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Part 1 Business Operation and Operating Performance

               The change of the major shareholder

               On December 30, 2022, Gulf Ventures Company Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gulf Energy Development
               Public Company Limited, purchased 450,870,934 shares of THCOM from Intouch Holdings Public Company
               Limited, equivalent to 41.13% of the total issued and paid-up shares of the Company.
               Business Cooperation

               In 2022, the Company established collaborations with several domestic and international business partners to
               enhance its services and expand its revenue potential. These partnerships are listed below:
                  (1)  Globalstar Inc., a global LEO satellite operator and a leading provider of satellite IoT (Internet of Things)
                      solutions and mobile satellite services, to collaborate on the establishment and operation of Globalstar’s
                      low-earth orbit satellite (LEO) ground facilities in Thailand and regional commercial service deployment,
                      with a focus on personnel safety and management solutions for Thailand’s Tourism and Maritime industry.

                  (2)  NXT Digital Limited, a company in Media & Digital Vertical of Hinduja Group, which is one of the largest
                      conglomerates in India. THCOM signed a binding Memorandum of Understanding to form a strategic
                      partnership to enter the Broadband-over-satellite market and related services in India via OneOTT
                      Intertainment Limited.

                  (3)  US-based Orbital Insight Inc., the leader in geospatial analytics and location intelligence technology, to
                      enable Thaicom to deliver world-class data insights and intelligence services leveraging space-based
                      technology and other sources with Orbital Insight’s geospatial analytics platform to its customers in
                      Thailand and the region.

                  (4)  Amazon Web Services, Inc., an Amazon.com company, creates, transforms, and delivers Thaicom digital
                      content  quickly  and  easily.  By  leveraging  AWS’s  global  cloud  infrastructure,  advanced  video
                      technologies, and pay-as-you-go-model, Thaicom can produce high-quality video streams for distribution
                      to its national and worldwide customers.
                  (5)  Thai General Insurance Association (TGIA), a company that adopts satellite technology using crop
                      insurance. The collaboration was to provide Remote Sensing Satellite with Artificial Intelligence to analyze
                      data for TGIA so as to serve information for the project management with being prompt, comprehensive,
                      and  enhancing  efficiency.  This  aims  to  develop  the  country  by  targeting  data  usage  from  Earth
                      observation satellites to improve and raise efficiency in crop insurance for the agriculture sector of
                      Thailand.
               Strategy for sustainability

               Thaicom Public Company Limited emphasizes the importance of sustainable development and has goals that take
               into account sustainability in all dimensions: economic, social, and environmental.  This is to respond to the needs
               and expectations of, create shared value for and reduce the impact on stakeholders in the business value chain. In
               addition, the Company also operates within a sustainable development framework aligned with the United Nation’s
               Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and pursues the following strategies:

                      (1)  Doing  Business  with  Responsibility  -  The  Company  is  committed  to  conducting  business  with
                         responsibility  to  society,  the  environment,  and  all  stakeholders  by  adhering  to  good  corporate
                         governance and business ethics in order to create added value and investment in businesses
                      (2)  Caring for People & Society - The Company adheres to social responsibility regarding human rights
                         and labor laws, promotes the management and caring of employees with equality, fairness, and good


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