Singapore Telecom faces a new world of competition
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Government-owned Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. is facing up to the task of increasing its customer base and expanding its services in the prospect of a deregulated telecommunications industry in Singapore. The Singapore government decided to deregulate the industry's cellular and pager service sector on April 1, 1997, and the domestic fixed line and international services by the year 2000. Singapore Telecom's cellular service earned net profits of S$195 mil. ($130.6 mil.) and is still vying for position in the country's cellular market penetration rate of 13%.
Publication Name: The Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0191-0132
Year: 1997
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More licenses in Singapore
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The Telecommunications Authority of Singapore (TAS) is planning to issue more telecommunications service licenses that will allow telecommunications providers to offer additional services in 2002. The agency plans to issue licenses to one or more of global consortial bidding for licenses that take effect in mid-1998. After the TAS' licenses are granted, Singapore Telecommunications Ltd., an 80% government-owned provider, will have its first competitors.
Publication Name: The Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0191-0132
Year: 1997
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Good news amid the gloom
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The telecommunications industry taps a flourishing market in troubled Asia since the demand for the nuts and bolts of digital networks has been relatively unharmed by Asia's economic woes. The situation is helping firms such as Ascend Communications Inc of Alameda, CA, and Datacraft Asia Ltd of Singapore. Ascend and other networking firms note that China continues to be their most major source of new sales.
Publication Name: The Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0191-0132
Year: 1998
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