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New mobile carrier set to enter Singapore market

Australian company TPG Telecom secured 60 megahertz of spectrum for $73 million. Australian operator TPG Telecom is set to become Singapore’s fourth mobile operator after the country’s Infocommunications Media Development Authority awarded 60 megahertz of spectrum in a recent spectrum auction. According to...

Globe: 2016 marks the beginning of digital transformation

The Philippine telco said data monetization will play a key role in digital transformation BERLIN – Philippine operator Globe Telecom has been actively implementing its digital transformation strategy, said Joe Caliro, Globe’s head of retail and content experience, during a presentation at the Amdocs Experience 2017...

Singtel, Ericsson carry out live test of 5G radio prototypes

Singapore telco also demonstrated end-to-end low latency live video streaming over '5G' Singapore telecommunications operator Singtel and Swedish vendor Ericsson carried out what the companies claim to be the first live demo of potential of 5G technologies in Southeast Asia. The demo used Ericsson’s 5G radio...

Singtel, Ericsson carry out live test of 5G radio prototypes

The Singapore telco also demonstrated end-to-end low latency live video streaming over 5G Singapore telecommunications operator Singtel and Swedish vendor Ericsson carried out what the companies claimed to be the first live demo of potential of 5G technologies in Southeast Asia. The demo used Ericsson’s 5G...

Singtel, Ericsson trial prestandard LAA technology

The plan is to offer LAA service starting in 2017 Singapore telecommunications operator Singtel and Ericsson said they successfully conducted a live trial of prestandard license assisted access on Singtel’s network earlier this month. The trial was completed after a two-week period of testing using multiple RBS...

Here are the connected car features car owners want the most

Connected car features are already in high demand among prospective car buyers, but consumers’ willingness to pay for those varies. Connected vehicles will account for 55 percent of annual global new vehicle sales in 2020, according to IHS Markit. By then, the analyst firm expects...

10 Tbps Google undersea fiber cable comes online

Google partnered with APAC carriers China Mobile, China Telecom, SingTel, KDDI and bandwidth provider Global Transit In an effort to bolster its application and cloud customer experience, Google, in partnership with numerous Asia-Pacific interests, yesterday brought online its 10 terabit per second Faster Cable System,...

Singtel to launch VoWi-Fi services in August

VoWi-Fi deployment builds on successful hetnet trials Singapore telecom operator Singtel aims to roll out a commercial Voice-over-Wi-Fi service in August following positive results from its heterogeneous network trial conducted over the past year in the Jurong Lake District. The hetnet trial was carried out with the collaboration...

OMGTel secures financing for Singapore spectrum auction

With $292M in funding, OMGTel could enter carrier market Singapore firm OMGTel has secured S$400 million ($292 million) in funding commitments to obtain the country’s fourth mobile telephony license, according to local press reports. The firm, which is a unit of wireless software solutions provider and...

ZTE managed service business surged in 2015

ZTE signed more than 177 managed service deals worldwide Chinese telecom and technology vendor ZTE said it’s service business scale increased 20% in 2015, signing more than 177 managed service contracts worldwide last year. Those deals involved more than 335,000 sites and 332,000 kilometers of...

SingTel Q2 revenues down 2.9%

SingTel ends latest fiscal quarter with 2M LTE subscribers in Singapore Singapore Telecommunications reported a net profit of SG$1.03 billion ($704 million) for its second fiscal quarter of 2016, which ended Sept. 30, down 0.8% compared to the same quarter the previous fiscal year. The operator’s...

Du tests IoT network in Dubai

The telco aims to deploy IoT projects across the UAE in the future The United Arab Emirates’ second-largest operator Du has tested what it claims to be the first true "Internet of Things" network in the Middle East. The telco said that the recently tested network...

Indian telco BSNL to launch 4G LTE network

The state-run telco will offer the services through the 2.5 GHz band Indian state-owned operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited expects to launch 4G LTE services by March 2016, The Economic Times reported. Anupam Shrivastava , the operator’s managing director, said the telco will launch LTE services...

Optus launches LTE-A 3x carrier aggregation

The new technology set to be available in Sydney by early 2016 Australian telecom operator Optus launched LTE services using "advanced" carrier aggregation technology using FDD and TDD technology. The service is provided through a combination of 40 megahertz (20x20 megahertz) of spectrum in the 2.3...

Singtel profits up 13% year-on-year in fiscal Q1

The telco ended June with 2 million 4G LTE subscribers in Singapore Singapore Telecommunications reported a net profit of SG$942 million ($673 million) in the first quarter of fiscal 2016, ended June 30, an increase of 13% compared to the same quarter last year. Total revenue...

NTT DoCoMo ends Q1 with 32.6M LTE subs

NTT DoCoMo Premium 4G service reaches 292 cities across Japan Japanese telecom operator NTT DoCoMo’s Premium 4G service is currently available in 292 cities and 41 prefectures across Japan, according to a company presentation. The service, which was launched in March, offers download speeds of...

Bharti Airtel to invest $1B to expand 3G

The Indian telco currently offers 3G in almost 10,000 towns and cities; 4G LTE also expanding Indian telecommunications operator Bharti Airtel plans to invest $1 billion during fiscal year 2015, ending March 2016, to expand its 3G network infrastructure and coverage across the country, according...

Small-cell trial from Ericsson, SingTel

Asian telco SingTel has partnered with hardware giant Ericsson on a small-cell pilot program meant to bring more robust 3G and LTE coverage to enterprise buildings and public venues in Singapore. The two companies announced the project on Dec. 29. SingTel has deployed for trial...

Carrier Wrap: Ofcom touts cheap UK telecom prices; Alaska to get 1-gig fiber

Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy! --U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom reported that...

Tai Tung Communication begins shipments to SingTel

DigiTimes | August 30, 2011 | Irene Chen, Adam Hwang Tai Tung Communication, a Taiwan-based maker of fiber-optic cable and telecommunication cable, secured orders for fiber-optic cable from Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) at the end of second quarter of 2011 and has begun shipments, according to...

SingTel Group reports resilient performance from Singapore and Australian operations

SingTel | August 11, 2011 | Press Release Revenue growth across Singapore and Australia in the quarter Stronger Australian Dollar offsets weakness in regional currencies  Net profit affected by finance and tax expenses Singapore, 11 August 2011 – Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) today announced that Group revenue rose 7...

Clinical Trial Of Mobile Health Monitoring Solution Starts In Singapore

Medical News Today | May 30, 2011 HP, SingTel, HealthSTATS and Frontier Healthcare Group today announced an 8-week clinical trial of a mobile health monitoring solution. The solution enables near real time information sharing to help healthcare professionals in the early detection, treatment and prevention of...

The Hindu: SingTel violated ILD norms; clean chit to Bharti,Tatas

The Hindu | April 25, 2011 The Telecom Ministry has pulled up SingTel for violating ILD licence norms by acquiring and billing customers in India without a licence between 2005 and 2009, while giving a clean chit to Airtel and Tatas which provided international private...

SingTel Raises Stake in Bharti Airtel

Wall Street Journal | April 11, 2011 | Kenan Machado Mumbai--Singapore Telecommunications has increased its stake in India's Bharti Airtel through the purchase of 2.83 million shares for 934 million rupees. In a filing to the Singapore Stock Exchange, SingTel said a wholly owned uni --...