Keeping the edge
July 10, 2012 Written by James Middleton
In the highly competitive Singaporean market, Mock Pak Lum, who has been CTO of Starhub for ten months, has to keep the operator on the edge in terms of network capabilities.
Singapore
INTERVIEW: LTE in the City State
May 8, 2013 Written by Mike Hibberd
Telecoms.com talks to Mock Pak Lum, CTO of Singaporean operator StarHub, about the ongoing rollout of the firm’s LTE offering.
Fastest Asian submarine cable open for business
August 21, 2012 Written by James Middleton
Asia’s fastest submarine cable link opened for business this week, carrying traffic at a blistering 40Gbps between Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines with an additional link to Hong Kong to be added in December.
Tags; Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, submarine, Asia Pacific, Broadband, Money, Networks, News & Analysis, Operator
Nucleus Connect: “End-user demand for the NGN has been very good”
May 1, 2012 Written by Jamie Beach
David Storrie has a crucial role to play in the communications future of a genuine Asian Tiger: as CEO of Nucleus Connect, the operating company of Singapore’s Next Generation Nationwide Broadband Network (Next Gen NBN), he is responsible for lighting up around SGD 1bn (US$ 808mn) worth of fibre for the city-state’s 5mn residents
StarHub signs roaming agreement with Vodafone
March 5, 2012 Written by Dawinderpal Sahota
Singaporean operator StarHub has signed a deal with Vodafone, which will see its customers use mobile data services at more attractive rates when roaming to major European countries, Australia, New Zealand or South Africa. With the new preferred rates, customers pay $25 for the first 20Mb of international data used on any particular day. Beyond this usage within the same day, roaming data access costs $3/Mb.
Telstra expands into Singapore and Japan
December 15, 2011 Written by Dawinderpal Sahota
Australian operator Telstra has secured new operating licences in Singapore and Japan, allowing the firm to extend its reach in Asia. The company will deliver services directly to customers in both markets, rather than teaming up with local partners, as its newly acquired licences allow the carrier to own infrastructure facilities in each of the countries.
Different Strokes
August 11, 2011 Written by Benny Har-Even
With the LTE Asia conference imminent, Telecoms.com speaks to Alan Hadden, president of the Global Mobile Suppliers Association, about the spectrum challenges facing the Asian LTE market. Fragmentation is as much of an issue in Asia Pacific as it is in the rest of the world, with early movers trying to muster support for their competing strategies.
Tags; China, docomo, GSA, harmonisation, Japan, Singapore, spectrum, Handsets & Devices, Interviews, Networks, Operator, Test & Measurement
Cook’s recipe for LTE success in Singapore
August 10, 2011 Written by Mike Hibberd
In the lead up to the LTE Asia conference, taking place in Singapore on 6-7th September, we speak to Peter Cook, vice president of mobile network engineering at StarHub, Singapore’s second largest operator.
New opportunities
Neil Montefiore, CEO of Singaporean operator Starhub, talks about the smartphone revolution and the build out of Starhub’s next generation fibre network.
Huawei bags MobileOne Singapore LTE network deal
May 13, 2011 Written by Benny Har-Even
Singaporean operator M1 has announced the deployment of the market’s first commercial LTE network.Huawei will be supplying the kit and the network is due for completion in Q1 2012.
INQ brings social networking phone to Singapore
September 16, 2009 Written by James Middleton
Hutchison Whampoa’s handset development studio has broken into Asia under a deal with SingTel that will see the Singaporean carrier launch INQ’s latest handset.
M1′s Montefiore to take over StarHub
July 15, 2009 Written by James Middleton
Neil Montefiore, who quit Singaporean operator MobileOne (M1) at the end of January 2009 after 13 years at the helm, has revealed plans to take over slightly larger rival StarHub from the start of next year.
Thinking big at WiMAX Congress Asia
May 5, 2009 Written by Ken Wieland
Michael Lai, the charismatic CEO of P1, a 2.3GHz WiMAX operator in Malaysia, is candid about the size of the challenge facing the WiMAX community. “This year is a defining year for WIMAX,” he says. “It’s got to happen and it’s got to happen big.”
Tags; Global Mobile, Green Packet, P1, Singapore, Taiwan, Tatung, UQ, VMAX, Yota, Asia Pacific, Broadband, Content & Applications, Opinion, WiMAX
M1 Singapore announces new CEO
April 21, 2009 Written by James Middleton
Singaporean mobile operator M1 on Tuesday announced its new CEO as Karen Kooi Lee Wah, effective April 22.
WiMAX Forum® Congress Asia to feature revolutionary product offerings and showcases
PORTLAND, Ore. – April 16, 2009 – The WiMAX Forum® today announced that a Live WiMAX™ Tour will be held at the upcoming WiMAX Forum Congress Asia. Highly regarded as the leading, dedicated event for industry companies in the region, the WiMAX Forum Congress Asia will take place on April 28 – 29 at the Suntec International Convention and Exhibition Centre in Singapore.
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