Early History
First use of the telephone in Thailand began during the reign of King Rama V in 1881 with a telephone line constructed between the capital Bangkok, and the Thai city of Samut Prakan, located a short distance south of Bangkok along the Chao Phraya river.
The Telephone Organization of Thailand was founded by the Thai government in 24 February 1954. A state enterprise under the Ministry of Transport and Communications, it incorporated the Telephone Technician Unit under The Post and Telegraph Department. It originally had 732 staff members and a budget of 50 million Baht. The TOT provided telephone services in Bangkok Metropolis, which included Wat Lieb, Bangrak, Ploenchit and Samsaen Exchanges.
And now TOT represented "Telecom of Thailand" to become National Telecommunication Company still hold 100% by Ministry of finance and controlled by Ministry of Information and Communication Technology.
TOT launched TOT3G as a mobile business unit under unbrella brand. TOT3G is the first and only one mobile 3G operator in Thailand (officially) since 2009. In this phase TOT3G served in Bangkok and venicities in full range of 3G services and will have coverage nationwide within the end of the year 2011.
TOT3G is a network provider who welcome to all investors to become Mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Currently TOT3G has 5 MVNOs i-Mobile 3GX, i-Kool, MOJO3G, IEC3G and 365.
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