Overview
As a strategic regional investor in the Asian communications sector, TMI has focused mostly on emerging economies that share a common thread in terms of cultural affinity and a familiarity in the regulatory climate. It has operations and financial interests in ten Asian countries, namely Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Iran, Indonesia, Singapore, Cambodia and Thailand.
With a combined population of nearly two billion across the ten markets TMI is present in, the company is confident of making further inroads where it has a presence and invested substantially in. The Company intends to study in detail all new commercial opportunities in Asia, focusing on the dynamic Indochina market and with a view to developing its existing regional footprint.
TMI investments are in the following countries:
Subsidiaries:
Malaysia
CELCOM (MALAYSIA) BERHAD, MALAYSIA
Celcom is a public company incorporated in Malaysia and commenced business on September 1, 1989. The Company is licensed to provide a broad range of voice and data communications services and offers its customers a choice of postpaid or prepaid services through the nationwide mobile networks it operates — a 2G network utilizing both GSM 900 and GSM 1800 technologies and Malaysia’s first 3G network launched in 2005 using Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (“WCDMA”) technology.
Sri Lanka
DIALOG TELEKOM PLC (DIALOG)
Dialog commenced operations in 1995 and has been a public company listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange since 2005. Dialog is the largest mobile telecommunications service provider in Sri Lanka with a market share of 53.4% in the mobile telecommunications market as of December 31, 2007, representing 4.3 million subscribers.
Pakistan
MULTINET PAKISTAN (PRIVATE) LIMITED (MULTINET)
Multinet’s offers a wide range of non-mobile telecommunications services--including long distance, international voice and broadband--in Pakistan and it is carrying out a project to link 107 cities in Pakistan with a fiber optic backbone. Multinet’s portfolio of licenses enables it to provide broadband, value-added services, domestic access, international access, satellite transmission services and local access in Karachi.
Indonesia
PT EXCELCOMINDO PRATAMA TBK (XL)
Listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (previously known as the Jakarta Stock Exchange) since 2005, XL commenced operations in 1996 and was the first private company to provide mobile telephony services in Indonesia. XL operates a GSM mobile network and provides services in Indonesia in two allocated bandwidths of GSM 900 and GSM 1800.
Cambodia
TELEKOM MALAYSIA INTERNATIONAL (CAMBODIA) COMPANY LIMITED (TMIC)
TMIC is a limited liability company incorporated in Cambodia which offers mobile telecommunications services in all cities and provinces, as well as the main national roads, in Cambodia under the brand “hello.” As of December 31, 2007, TMIC was the third largest mobile telecommunications service provider in Cambodia with 0.3 million subscribers, representing a 12.7% market share, according to Frost & Sullivan.
Bangladesh
TMI (BANGLADESH) LIMITED (TMIB)
TMIB is a public limited company incorporated in Bangladesh. It is a 70:30 joint venture between TMI and NTT DOCOMO Inc, the largest mobile communications company in Japan. TMIB is currently the third largest mobile telecommunications service provider in Bangladesh and operates under the “AKTEL” brand. It was the first operator to link the southernmost and northernmost parts of Bangladesh (Teknaf to Tetulia), the first mobile operator in the country to exploit New Generation Network (“NGN”) Internet Protocol (“IP”) backbone technology to enable it to implement IP traffic and signaling and the first operator to have successfully implemented Frequency Load Planning (“FLP”) enabling TMIB to offer more capacity in its radio network despite the narrow GSM 900 and GSM 1800 network on which it currently operates.
Affiliates:
India
IDEA Cellular Limited
IDEA Cellular Limited was incorporated in 1995 and is one of the leading GSM Mobile Services operators. Headquartered in Mumbai, it has licenses to operate in all 22 service areas across the country, though commercial operations are currently in 13 services areas.
Singapore
MOBILEONE LTD (M1)
M1 is a public company listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (“SGX-ST”) offering a broad range of mobile voice and data communications services over its 2G/3G/3.5G network. As of December 31, 2007, M1 was the third largest mobile telecommunications service provider in Singapore by number of subscribers with 1.5 million subscribers, representing a 27.3% market share of postpaid subscribers.
Iran
MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF ESFAHAN (MTCE)
MTCE is a private company incorporated in Iran. MTCE offers mobile telecommunications services in the Esfahan province of Iran. TM International has a 49.0% interest in MTCE. The government of Iran through the Telecommunications Company of Esfahan and the Iran Telecommunications Industry also owns 49.0% and 2.0% respectively in MTCE.
Thailand
SAMART CORPORATION PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED (SAMART)
Samart has interests in various subsidiaries but as a group, its business activities are divided into four major business units: ICT Solutions, Mobile Multimedia, Domestics, and International, operated through its subsidiaries and affiliates. Samart and two of its subsidiaries are listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand.
Thailand
SAMART I-MOBILE PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED (SIM)
Samart I-Mobile’s business operations is divided into three core segments: mobile business, multimedia business and international business. Samart I-Mobile’s mobile business includes the distribution of mobile phones, mobile phones bundled with content called the I-mobile package, accessories and SIM cards.
India
SPICE COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED (SPICE)
Listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange Limited since July 19, 2007, Spice currently offers mobile telecommunications services in the Punjab and Karnataka states of India. Spice has also been awarded licenses for the states of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi and Haryana although allocations for spectrum have not yet been granted.
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