Shin Corporation Public Company Ltd

Synopsis

Shin Corp is a broad-based telecommunications conglomerate run by the influential Shinawatra family. In 1990’s it was awarded a number of concessions from TOT and other government agencies to provide satellite, mobile, paging, data communications, telephone directories, Internet services, TV broadcasting, and fixed-line and wireless operations in Cambodia and Laos. Shin Corp is listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand, as are its three main subsidiaries, Advanced Info Services, the dominant mobile operator, Shin Satellite, the sole satellite operator and ITV the dominant news TV broadcaster. It has a portfolio of over 25 subsidiary, associate and joint venture telecommunications companies.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Shin Corp company information
  
  • 2.1 Principal concessions
    
  • 2.2 Financial results – 2002
    
  • 2.3 Company history 1982-2001
    
• 3. Shin Corp corporate structure
  
• 4. Wireless telecommunications
  
• 5. Satellite communications and international business
  
  • 5.1 Shin Satellite Plc
    
    • 5.1.1 Shin Satellite financial results – 2002
      
    • 5.1.2 Shin Satellite company history:
      
  • 5.2 C.S. Loxinfo Co Ltd (CSL)
    
    • 5.2.1 C.S. Loxinfo company history:
      
  • 5.3 CS Satellite Phone Co., Ltd. (CSP)
    
  • 5.4 Shin Broadband Internet (Thailand) Co (SBI)
    
  • 5.5 Shenington Investments Pte (Shenington)
    
    • 5.5.1 Shenington company history:
      
  • 5.6 Cambodia Shinawatra Co
    
    • 5.6.1 Cambodia Shinawatra company history:
      
  • 5.7 Lao Telecommunications Co
    
    • 5.7.1 Lao Telecommunications company history:
      
  • 5.8 iPSTAR Co
    
    • 5.8.1 iPSTAR project history
      
• 6. Advertising and media
  
  • 6.1 ITV Plc (ITV)
    
    • 6.1.1 ITV financial results – 2002
      
    • 6.1.2 ITV company history:
      
  • 6.2 Artware Media Co
    
  • 6.3 SC Matchbox Co Ltd (SCM)
    
• 7. E-business and Internet
  
  • 7.1 Teleinfo Media Co Ltd (Teleinfo)
    
  • 7.2 IT Applications and Services Co (ITAS)
    
  • 7.3 AD Venture Co Ltd (ADV)
    
    • 7.3.1 ADV company history:
      
  • 7.4 Shineedotcom Co (Shinee)
    
  • 7.5 ArcCyber Co(ArcCyber)
    
• 8. Other developments
  
  • 8.1 Year 2002
    
  • 8.2 Year 2003
    
• 9. Contact Details
  
• 10. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Revenue and annual change – 1999–2002
• Table 2 – Revenue by business segment – 2002
• Table 3 – Market value of investments – December 2002
• Table 4 – Shin Satellite operating revenue and annual change – 2000-2002
• Table 5 – Revenue by business segment – 2002
• Table 6 –Internet customers – 1999-2002
• Table 7 – ITV operating revenue and annual change – 2000–2002
• Table 8 – ITV revenue by service segment – 2002

• Exhibit 1 – Shin Corporation Public Co Ltd at a glance
• Exhibit 2 – Concessions held by Shin group companies – 2001
• Exhibit 3 – Shin Corp five business units
• Exhibit 4 – Wireless telecommunications group – March 2003
• Exhibit 5 – Satellite communications & international business group – March 2003
• Exhibit 6 – Shin Satellite at a glance
• Exhibit 7 – Shin Satellite Thaicom satellites
• Exhibit 8 – iPSTAR-1 footprint
• Exhibit 9 – Media and advertising group – March 2003
• Exhibit 10 – ITV Plc at a glance
• Exhibit 11 – E-business and Internet group – March 2003