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ROI25per
    13-Apr-2010 08:02  
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 80 & counting,

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1 Emirates
2 SIA
3 TigerAirways
4 AirAsia
5 www.qantas.com.au/travel/airlines
6 AVIS
7 Club Med
8 www.hotels.com
9 Singtel
10 StarHub
11 Apple iPad
12 Lenovo; ThinkPad
13 Asus
14 Sony Bravia
15 makedotbelieve.sony.com.sg
16 www.nokia.com.sg/explore-services
17 garmin-asus-navigation.com
18 Yahoo; Facebook, Friendster, hungrygowhere
19 www.facebook.com/evianliveyoung
20 www.facebook.com/sonyericssonsingapore
21 Facebook : Dreams Space OCBC
22 DBS
23 POSB
24 Etoro
25 CitiBank
26 ICICI Bank
27 HSBC
28 UFX Bank
29 Arab Financial Brokers
30 TraderXp
31 www.cityindex.com.sg
32 University of Liverpool
33 LASALLE College of the Arts
34 pd.sim.edu.sg
35 skill2thrill.com
36 Marie France Bodyline
37 Svenson
38 Acuvue
39 www.adidas.com
40 www.volkswagen.com.sg
41 Monster.com
42 www.be2.sg
43 www.timetotalk.org
44 MyWebFace
45 WWW. Selected-winner
46 www.mobico
47 www.djugo.com
48 www.kazulah.com
49 Popularscreensavers
50 solstice.outspark
51 www.webmmo.com
52 uc.gamestotal.com
53 fiesta.outspark.com
54 jd.perfectworld.com
55 www.cursormania.com
56 www.smileycentral.com
57 www.gamescampus.com
58 www.warriorepic.com
59 www.lotro.com
60 www.mytheongame.com
61 IGG Inc.(Sky Union LLC); igg.com , Free Online Game LORDS
62 poxnora.station.sony.com
63 www.tribalwars.net
64 www.ddo.com; Dungeons and Dragons Online
65 in.ao.hithere.com [Age of Ocean]
66 vids.myspace.com
67 USAFIS.ORG
68 secure.americares.org
69 www.tapproject.org
70 whyohgee.singapore2010.sg
71 WWF-Canada Earth Hour
72 www.innity.com/adnetwork/
73 www.sepangcircuit.com
74 Movie : When In Rome wheninrome.com.sg
75 Adtech Singapore
76 www.worldvision.org
77 /www.singaporeartsfest.com
78 www.mifc.com
79 www.bridgestone.com.sg/potenza/
80 www.aviva.com.sg/car-insurance


 
 
tonylim2
    12-Apr-2010 15:28  
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couldn't get thru , cannot count the advertisers.
 
 
christan
    12-Apr-2010 09:16  
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today good vol, can it break its record dun forget it is monday
 

 
tonylim2
    11-Apr-2010 13:28  
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even today is sunday also almost impossible to make a call.

Must inform the management in this coming AGM. Other advertisers will drop MR.
 
 
christan
    09-Apr-2010 16:53  
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now i just get thru after 15 tries consecutive, so it is really capacity issue as too many pple called. 
 
 
christan
    09-Apr-2010 16:48  
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u need to keep on dialing the number, 10-20 times b4 u can get thru during busy period

cos, i guess there is a limit to the number of users calling online . they will need to increase the capacity



tonylim2      ( Date: 08-Apr-2010 22:46) Posted:

At this hour 10.45pm still no line ? Is MR line down or really too busy and overloaded ?

 

 
tonylim2
    08-Apr-2010 22:46  
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At this hour 10.45pm still no line ? Is MR line down or really too busy and overloaded ?
 
 
pharoah88
    08-Apr-2010 16:28  
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CHINA already had wireless CDMA network for PC long ago.
 
 
WLBO_BB
    08-Apr-2010 16:20  
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agreed with u...

178investors      ( Date: 08-Apr-2010 16:17) Posted:

Mohdi may hav bbig dream, however, big dream alone not enough unless the dream is one that can truly shake up the mobile industry. If mohdi only dreams about $$$ without bringing anything new to the market, something that singtel, starhub, m1 will die for, he can can his $dream.

Google is a more worthy contender to be the next mobile operator. Google has bought wireless bandwidth in the US and  promising to wire up a superfast (1000MBPS) broadband there, probably to stream mobile TV contents, and all the other apps in their toolkits.

But not writing off Mohdi, he might venture with google and wow everyone instead.



ozone2002      ( Date: 08-Apr-2010 14:45) Posted:



With Spicegrp, Mr mohdi may likely go ahead by being the 4th operator.

DREAM big!


 
 
178investors
    08-Apr-2010 16:17  
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Mohdi may hav bbig dream, however, big dream alone not enough unless the dream is one that can truly shake up the mobile industry. If mohdi only dreams about $$$ without bringing anything new to the market, something that singtel, starhub, m1 will die for, he can can his $dream.

Google is a more worthy contender to be the next mobile operator. Google has bought wireless bandwidth in the US and  promising to wire up a superfast (1000MBPS) broadband there, probably to stream mobile TV contents, and all the other apps in their toolkits.

But not writing off Mohdi, he might venture with google and wow everyone instead.



ozone2002      ( Date: 08-Apr-2010 14:45) Posted:



With Spicegrp, Mr mohdi may likely go ahead by being the 4th operator.

DREAM big!

 

 
WLBO_BB
    08-Apr-2010 16:15  
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sheet!... cancel my order at 0.26, now become 0.255............. too bad God dun wan to let me have it or simply tiger year really not my year...
 
 
christan
    08-Apr-2010 15:47  
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5 years ago talking...

IPWireless: Fourth operator will stir S'pore



By Aloysius Choong, CNETAsia on January 31, 2005

Summary



Singapore could do with a fourth mobile operator. Wireless done right will make flash drives obsolete. The future of W-CDMA is voice.

Singapore could do with a fourth mobile operator. Wireless done right will make flash drives obsolete. The future of W-CDMA is voice.

These were some of the proclamations made by IPWireless CEO Chris Gilbert in an interview with CNETAsia earlier this week. The Calif.-based company, along with rivals Flarion Technologies and Navini Networks, supplies mobile broadband networks to operators, promising voice over IP (VoIP) and high-speed data services.

According to Gilbert, IPWireless already has 40 networks deployed around the world, including trials with Singapore's M1, Malaysia's Maxis, Australia's Optus and Bharti in India. It is also covering two-thirds of New Zealand under a commercial agreement with service provider Woosh.

Q: What brings you to Singapore?
A: The three mobile operators. Singapore is interesting because it's on the brink of doing things. The government wants to do things here. The mobile operators to varying degrees, but particularly M1, want to do things in the mobile broadband space. There's a national sentiment in Singapore about wanting to be a leading country in the region.

There is a set of companies here in Singapore I'm interested in that can manufacture devices based on a chipset.

There's also a government requirement for mobile data for its own purposes, be it in the police force or the utilities and so on.

And the country is small enough that you don't have to be talking about billions of dollars for you to do something, which you do if you're talking about U.S. or one of the bigger European countries. So there's a lot of things that come together here in Singapore.

It's also fairly well-advanced with three operators doing wideband-CDMA. For this little island to have three wideband-CDMA networks to me is unbelievable, really. The island is probably about to sink with so much radio equipment on it.

You have a few operators in the region undergoing trials. What are some of the findings?
Generically, consumers like broadband. Most countries don't have a significant penetration of broadband, with a few exceptions like Singapore, Japan and Korea. In general, there has not really been huge deployment. We've discovered that given the choice, 40 percent of the population would prefer to have a mobile broadband service over a fixed broadband service. One of our older networks here in the region is the New Zealand network, and they are getting 40 percent of all new additions to broadband. So of the people coming into broadband for the first time, Woosh is getting 40 percent, which is a big number for a new operator.

Can we expect commercial deployment?
The expectation is that Maxis and M1 will move forward. You notice when M1 made its announcement (of trials) before Christmas, it said that it would deploy a network by mid-year. If you backtrack from the time it takes to buy, build and deploy a network--it's in the four- to five-month period--it needs to be placed in contract roughly now. I expect probably another one in the Asia-Pacific within the next month or two. It's happening.

Has M1 come out to say that it's going to be IPWireless?
Nope. But if M1 has said they want to have broadband Internet by mid-year, the only frequencies available are UMTS frequencies. There's only one company that does UMTS networks. (Laughs.)

There are plans to produce an IPWireless-compatible cell phone. What is the status on that?
In Cannes (3GSM), it will be displayed. It will actually be working. These are engineering prototypes. When will cell phones be in production? The answer is the middle of next year.

Do you see dual mode capability as a pre-requisite before going into production?
No. Because the new operators do not have interest in dual mode. They have interest in taking share off the old mobile operators. They want single mode. The last thing they want to do is to share what they're doing with one of the mobile operators.

Consumer electronics devices play a big part in your vision. Tell us a bit about that.
If you think of mobile cellular, you immediately think of the cell phone. That's one end. When you think of your DSL operator, you think of the DSL modem. That's the other end.

In between, though, are all the consumer electronics devices. A digital camera has memory in it at the moment. You get rid of the memory, you put this (wireless adapter) in instead, and every time you take a photograph or you do video, it's stored back on your computer at home. So when you get home, you find gigabytes of photography there.

It's a much broader vision than just the cell phone or the DSL modem.

Storage is cheaper than bandwidth, though.
Yes, but you can't really compare the two. If bandwidth is a fixed price, US$30 a month for example, and it's fast enough for you to move data, then you don't bother storing it on your portable device. You store it on a fixed network. In this case, your portable computer. For you to have 512MB of memory in your camera is more expensive than putting one of these (wireless adapters) in.

How else will mobile broadband impact the telecommunications industry?
Wideband-CDMA has been very slow because there's no competition in the broadband wireless space. One of the unique things about our technology is it's standards-based and cheap, and it can use new frequencies, it provides a vehicle to allow people to enter.

So the thing that could happen here in Singapore that will make a tremendous difference would be a new operator entry. That's one of the things that I think is on the cards for Singapore. So you can imagine if a new operator comes to Singapore, puts our system in to cover the island, and charges very, very cheap voice and normal DSL prices, but with the advantage that it is mobile and portable. That would create enormous competition here in Singapore.

They would need the license though.
Absolutely. And there will be licenses possible. The government actually will be making some annoucements within one month which provides new frequencies for new operators. So Singapore could very soon become a hotbed of competition. All it would take is for one operator to come in on one of those licenses and everything would open up.

In Singapore, most apartments are wired up, ready for cable. Would that impede the takeup of a mobile broadband technology like IPWireless?
Yes and no. The easiest market for a new operator coming in to enter is the fixed residential broadband. Obviously if that's already filled up with high bandwidth, then it would slow it down or make it less attactive.

On the other hand, if you talk about Softbank as an example in Japan. Softbank already has DSL everywhere. What it's looking for is mobile data. Its whole business case works around mobile data. It's a good business case.

The bit that is so confusing to everybody in this space is that, without even thinking about it, you're pigeon-holing technology and service. When you think of wireless in the cellular sense, you think of the cell phone. When you think of broadband, you think of a DSL or cable operator. This type of technology blurs that whole lot.

What would operators like SingTel and StarHub--both 3G mobile operators and broadband providers--do with your technology?
Let's think of people in cars, people in taxis wanting to have data services.

3G?
Not enough bandwidth. Not enough simultaneous users. This is orders of magnitude different in bandwidth and, more importantly, cost of bandwidth--megabits per second per dollar. A wideband-CDMA base station can handle about 20 simultaneous connections maximum. We're currently up at 250.

What about cannibalization between 3G services and mobile broadband?
But if their technology cannot do the required service, and the required service is on the roadmap to deliver, then they have to use a new technology.

Then where does that leave wideband-CDMA?
We see it more of a voice and cell phone technology.

But you do voice. And you do cell phones.
So what? GSM does voice, so how does wideband-CDMA compare with GSM?

Just because the technology can do all these things doesn't mean they have to use all bits of it. They can select the bits they need. SingTel would see it clearly as a high-bandwidth mobile system. StarHub would see it as that, plus the ability to have fixed telephony into people's homes. M1 would see it as all of that, plus the ability to put DSL into people's homes. So those three operators would see them in different ways. A new entrant would see it as all of those things, including mobile telephony.--by Aloysius Choong, CNETAsia




 
 
WLBO_BB
    08-Apr-2010 15:31  
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q very long at 0.26 leh........ someone pls sell down more...
 
 
christan
    08-Apr-2010 15:25  
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the most likely contender for the 4th operator is MR. cheers....

christan      ( Date: 08-Apr-2010 15:17) Posted:

Internet in Singapore



In Singapore, there are more than 5,918,000 internet subscribers (as of December 2009)[1]. There are four major Internet Service Providers in Singapore, namely, SingNet, StarHub, Pacnet and MobileOne. Over the years, the Singapore Government have been promoting the usage of broadband internet access, as part of its Intelligent Nation 2015 (iN2015) masterplan.

Singapore, as a small densely populated island nation and a pioneer, continues to be one of the few countries in the World in which broadband internet access is readily available to just about any would-be user anywhere in the country, with connectivity of over 99%.

For the general public, before the Internet, Singapore was the first country to launch an interactive information service to the public which included photographic images. Teleview as it was known was jointly developed by TAS (Telecom Authority of Singapore) and GEC-Marconi of the UK. The service started trials during late 1987 using specifically designed terminals. This was expanded during 1989 and eventually as Personal Computers became more capable there was a software/ hardware addition available for the PC. Early Service Providers for editorial were Singapore Press Holdings, Housing Development Board and Singapore Stock Exchange, providing a range of services including General News, Business News, Housing lots and selection list, realtime stocks and shares prices. Teleview was initially up and running as a public service at the same time as Singapore Telecom was formed in 1992 from the business arm of TAS whereas TAS remained as the statutory regulatory authority. Subscribers connected to the Teleview, now-defunct, service by Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel), via a dialup connection initially by 1200-2400 bit modems (V22 Biz) and then later via 9600-14400 kbit/s modems. Subscribers initially paid no time based usage fee for this service. However later charges, on top of telephone line charges were levied. A later development from Teleview provided an interfaced connection to the Internet , subscribers were given access to the internet via a text-only terminal; email was accessed by Pine, and webpages were viewed by Lynx. Subsequently, Teleview was rendered obsolete, and SingNet started offering to the Internet via SLIP/PPP over modem.

Dial-up access



Access to the Internet via Teleview-SingNet evolved to a full-fledged dial-up service known as SingNet, a subsidiary of SingTel. The formerly-private TechNet network was purchased by Pacific Internet. A third ISP was Cyberway; it was eventually purchased by StarHub.

Broadband access



In a government-led initiative to connect the island in a high-speed broadband network using various mediums such as fibre, DSL and cable, the Singapore ONE project was formally announced in June 1996, and commercially launched in June 1998. By December 1998, Singapore ONE is available nationwide with the completion of the national fibre optics network.

In 1997, commercial trials for Singapore Telecommunications' (SingTel) ATM-based "SingTel Magix" service were undertaken in March, before being launched in June. Also in June, Singapore Cable Vision commenced trails for its cable modem based services, before being commercially deployed in December 1999. Singtel's ADSL service was subsequently rolled out on a nation-wide scale in August 2000.

Current developments



In January 2001, the Broadband Media Association was formed to promote the broadband industry. By April the same year there were 6 broadband internet providers, with the total number of broadband users exceeding 300,000. Pacific Internet introduced wireless broadband services in October 2001.

In 2006, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) introduced a programme named "Wireless@SG". It is part of its Next Generation National Infocomm Infrastructure initiative. Users can enjoy free, both in-door and outdoor seamless wireless broadband access with speeds of up to 512 kbit/s at most public areas. In the same year, MobileOne introduced its broadband services.

ISPs

Dial-up providers

ADSL providers

  • SingNet (Plans: 3 Mbit/s, 6 Mbit/s, 10 Mbit/s, 15 Mbit/s, 25 Mbit/s (only available on mio Plan))
  • StarHub (Plans: Various but only available to Business users in the CBD area)
  • Pacnet (Plans: 512 kbit/s, 1.5 Mbit/s (On-demand))
  • MobileOne (Plans: 5 Mbit/s, 8 Mbit/s)

Cable broadband providers

  • StarHub (Plans: 2 Mbit/s, 8 Mbit/s, 12 Mbit/s, 100 Mbit/s)
  • Pacnet (Plans: 8 Mbit/s, 12 Mbit/s, 30 Mbit/s)
  • MobileOne (Plans: 15 Mbit/s, 30 Mbit/s, 100 Mbit/s)

Optical Fiber broadband providers

  • OpenNet (Passive Infrastructure Company ; NetCo ; Wholesale)
  • Nucleus Connect (Active Infrastructure Company ; OpCo ; Wholesale)
  • Retail Service Providers ... tbd. ( RSP ; Retail sale)

Wireless Broadband (HSDPA and Wimax) providers

  • MobileOne (Plans: 1 Mbit/s, 2 Mbit/s, 4 Mbit/s, 7.2 Mbit/s, 21 Mbit/s)
  • Qmax (Plans: 256 kbit/s 512 kbit/s, 1 Mbit/s, 1.5 Mbit/s)
  • StarHub (Plans: 2 Mbit/s, 7.2 Mbit/s, 21 Mbit/s)
  • Pacnet (Plans: 512 kbit/s)
  • SingTel (Plans: 1 Mbit/s, 2 Mbit/s, 3.6 Mbit/s)

Wireless@SG (Wi-Fi) operators (Up to 1 Mbit/s)

References

^ "Statistics on Telecom Services for 2009 (Jul - Dec)". Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore. http://www.ida.gov.sg/Publications/20070618184449.aspx.

 
 
christan
    08-Apr-2010 15:17  
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Internet in Singapore



In Singapore, there are more than 5,918,000 internet subscribers (as of December 2009)[1]. There are four major Internet Service Providers in Singapore, namely, SingNet, StarHub, Pacnet and MobileOne. Over the years, the Singapore Government have been promoting the usage of broadband internet access, as part of its Intelligent Nation 2015 (iN2015) masterplan.

Singapore, as a small densely populated island nation and a pioneer, continues to be one of the few countries in the World in which broadband internet access is readily available to just about any would-be user anywhere in the country, with connectivity of over 99%.

For the general public, before the Internet, Singapore was the first country to launch an interactive information service to the public which included photographic images. Teleview as it was known was jointly developed by TAS (Telecom Authority of Singapore) and GEC-Marconi of the UK. The service started trials during late 1987 using specifically designed terminals. This was expanded during 1989 and eventually as Personal Computers became more capable there was a software/ hardware addition available for the PC. Early Service Providers for editorial were Singapore Press Holdings, Housing Development Board and Singapore Stock Exchange, providing a range of services including General News, Business News, Housing lots and selection list, realtime stocks and shares prices. Teleview was initially up and running as a public service at the same time as Singapore Telecom was formed in 1992 from the business arm of TAS whereas TAS remained as the statutory regulatory authority. Subscribers connected to the Teleview, now-defunct, service by Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel), via a dialup connection initially by 1200-2400 bit modems (V22 Biz) and then later via 9600-14400 kbit/s modems. Subscribers initially paid no time based usage fee for this service. However later charges, on top of telephone line charges were levied. A later development from Teleview provided an interfaced connection to the Internet , subscribers were given access to the internet via a text-only terminal; email was accessed by Pine, and webpages were viewed by Lynx. Subsequently, Teleview was rendered obsolete, and SingNet started offering to the Internet via SLIP/PPP over modem.

Dial-up access



Access to the Internet via Teleview-SingNet evolved to a full-fledged dial-up service known as SingNet, a subsidiary of SingTel. The formerly-private TechNet network was purchased by Pacific Internet. A third ISP was Cyberway; it was eventually purchased by StarHub.

Broadband access



In a government-led initiative to connect the island in a high-speed broadband network using various mediums such as fibre, DSL and cable, the Singapore ONE project was formally announced in June 1996, and commercially launched in June 1998. By December 1998, Singapore ONE is available nationwide with the completion of the national fibre optics network.

In 1997, commercial trials for Singapore Telecommunications' (SingTel) ATM-based "SingTel Magix" service were undertaken in March, before being launched in June. Also in June, Singapore Cable Vision commenced trails for its cable modem based services, before being commercially deployed in December 1999. Singtel's ADSL service was subsequently rolled out on a nation-wide scale in August 2000.

Current developments



In January 2001, the Broadband Media Association was formed to promote the broadband industry. By April the same year there were 6 broadband internet providers, with the total number of broadband users exceeding 300,000. Pacific Internet introduced wireless broadband services in October 2001.

In 2006, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) introduced a programme named "Wireless@SG". It is part of its Next Generation National Infocomm Infrastructure initiative. Users can enjoy free, both in-door and outdoor seamless wireless broadband access with speeds of up to 512 kbit/s at most public areas. In the same year, MobileOne introduced its broadband services.

ISPs

Dial-up providers

ADSL providers

  • SingNet (Plans: 3 Mbit/s, 6 Mbit/s, 10 Mbit/s, 15 Mbit/s, 25 Mbit/s (only available on mio Plan))
  • StarHub (Plans: Various but only available to Business users in the CBD area)
  • Pacnet (Plans: 512 kbit/s, 1.5 Mbit/s (On-demand))
  • MobileOne (Plans: 5 Mbit/s, 8 Mbit/s)

Cable broadband providers

  • StarHub (Plans: 2 Mbit/s, 8 Mbit/s, 12 Mbit/s, 100 Mbit/s)
  • Pacnet (Plans: 8 Mbit/s, 12 Mbit/s, 30 Mbit/s)
  • MobileOne (Plans: 15 Mbit/s, 30 Mbit/s, 100 Mbit/s)

Optical Fiber broadband providers

  • OpenNet (Passive Infrastructure Company ; NetCo ; Wholesale)
  • Nucleus Connect (Active Infrastructure Company ; OpCo ; Wholesale)
  • Retail Service Providers ... tbd. ( RSP ; Retail sale)

Wireless Broadband (HSDPA and Wimax) providers

  • MobileOne (Plans: 1 Mbit/s, 2 Mbit/s, 4 Mbit/s, 7.2 Mbit/s, 21 Mbit/s)
  • Qmax (Plans: 256 kbit/s 512 kbit/s, 1 Mbit/s, 1.5 Mbit/s)
  • StarHub (Plans: 2 Mbit/s, 7.2 Mbit/s, 21 Mbit/s)
  • Pacnet (Plans: 512 kbit/s)
  • SingTel (Plans: 1 Mbit/s, 2 Mbit/s, 3.6 Mbit/s)

Wireless@SG (Wi-Fi) operators (Up to 1 Mbit/s)

References

^ "Statistics on Telecom Services for 2009 (Jul - Dec)". Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore. http://www.ida.gov.sg/Publications/20070618184449.aspx.
 

 
ozone2002
    08-Apr-2010 14:45  
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With Spicegrp, Mr mohdi may likely go ahead by being the 4th operator.

DREAM big!
 
 
christan
    08-Apr-2010 14:37  
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if mr were to do that, 60 coming just like history

ROI25per      ( Date: 08-Apr-2010 09:15) Posted:



the last time it failed to acquire pacnet(isp), now here come another chance,$100m is nothing to mr as it has over US50m and also it can again do a right issue 


 

Published April 7, 2010

Fourth mobile operator may get a call-up

IDA may free up remaining 3G spectrum and pave way for new player, says consultation paper

By WINSTON CHAI

(SINGAPORE) Singapore's telco scene could add a splash of colour beyond the current red, green and orange if the Republic's telecommunications regulator goes ahead with a plan to free up its remaining third-generation (3G) cellular spectrum.

The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) is considering parcelling out the final lot of a 3G spectrum which has been left unused for the last nine years.

The move is envisioned to boost cellular bandwidth for the three incumbent operators - Singapore Telecommunications, StarHub and MobileOne - to provide mobile broadband services. At the same time, it could allow a fourth operator to join the trio in providing high-speed mobile services to local users.

'To meet mobile operators' increased demand for frequency spectrum so as to enhance their 3G system, and also to open the door for a fourth 3G operator, IDA would like to make available the remaining spectrum in the 3G Band,' the regulator said in a consultation paper on its website.

This spectrum falls within the 1900 to 2100 Mhz (megahertz) range, the band which is currently used by telcos to offer 3G services such as mobile broadband and video calling.

Four lots within this frequency range were initially put up for auction in March 2001. However, these did not go under the hammer as IDA received offers only from the three local operators.

SingTel, StarHub and M1 eventually paid the reserve price of $100 million each for their 3G licence and the fourth lot was left unclaimed.

However, with the explosive adoption of mobile broadband services in recent years, IDA said it has recently received requests from telecom industry players to release the remaining spectrum.

'Based on IDA's statistics, between September 2008 and September 2009, 3G subscriptions grew by over 25 per cent while High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) subscriptions grew by 240 per cent,' it said.

HSPA, commonly referred to as 3.5G, is the technology being used to power mobile Web surfing on newfangled smart phones. All three operators also provide token-like devices called HSPA modems that can be connected to laptops to enjoy broadband connectivity on the go.

According to IDA's latest figures, 3G subscribers currently account for close to half of Singapore's sizeable base of 6.9 million cellphone users.

'IDA believes that demand for 3G services will continue to grow steadily as more consumers upgrade from 2G to 3G services and take up mobile broadband services,' it said.

'To meet this growing consumption, the incumbent mobile operators will need to increase the capacity of their 3G networks. On the other hand, IDA cannot foreclose the possibility that the growing demand for 3G services may also present a viable business case for another operator to enter the 3G market in Singapore,' the regulator added.

Singapore did have a fourth operator once in 2002 in the form of Virgin Mobile, a joint venture between SingTel and Richard Branson's Virgin Group. However, it failed to make a dent in the market and the company pulled out within a year.

IDA is currently seeking views from the telecom industry and the public on its proposal. Feedback must be submitted by April 26.






 
 
christan
    08-Apr-2010 14:36  
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tomor will be hotter normally
 
 
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hi u got buy?  hee hee I brought yesterday @ 0.245

pharoah88      ( Date: 08-Apr-2010 10:46) Posted:

gOOd  fOrtune

 
 
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