The potential acquisition of fixed broadband provider 3BB by Advanced Info Service (AIS) may face stringent consumer measures from the telecom regulator due to the combined market share of the two companies. True Corporation, a rival company, reported having 3.84 million household subscribers in the first quarter of this year, accounting for 31.5% of the fixed broadband market share, according to Pisut Ngamvijitvong, a senior equity research analyst at Kasikorn Securities (KS).
True changed its guidelines for calculating its fixed broadband customer base in the fourth quarter of 2022, Bangkok Post reported. The company reported its total fixed broadband subscriber base in the third quarter was 4.9 million, which decreased to 3.82 million in the fourth quarter and then increased to 3.84 million by March this year.
True removed corporate subscribers…
