(Dec 1): Advanced Info Service, the top wireless operator in Thailand, intends to triple subscribers for its fiber-based high-speed Internet service as it grapples with intense competition in the mobile sector.

The Bangkok-based business is targeting 2 million fibre subscribers in three years, up from as many as 600,000 currently, chief executive officer Somchai Lertsutiwong said in an interview. The goal is to become the preferred platform for digital services in homes and offices as well as on the road, he said.

"AIS has to transform itself," he said in his office in Bangkok on Wednesday. "By 2020, we'll be the major player in fixed broadband."

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