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M1 donates free mobile SIMs to lower-income youths
Singapore’s M1 is donating up to 10,000 SIM cards with free mobile plans to youth from lower-income families. Read more…
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Singapore’s first 5G Industry 4.0 trial with IBM, IMDA, M1 and Samsung
Singapore’s first 5G Industry 4.0 trial, to demonstrate the transformative impact of 5G for enterprises, involves IBM, IMDA, M1 and Samsung. Read more…
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Singapore’s M1 selects Aria Systems for cloud billing
US-based Aria Systems has announced that Singaporean telecom services provider M1 has selected its billing and monetisation platform for cloud billing. Read more…
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Singapore mobile operators Starhub & M1 join forces for 5G bid
Singapore mobile operators StarHub and M1 have signed an exclusive agreement to cooperate and submit a joint bid for a 5G licence. Read more…
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M1 launches managed video surveillance service for enterprises
Singaporean operator M1 announced the launch of its new cloud-based video surveillance service for corporates using its fiber broadband service. The video surveillance service is a secure end-to-end fully integrated solution that enables business owners Read more…
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5G WIRE: M1 small cells, TechnoLab trials and 3 HK gets cloudified
5G action this day: M1 and Nokia trial 5G small cell and IoT use cases; Smart and Huawei beat 14 Gbps in the TechnoLab; Huawei is cloudifying 3 HK’s network for 5G readiness M1 and Read more…
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M1 and Huawei gear up to test 5G with 360-view VR broadcasts
Singaporean cellco M1 and Huawei announced plans to jointly showcase local 5G use cases, starting with a live demonstration of 360-view VR broadcasts by end of this month. The demo, using 5G equipment set up Read more…
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M1 and Keppel Electric join Singapore’s open electricity retail scheme
Singaporean cellco M1 has become the second cellco to target Singapore’s newly liberalized electricity services market by teaming up with Keppel Electric to jointly bundle telecoms and power products. Keppel Electric is one of 14 Read more…
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M1, Singtel and NTU Singapore set up various R&D projects
Operators M1 and Singtel are collaborating with Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore and others for separate research projects involving 4.5G drones, AI, data analytics, robotics and IoT. M1 announced Thursday that it has conducted successful Read more…
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M1 and VMware launch cloud service for Singaporean digital start-ups
Singaporean cellco M1 and VMware have announced a new cloud offering that enables local digital start-ups and SMEs to rapidly develop software-based products and grow their business without hefty up-front infrastructure expenditure. M1 is enhancing Read more…
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M1, OTTO and SmartCity launch NB-IoT smart waste management
Singaporean cellco M1 announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with OTTO Waste Systems and SmartCity Solutions to implement what it says is the first intelligent waste management system in Singapore utilizing NB-IoT Read more…
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M1 launches network-based smartphone malware detection service
Singaporean cellco M1 has launched a network-based mobile malware detection solution that checks devices accessing the network for signs that they may be infected. The solution, M1 Mobile Guard, is powered by Nokia’s NetGuard Endpoint Security solution. If Read more…
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M1 and StarHub launch (more or less) unlimited data plans
ITEM: Singapore has become the latest battleground for unlimited data plans, with cellcos M1 and StarHub launching competing plans offering customers unlimited 4G data – although the two operators have slightly different ideas of what Read more…
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M1 beats Singtel to the punch in NB-IoT network debut
Singaporean cellco M1 is first out of the gate in the island’s cellular-IoT race with Monday’s launch of its commercial nationwide NB-IoT network, with Singtel vowing to launch its own NB-IoT network by the end Read more…
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Singapore cellcos sign on first digital services to support Mobile Connect logins
Singapore’s three main cellcos have previewed the first services to be enabled by the GSMA’s Mobile Connect authentication standard later this year, including payment apps, content providers and a food delivery service. EZ-Link, FOX Networks Read more…
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Rumor: M1 shareholders approach China Mobile for possible buyout
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Top shareholders in Singapore telecoms company M1 Ltd have approached potential buyers China Mobile and global private equity firms, among others, to sell their combined majority stake in the firm, sources familiar Read more…
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M1 launches Singapore’s first virtual Enhanced Packet Core (vEPC) solution
Mobile network operator, M1 Limited, has announced that it will be launching Singapore’s first cloud-based virtual Enhanced Packet Core (vEPC) network solution with information and communications technology solutions provider, Huawei. This solution is targeted at enhancing Read more…
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StarHub and M1 are feeling the pressure from above and below
Singapore’s no.2 and no.3 telcos – StarHub and M1 – are feeling the pressure. StarHub just published its financial results for 2016, revealing a drop in net profit for the year, from S$372 million ($262 Read more…
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Singapore’s IMDA makes plans for 5G as M1 and Huawei fire up 5G demo
As Singapore’s comms regulator revs up for 5G, M1 and Huawei announced that they have successfully achieved what they claim is Singapore’s highest 5G data transmission speed of 35 Gbps. The demonstration, at M1’s main Read more…
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M1 and StarHub to expand mobile infrastructure sharing ties
Singaporean mobile operators M1 and StarHub Mobile have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) study potential further collaboration in mobile infrastructure sharing, with a focus on sharing radio access network, backhaul and access assets. For Read more…