TrueOnline shoots for 350,000 broadband subscribers
TrueOnline of True Corp aims to acquire 350,000 broadband Internet subscribers next year.
The company is also aggressively tapping the upcountry market.
Non Ingkutanon, True Corp’s general manager for broadband services, said yesterday that TrueOnline’s broadband Internet network would be expanded to 53 provinces by year-end and to 61 by the middle of next year from 40 at present.
TrueOnline businesses range from telephone service to broadband Internet and data communications.
TrueOnline’s broadband service this year was expected to add 250,000 subscribers, with about 180,000 of them already on the rolls. As of the third quarter, it had 1.5 million broadband subscribers, of whom some 300,000 were in the provinces.
The country’s broadband subscriber base will grow to between 4.4 million and 4.5 million households at the end of this year from 4.2 million at present, Non said.
The company has invested Bt3 billion to Bt4 billion annually on business development, including expansion of the Internet network. It is one of the top three broadband Internet service providers, along with TOT and Triple T Broadband.
TrueOnline’s total service re-venue grew 1.6 per cent year on year to Bt7 billion in the third quarter, as continued growth |in broadband revenue offset |further declines in revenues of other services.
It has offered bundled telecommunication services from True Group to woo new subscribers.
