both companies share the same logo.
, DTAC had 23.2 million subscribers with a market share of subscribers at around 30 percent. As of 2019, the company has 20.642 million mobile subscriptions and 3904 employees. It is listed on the
Singapore Exchange
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and the
Stock Exchange of Thailand
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.
In 2015 DTAC reported total assets of 110,965 million
baht
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, with revenues of 87,753 million baht, and a net profit of 5,893 million baht.
As of 11 April 2012, DTAC's parent company became BCTN Holding.
DTAC has won the "Best Mobile Operator of Thailand" award for three consecutive years (2005–2007) from Asian MobileNews Awards 2007, organized by ''Asian MobileNews'' Magazine.
On November 22, 2021, Telenor and
Charoen Pokphand Group
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, officially announced they have agreed to explore a US$8.6 billion merger plan between Thailand's second and third largest telecom operators (by subscribers),
True Corporation
True Corporation Public Company Limited (stylized as true) is a communications conglomerate in Thailand. It is a joint venture between Charoen Pokphand Group and Telenor, formed by the merger between the original True Corporation and DTAC in t ...
(TRUE) and Total Access Communication (DTAC) – The proposed merger is subject to regulatory approvals. The merger is expected to be completed by late-September 2022. The merger was "acknowledged" by the regulator NBTC at a meeting on October 20, 2022. The newly merged company still retain the True Corporation name, which was founded on March 1, 2023, and it was listed on the
Stock Exchange of Thailand
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under the stock ticker symbol TRUE on March 3, 2023.
Services and coverage

DTAC claims to have the second-widest coverage nationwide, compared to its main rival
AIS, with more than 13,000 base stations installed as of 2016 on the 850 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2100 MHz bands.
As of 2013 DTAC is offering both EDGE and 3G services on its postpaid and prepaid brands
DTAC Happy. Unlimited Internet access stands at a price of 999 baht per month or 49 baht per day (numerous cheaper hourly packages are available, and, in 2010, traffic-based packages were also introduced, obviously due to the increasing popularity of smartphones). DTAC has international roaming agreements with 147 countries.
Currently DTAC is offering 3G commercial service as seen on this coverage map.
3G+ service can be used with 3G+ compatible mobile devices (
WCDMA
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850 and 2100 and/or HSPA/HSPA+ 850 and 2100) with speeds of up to 42 Mbit/s.
4G LTE service is available as of 2014 on the 2100 MHz band, and the enhanced
4G LTE
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service on the 1800 MHz and 2100 MHz bands ''(Not Carrier Aggregation)'' has been available in the major areas of Bangkok since October 2015
and had extended their coverage level to the major areas of the country since March 2016, and claims to have their 4G LTE coverage nationwide within the end of 2016.
DTAC claims to have their 4G LTE network 3 times faster than before.
In February 2020, the company announced plans to launch first home-based ultra-high-speed broadband service by June on the 26-gigahertz range it secured in the 5G spectrum licence auction.
Subsidiaries
DTAC includes the following subsidiaries:
* DTAC TriNet, operates on 2100 MHz 3G and 4G.
* dtac-T.Better Together
* DTAC Phone
*DTAC Accelerate (now discontinued)
Competitors
*
AIS
*
my by NT (formerly
my by CAT)
*
NT Mobile (formerly
TOT3G)
See also
*
Paysbuy
Paysbuy is a payment processor and one of Thailand's three major payment service providers. It is a subsidiary of DTAC.
Paysbuy is licensed by the Bank of Thailand to operate an e-money business and is accredited with Trustmark (DBD Verified) by ...
*
Telenor
Telenor ASA ( or ) is a Norwegian majority state-owned multinational telecommunications company headquartered at Fornebu in Bærum, close to Oslo. It is one of the world's largest mobile telecommunications companies with operations worldwi ...
References
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