Telecom & Internet
Singtel's Optus poised to benefit from rival Telstra's outages
Telstra suffered from 3 mobile network outages after a software fault.
Singtel's Optus poised to benefit from rival Telstra's outages
Telstra suffered from 3 mobile network outages after a software fault.
Circles.Life's $0 plan could slowly erase telcos' wireless revenue
It launched a plan with 1GB of monthly data allocation, 30 minutes of voice, and 10 SMS.
Circles.Life offers $0 'flexi plan' with free 1GB data
It also partnered with SingPost to enable sign-ups in post offices.
Singtel buys 2% of Trustwave for $16m
The firm's shared capital had increased by 30% following the acquisition.
Singtel offers attractive dividends amidst unexciting growth
Its dividend payout ratio of 81% is the highest since 2011.
Singtel full-year profits up 41.5% to $5.45b
It was boosted by gains from NetLink Trust and improved performance by its core business.
Netlink NBN earnings fizzled by lower installation revenues in FY18
Blame sluggish project deployment that pulled revenues down to $228.6m.
MyRepublic offers networking system for retail businesses
It gives the business firewall services, a wireless network, and tools for traffic and use analytics.
Circles.Life to exchange data for public transport rides
It offers customers 100MB for every 10 rides using EZ-Link on public transport.
StarHub caves under pressure of fierce competition
The telco’s wireless and pay TV business suffered the heat of new telco players in Q1.
StarHub Q1 profits down 14.9% to $61.5m
It continued to be weighed down by lower revenue of mobile and pay TV services.
MyRepublic to use StarHub's network for MVNO services
It said it wants to continue even if it was denied the fourth telco licence in 2017.
Singtel associate Bharti Infratel merges with Indus Towers
This will create the largest tower company in the world after China, it said.
Keppel DC REIT risks dilution amidst piling debt
After buying maincubes Data Centre, the proportion of debt in its current capital rose to 37.4%.
StarHub appoints Peter Kaliaropoulos as CEO
He was the CEO of mobile telco firm Zain Saudi Arabia.
Keppel DC REIT Q1 profits jumped 18.2% to $34.09m
It was due to higher income from its data centres in Dublin and Singapore.
M1 2017 profits slid 11.5% to $132.5m
Its handset sales and mobile revenues remained weak despite higher services revenue.