ZTE Corporation announced that it has signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement with Advanced Info Service Plc. According to the agreement, ZTE will be AIS' comprehensive strategic partner to upgrade key technologies such as 5G to enhance network quality and deliver excellent user experiences to AIS customers, while developing innovations to put Thailand at the forefront of the digital economy. ZTE, with great commitment to upgrading the AIS 5G network to be an autonomous network capable of precise autonomous network management during the processing of big data and AI, will also be poised to expand AIS' 5G capabilities for different industries, bolstered with ZTE's specialized innovation expertise that has already been globally successful. This will enable Thai industries to grow massively through the deployment of digital transformation.

Also, AIS and ZTE will launch Thailand's first "A-Z Center" (5G Innovation Center) as a hub for research collaborations and joint 5G innovations, for both infrastructure and solutions, to boost growth in sectors such as the 5G applications in industry verticals. The Center is due be completed by third quarter this year.