Singtel and SK Telecom host metaverse meet-up, but the jury’s still out
2023 looks set to be another year of ups and downs for the metaverse.
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Singtel-led group wants to bolster Southeast Asia’s subsea capacity
A consortium comprising six telcos will plough $300 million into yet another new cable system connecting Southeast Asia and China.
Singtel sells US$1.6 billion Bharti stake to fund 5G
Singtel has inked a S$2.25 billion (US$1.6 billion) deal to offload a 3.3 percent direct stake in Bharti Airtel as part of its broader asset monetisation push.
Singtel to take big hit on Trustwave sale
Singtel is pushing forward with the sale of its cybersecurity business as part of a business streamlining push that will see it focus on 5G and new growth areas.
Singtel’s ATN pays a high price for Australian towers
Australian Tower Network has agreed to acquire Axicom and its 2,000 telco towers for A$3.58 billion, over a billion dollars more than its own similarly-sized business was apparently worth just six months ago.
Singtel sheds towers, adds data centres
Singtel has brokered a deal to sell off its towers in Australia and unveiled a strategy to build new data centres outside Singapore.
StarHub the latest to suffer customer data breach
The Singapore telco detected a data dump on a third-party site containing personal information of more than 57,000 of its customers.
Singtel chief says last year was one of the toughest in company’s history
Singapore’s incumbent operator this week gave an unvarnished appraisal of its performance during its recently-ended financial year.
Singtel sells broad range of assets as earnings plummet
Singtel distracted the industry from a weak set of full-year results with the publication of a new strategy that includes the planned sale of a broad swathe of infrastructure assets.
End of an era as Singtel CEO Sock Koong hands over the torch
Singapore incumbent Singtel’s consumer chief Yuen Kuan Moon will take over as group CEO from January.
Singapore snubs Huawei over 5G
Singtel and Starhub have celebrated winning 5G licenses by announcing Ericsson and Nokia as their respective kit vendor partners.
Singtel, AIS and SK bundle together for gaming JV
SK Telecom has joined forces with Thailand’s AIS and Singapore’s Singtel to launch a new partnership to develop new gaming-related revenue streams.
Singtel to push forward with 5G cloud gaming trial
In partnership with Razer and Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), Singtel is testing the readiness of its network to capitalise on the fast-growing cloud gaming segment.
SingTel saw Q4 profit drop by 14%
SingTel reported almost flat revenues and 14% decline in net profit in the quarter ending 31 December 2018, blaming negative influence from its investments in Australia and India.
Singtel and Ericsson boast about another 5G ‘first’
While press statements claiming a ‘first’ in 5G are becoming somewhat repetitive, Singtel and Ericsson have paired up to milk the increasingly tiresome claim once more.
Etisalat, Singtel, SoftBank and Telefónica become security superheroes
Etisalat, Singtel, SoftBank and Telefónica have teamed up to form the Global Cyber Security Alliance, patrolling the shadowy information highway to protect innocent punters from the evils of Malwareman and Dastardly DDoS.
Singtel throws out a mixed bag for its latest quarterly results
Revenues up and profits down. Some regions did well and some did bad. The consumer business declined and Digital Life jumped up. A real mixed bag for Singtel.
Ericsson and Singtel claim APAC LAA record
Ericsson and long-time operator partner Singtel have announced they managed to hit 1.1 Gbps in a joint trial of a new LAA configuration.
Singtel chooses Ericsson for 5G Center of Excellence
The launch of Singapore’s first 5G Center of Excellence has been claimed by operator Singtel in partnership with kit vendor Ericsson.
Singtel signals the end of copper networks
Singtel has announced plans to accelerate the rollout of fibre networks in the nation, including the aim of progressively closing copper-based ADSL by early 2018.
Events
MVNOs World Congress
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Future Enterprise Networks: Private 5G and Edge
- 15-15 June 2023
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NGON
- 21-22 June 2023
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