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Press Release: Consumers Will Pay Up To 30 Per Cent Less for Voice Calls and Up To 50 Per Cent Less for SMSes

iDA Singapore | April 20, 2011 | Press Release Singapore and Malaysia announced today that they have successfully concluded discussions to progressively reduce bilateral roaming rates. The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) has worked closely with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) and...

SingTel taps into the world’s fastest growing economies of Asia and Middle East through the launch of its second satellite

SingTel | April 5, 2011 | Press Release ST-2 scheduled to launch in May 2011 Singapore, 5 April 2011 – Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) today announced that its ST-2 satellite has completed assembly and integration, and successfully passed all major tests. The satellite is currently being...

SingTel taps into the world's fastest growing economies of Asia and Middle East through the launch of its second satellite

SingTel | April 5, 2011 | Press Release ST-2 scheduled to launch in May 2011 Singapore, 5 April 2011 – Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) today announced that its ST-2 satellite has completed assembly and integration, and successfully passed all major tests. The satellite is currently being...

IDA's new regulations for mobile and broadband services empower consumers to make informed choices

IDA Singapore | March 14, 2011 | Press Release The Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) of Singapore has introduced new consumer protection measures for mobile and broadband services. IDA has required operators to put in place new systems to help consumers prevent unwanted mobile charges caused...

IDA’s new regulations for mobile and broadband services empower consumers to make informed choices

IDA Singapore | March 14, 2011 | Press Release The Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) of Singapore has introduced new consumer protection measures for mobile and broadband services. IDA has required operators to put in place new systems to help consumers prevent unwanted mobile charges caused...

3G Internet speed in MRT tunnels by end July 2011

The Straits Times | March 11, 2011 | Chua Hian Hou BY JULY, people with smartphones and other mobile devices can get online and surf the Internet at a much faster speed while travelling through MRT tunnels. This deadline for telcos to complete installing in all MRT...

Google, Facebook rule in Southeast Asia

CNET | March 9, 2011 | John Chan According to a report by analytics firm comScore, Internet users in Southeast Asia rely more on Google than the rest of the world. In addition, out of the top 15 countries with the highest Facebook penetration, three are...

Tata Communications launches international cloud services in Singapore

Tata Communications | March 8, 2011 | Press Release Asia Pacific businesses will benefit from Tata Communications’ Infrastructure as a Service offering, combining pay-per-use applications with an extensive and reliable global network Singapore – March 8, 2011 – Tata Communications, a leading provider of a...

Tata Communications launches international cloud services in Singapore

Tata Communications | March 8, 2011 | Press Release Asia Pacific businesses will benefit from Tata Communications’ Infrastructure as a Service offering, combining pay-per-use applications with an extensive and reliable global network Singapore – March 8, 2011 – Tata Communications, a leading provider of a...

BT opens new technology showcase in Singapore as part of its Asia Pacific expansion plan

BT | March 7, 2011 | Press Release BT, one of the world’s leading providers of communications solutions and services, achieved another milestone in its Asia Pacific expansion plan with the opening of its new Singapore Technology showcase by Amanda Brooks, Acting British High Commissioner...

Singapore springboard for chip giant MediaTek

Today Online | March 5, 2011 | Jonathan Peeris SINGAPORE - MediaTek plans to invest S$120 million to expand its research and development centre and business operations in Singapore, with the aim of moving into the smartphone market, the Taiwanese chip company said on Friday at...

Core market growth fuels SingTel’s net

Wall Street Journal | February 10, 2011 | Gaurav Raghuvanshi SINGAPORE—Higher revenue in its core markets of Singapore and Australia led Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. to post a small but better-than-expected increase in its fiscal third-quarter net profit. SingTel, Southeast Asia's largest telecommunications company by revenue, said Thursday...

Core market growth fuels SingTel's net

Wall Street Journal | February 10, 2011 | Gaurav Raghuvanshi SINGAPORE—Higher revenue in its core markets of Singapore and Australia led Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. to post a small but better-than-expected increase in its fiscal third-quarter net profit. SingTel, Southeast Asia's largest telecommunications company by revenue, said Thursday...

Telstra profit misses estimates in battle with Optus

Bloomberg | February 10, 2011 | Robert Fenner and Chan Sue Ling Telstra Corp., Australia’s largest phone company, posted earnings that missed estimates as it accelerated spending to win back customers from the second- ranked Optus unit of Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. Net income fell 36 percent to...

Acision appoints Chris Jenkins to head Asia Pacific as executive vice president and managing director

Acision | February 8, 2011 | Press Release Acision, a world leader in mobile data, today announced the appointment of Chris Jenkins to the position of Executive Vice President and Managing Director for the Asia Pacific region. Based in Singapore, Chris will play a lead...

NEC and Fujitsu win Asia Submarine-cable Express (ASE)

NEC | January 31, 2011 | Press Release NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE6701) and Fujitsu Limited (Fujitsu; TSE 6702) today announced an agreement with NTT Communications, the Philippines Long Distance Telephone Company, StarHub Limited and Telekom Malaysia Berhad to construct the Asia Submarine-cable Express system, a...

SingTel donates record amount of S$2.48 million for charities in Singapore

SingTel | January 21, 2011 | Press Release Singapore, 21 January 2011 – Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) today announced that it has raised S$2.48 million in 2010 through its philanthropy programme, the SingTel Touching Lives Fund (STLF). This amount was raised through various initiatives such...

M1’s full-year net profit up 4.5% to S$157m – Singapore

Channel News Asia | January 19, 2011 | Rachel Kelly Singapore’s smallest operator M1 has announced a 4.5% increase in profits for the year ending 31 December 2010. The firm’s net profit after tax stood at S$157.1 million ($122.2 million). M1’s operating revenue went up 25.3%...

M1's full-year net profit up 4.5% to S$157m – Singapore

Channel News Asia | January 19, 2011 | Rachel Kelly Singapore’s smallest operator M1 has announced a 4.5% increase in profits for the year ending 31 December 2010. The firm’s net profit after tax stood at S$157.1 million ($122.2 million). M1’s operating revenue went up 25.3%...

Malaysia and Singapore telco operators to lower charges

The Star | January 14, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians and Singaporeans will enjoy lower mobile roaming charges in two months, says Information, Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim. He said telecommunications operators in both countries had agreed to lower their charges by up...

Globe Telecom expanding network capacity this year

Business World Online | January 4, 2011 GLOBE TELECOM, Inc. said yesterday it will employ a “multi-pronged” strategy to expand capacity and improve performance this year, citing growing customer demand for voice and data services. In a statement, the telco, a joint venture between Ayala Corp....

HTC, Sony unveil concept stores to connect with consumers in Singapore

Sony's new concept store in Singapore is designed as an 'experience zone' Housed in Nex, the new shopping mall in the Northeast of the island, ‘HTC Concept Store’ in Singapore will house the HTC retail - its point-of-sales counter and the product showroom...

Sony Ericsson appoints new GM for Singapore, Malaysia

SINGAPORE - Sony Ericsson has appointed Peter Ang as general manager and head of market unit hub for Singapore and Malaysia. Ang brings more than a decade of telecommunications industry experience to the role. He will oversee Sony Ericsson’s business operations across Singapore and Malaysia,...

Making mobile chips – a sneak peek at wafer manufacturing

In Singapore recently, RCR was privileged to be able to get a glimpse behind the chipmaking curtain at GlobalFoundries’ fab 7, where wafer upon wafer of chips are churned out daily from within the impressive maze of cleanrooms.