SingTel on the line: Singapore's phone monopoly braces for competition

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Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) faces the challenge of the end of its monopoly from April 1997. This initially affects mobile services with fixed-line services affected three years later. SingTel has over 15 subsidiaries and ranks among the most efficient telecoms concerns in Asia. SingTel should benefit from an increase in mobile phone usage which will help offset the loss of its monopoly. It is difficult to assess the impact of the end of the fixed-line monopoly since the regulatory environment has yet to be clarified. The company is also looking for growth opportunities outside of Singapore.

Management, Deregulation, Company Profile, Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.

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The sky's the limit

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Satellites have in four years revolutionized television broadcasting in Asia and promise to soon do the same for voice and data telecommunications. Currently, very small aperture terminal services are in growing demand, but new and more ambitious systems are on the way. Three systems serving the region will operate out of geostationary orbit, with the first, Afro-Asian Satellite Communications, planning to start by early 1998. Two global systems will place 10 and 12 satellites in medium-Earth orbits, respectively, and two more in low-Earth orbits.

Telephone communications, exc. radio, Satellite Communications, Satellite Telecommunications, Equipment and supplies, Asia, Communications satellites

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Tokyo's last frontier

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Japan's growing skills in astronautical research are evident in its space plans for 1992. In Sep 1992, Mamoru Mohri will conduct experiments to test the possibilities of manufacturing pure metals and drugs in space. The H-2 rocket, which was scheduled for launch in Jan 1992, has been rescheduled for launching in Feb 1993. While H-1, H-2's predecessor, failed to meet US restrictions, it was successful in launching Japan's first satellite in space, JERS-1, in Feb 1992. Geotail will study the earth's magnetic field and to monitor its environment.

Space research and technology, Japan, Science and technology policy, Astronautical research

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