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Starhub claims data bill shock is history with new plan add-on
StarHub has announced another major #HelloChange plan add-on to remove all uncertainty caused by extra monthly data usage charges. Read more…
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StarHub makes telco-hate a selling point for new data plans
StarHub’s new marketing campaign acknowledges that customers hate them, and vows to fix that, starting with simplified mobile data plans. It just might work. There are many ways to pitch a new mobile data pricing Read more…
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5G WIRE: GSMA yells at Germany, 3GPP corrections, 6G tester
5G action this day: GSMA yells at Germany over 5G license conditions; Nokia and StarHub complete 3.5 GHz 5G pilot; 3GPP explains 5G standards corrections; ETSI releases IP specs for 5G slicing and URLLC; DoCoMo Read more…
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StarHub lures HFC subs to fiber ahead of mid-2019 shutdown
Singaporean telco StarHub announced that it is escalating efforts to migrate its HFC cable broadband customers to its fiber service before shutting down the cable network completely in the middle of next year. StarHub announced Read more…
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StarHub puts data at center of prepaid with free voice calls
StarHub says it is now offering its prepaid customers free local outgoing voice calls as long as they have an active data plan in a bid to simplify the customer experience. Customers using StarHub’s ‘Happy Read more…
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StarHub launches transformation plan to stay alive in Singapore
Facing serious competitive pressures in Singapore, StarHub has unveiled an ambitious transformation plan that it says will boost efficiencies, lower opex and speed up decision-making processes – but it also means sacking at least 300 Read more…
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StarHub and UOB collaborate to help SMEs go digital
StarHub and United Overseas Bank (UOB) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore, to develop and to provide digital solutions to help SMEs accelerate their digitalization efforts. Under the MoU, UOB will be Read more…
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StarHub offers Linksys router designed to tackle home Wi-Fi congestion
StarHub and Linksys have launched a new MU-MIMO home router specifically built to solve a key issue for customers in Singapore – home Wi-Fi speeds slowed by heavy use and congested signals from multiple routers Read more…
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MyRepublic finally enters Singapore’s mobile sector as an MVNO
MyRepublic has formed an MVNO partnership with StarHub, which will enable the broadband operator to offer mobile services in Singapore utilizing StarHub’s mobile network infrastructure. MyRepublic first announced its intentions to launch mobile services in Read more…
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StarHub reveals new incoming CEO, quits HFC rollouts
StarHub announced Friday that Peter Kaliaropoulos would become CEO of the group effective July 9. Kaliaropoulos will join StarHub from Zain Saudi Arabia, where as CEO he led the company to its first ever net Read more…
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StarHub goes gigabit for customers with the correct handsets
StarHub says it is now offering 1-Gbps connectivity on certain parts of its network, although users need compatible smartphones and sign to a specific data plan to get that level of connectivity. First deployed in Marina Read more…
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StarHub enters Singapore’s freshly liberalized energy sector with Sunseap
ITEM: Earlier this month, Morgan Stanley issued a research note suggesting that telcos should be looking at the energy sector as a new opportunity by bundling electricity services. On Monday, Singaporean telco StarHub did just Read more…
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Nokia is all about the digital smart cities with latest solutions
Nokia is aiming to boost its visibility in the smart cities space (or “digital cities”, as the company now calls them) with three new solutions plus a set of analytics-based smart-city services co-developed with Singaporean Read more…
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StarHub teams with Nokia to create and launch IoT services in 2018
Nokia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with StarHub to develop new IoT use cases and applications in the areas of connected living, connected vehicles and connected buildings, with plans to offer commercial services Read more…
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StarHub, Prudential launch blockchain trading platform for SMEs
StarHub and Prudential Singapore have jointly announced a partnership to launch Fasttrack Trade (FTT) – billed as Singapore’s first digital trade platform for SMEs using blockchain technology. FTT would allow SMEs to seek business partners and distributors, Read more…
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StarHub and ST Kinetics deploy hotel laundry robots
StarHub and ST Kinetics have jointly announced a partnership to deploy Aethon TUG robots, to help automate material movement in business environments for greater efficiencies and productivity. For a start, the TUG robots will be deployed Read more…
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TechXLR8 Asia: StarHub’s IoT plan to connect cars, buildings and more
The Internet of Things was a hot topic at the recent TechXLR8 Asia event in Singapore, not least because telcos see IoT as a potential new revenue opportunity as they look beyond connecting mere mobile Read more…
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OCBC and StarHub to invest $4.5m in “We Economy” ecosystem
OCBC Bank and StarHub have announced a partnership under which they will invest S$6 million ($4.5 million) over 12 months to research technologies and build networks of partnerships across multiple industries and give customers better services, Read more…
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StarHub SIM targets Chinese tourists with unlimited WeChat and Lingcod
StarHub has teamed up with Tencent’s WeChat to launch a mobile prepaid SIM aimed at mainland Chinese tourists in Singapore. The StarHub WeChat Go SIM provides users not only with local talktime, SMS and IDD 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…