AIS tastes early success with its Instant messaging & chat service
Bangkok, Thailand, August 25, 2005

Continuing with its strategy of offering an array of services to fit the consumer's lifestyle, AIS has reinforced its leadership in the Thai market with the success of the recently launched instant messaging and chat service.

In May 2005 AIS launched ACL's IM powered Mobile Community solution on its Lifestyle WAP portal ‘Mobile Life'. The service called ChatZone has, within a short period of three months, become one of the top GPRS traffic generators on the network. Packed with popular features such as people search, chat-rooms, and interoperability with PC-based messengers, presence based buddy list, avatars & emoticons, amongst others, the service is available via GPRS to all users on the AIS network across Thailand .

“IM & Chat applications are basic but also a “must have” to all mobile operators. With knowledge and expertise in this space of ACL, AIS has achieved another success since we launched the service. We are also looking forward to co-develop a roadmap down the road with ACL to make sure that best chat application is delivered to our end-users.” Said Tanapat Chatupornpark, AIS's Strategic Specialist and WAP Portal manager.

Talking about the success Sanjay Goyal, CEO ACL Wireless said, “The success of our IM powered Mobile Community solution on AIS once again reinforces the company's vision of building a successful community building service for operators which works across geographies. ACL has already demonstrated similar success on leading mobile networks across the Middle East, Latin America, and India across multiple access mediums. Based our experience and expertise of various successful deployments in 18 countries around the world, we have been able to provide WAP users on AIS, a unique instant messaging & social networking experience. The same is being reflected in the form of tremendous user confidence and a very high adoption rate.”


About AIS

Advanced Info Service Plc (AIS) or "ADVANC" is the largest cellular service provider in Thailand with almost a 60% subscriber market share. The Company operates cellular GSM networks in the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz frequency spectrum. As of December 2004, AIS had a registered capital of THB 5.0 billion with a paid-up capital of THB 2.945 billion. AIS is owned by Shin Corporation Plc (SHIN) and SingTel Strategic Investments, which currently have a 42.89% and 21.45 % stake in the Company, respectively.

About ACL Wireless

ACL Wireless Limited is a leading developer and provider of cutting-edge wireless solutions for consumers and enterprises. It is the leader in the IM & Mobile Community space in key emerging markets across the globe, with 30 mobile operator customers across 18 countries. Moreover, it has emerged as one of the leading provider of enterprise mobility solutions and mobile value added services in India. Founded in 2000, the company employs over 125 people and operates from its head office and R&D center in New Delhi, India, with regional offices in Shanghai & Dubai.

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