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In January 1997 in the lead-up to the deregulation of the telecommunications industry in Singapore, MobileOne offered a free trial of its cellular service to build market share. [4] On 1 April 1997, MobileOne was officially allowed to conduct business as a mobile phone operator. [5] By June 1998, the company had a valuation of $1 billion . [6]
SIMBA Telecom Pte Ltd, formerly known as TPG Singapore, is a Singaporean telecommunications company and one of four major telecommunication company operating in the country. TPG Singapore was founded in 2016 by Australian businessman David Teoh after winning an auction from Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) for its airwaves rights.
On 16 June 2009, the government announced an extension of the programme until March 2013 and enhancement of speed up to 1 Mbit/s. Access speeds were increased to 1 Mbit/s in 2008, and 2 Mbit/s in 2009. [1] In September 2009, M1 Limited acquired local connectivity provider, Qala Singapore, taking over QMax's Wireless@SG service. [2]
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (Singtel) <STEL.SI> is teaming up with Southeast Asian ride hailing firm Grab to bid for an online banking licence in Singapore, the first such partnership that ...
In 2002, Virgin Mobile in a joint venture with Singtel, set up the fourth telecommunications company in Singapore. It was the first mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in Singapore. The operations were closed down on 11 October 2002 after failing to attract a significant number of customers.
Singtel was later fined $6 million Singapore dollars for the fire incident, it is the largest fine for a telco company in Singapore history. National fibre broadband network builder OpenNet and CityNet - the trustee manager of a Singtel unit that owns OpenNet - have also been fined $200,000 and $300,000, respectively, for failing to comply with ...
In early August 2010, internet service providers in Singapore rolled out the Next Generation Nationwide Broadband Network (Next Gen NBN) service plans. [8] The Next Gen NBN is Singapore's nationwide ultra-high speed fibre network. It offered broadband speeds of up to 1 Gbit/s at comparable prices to ADSL and cable connection. As of July 2013 ...
In comparison, Singtel's coverage was at 99.95% coverage and M1's at 99.29%. [30] In November 2016, StarHub and Vodafone renewed their partnership agreement for Singapore for a further three years. [31] The partnership was formed in 2012 to offer innovative mobile services to enterprise customers. [32]