Shin Corporation

. INTOUCH Plc until 2011 Shin Corporation ( Thai: ชิน คอร์ปอเรชั่น ) is one of the largest companies in Thailand.

The company was founded in 1983 as Shinawatra Computer by Thaksin Shinawatra, who later became Prime Minister of Thailand. The company bore his name until 1999. On 23 January 2006, the Shinawatra family sold 49.6 % of the shares to Temasek Holdings in Singapore for 1.88 billion U.S. dollars. In 2011 was renamed for marketing reasons Shin in INTOUCH.

The Company and its subsidiaries Shin Satellite (now Thaicom ) listed and Advanced Info Service (AIS ), the largest mobile phone network in the country, in the SET index on the Stock Exchange of Thailand. In addition holds or held her shares in the low cost airline Thai AirAsia, a customer credit company and formerly also the television channel ITV

The company operates in several fields: Mobile telecommunications, satellite Thaicom, international business, media, e -business and other.