Google-Wifi has landed in Hong Kong and Singapore via separate exclusive deals with telcos HKT and StarHub, who are offering the mesh Wi-Fi device as part of revamped broadband bundles. HKT Smart Living is offering Read more…
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…
StarHub Mobile says it will commercially switch on TDD-LTE on the 2.5-GHz band in the area surrounding The Float at Marina Bay on National Day to give customers attending the National Day Parade a 30% capacity boost. Read more…
StarHub announced that it is going to go ahead and buy the rest of cyber security systems integrator Accel Systems & Technologies, although it won’t become a wholly-owned subsidiary until 2020. StarHub bought a 51% Read more…
Singaporean operator StarHub has announced an agreement to acquire a 51% stake in cyber security systems integrator Accel Systems & Technologies for S$19.3 million ($14 million) in cash. StarHub said the proposed acquisition will strengthen Read more…
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…
The service outages experienced by StarHub broadband customers last October were the result of a surge in legitimate DNS traffic and not a deliberate cyber attack as the telco initially claimed, according to Singapore’s infocomms Read more…
StarHub has announced the official opening of its Hubtricity innovation center and “converged operations cockpit” to accelerate service innovation and co-creation with partners and customers. The cockpit – the centerpiece of the new 58,000 square-foot facility Read more…
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…
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…
Singapore’s three main cellcos – Singtel, M1 and StarHub – have announced joint support for the GSMA’s Mobile Connect authentication standard, which they say will enable consumers to enjoy fast, simple and secure access to Read more…
Singapore telco StarHub says it has used Nokia’s AirScale platform to demonstrate in a ‘live’ setting how 5G centimeter-wave (cmWave) can deliver mobile broadband with a throughput speed of 4.3 Gbps and latency of just Read more…
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