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  Singapore Telecommunications - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SingTel has expanded aggressively outside its home market and owns shares in many regional operators, including 100% of Australian telecommunications company Optus, acquired in 2000 from Cable and Wireless and other shareholders of Optus.
SingTel is currently headed by Lee Hsien Yang, the youngest son of the former prime minister, now known as Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and the brother of current prime minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong.
Singtel owns a 20.33% stake in Hong Kong's APT Satellite, although it is not included as a subsidiary as the stake is non-controlling.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/SingTel   (625 words)

  
 CNN.com - Data drives SingTel profit to $1.28bn - May 11, 2001
SingTel, which is in the midst of buying Australia's Cable & Wireless Optus, also said it expected lower earnings in the current year due to a fall in contributions from existing international investments.
Lee Hsien Yang, SingTel's president and chief executive officer, said revenue contribution from overseas had risen to just under 29 percent in the last financial year from slightly under a quarter in the previous one.
SingTel shares have lost about a third of their value since its cash and scrip bid of up to $9 billion for Optus was announced in March on concerns that it has overpaid and there would be little synergies from the acquisition.
edition.cnn.com /2001/BUSINESS/asia/05/11/sing.singtelresults   (530 words)

  
 TIMEasia.com: Digital -- Tech Talk: SingTel Heads Down Under
SingTel has been a monopoly for most of its life and in Singapore -- where the government does what it can to cosset business -- managing a company has mostly meant showing up for work.
SingTel has pushed ahead with the Optus deal despite it being one of the year's most unpopular deals.
SingTel has responded unconvincingly, saying just because the government owns 78% of the firm (rising to about 85% if you count the government-managed state pension plan), it is not "controlled" by the government.
www.time.com /time/asia/digital/column/0,9754,172606,00.html   (790 words)

  
 CNN.com - SingTel widens power base with TelkomSel stake - November 1, 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
SingTel will pay $602 million to the Dutch group KPN for its 22.3 percent minority stake in Indonesia's biggest mobile operator.
SingTel regards its capital alliances throughout the region as a way to share, and effectively slash, sourcing and development costs.
SingTel, Asia's sixth-largest telecommunications group, has long expressed a desire to become a "true pan-Asia Pacific communications leader" since its Optus bid was launched earlier this year.
archives.cnn.com /2001/BUSINESS/asia/11/01/sing.singtelexpansion   (474 words)

  
 SingTel, Deutsche Telekom in talks for alliance
Reports in the local newspapers said SingTel and Deutsche were in talks over a possible tie-up for their cellular operations, with speculation the German telecoms giant might also take as much as a 20 per cent stake in SingTel.
When contacted, a SingTel spokeswoman told Reuters it was not the company's policy to comment on any ongoing discussions the company might have before they were finalised.
SingTel, the largest company 7on the Singapore Stock Exchange with a market capitalisation of $42 billion, saw its shares react positively to news of a potential alliance with Deutsche.
www.expressindia.com /fe/daily/19990813/fco13058.html   (580 words)

  
 MobileTechNews - SingTel launches 3G trial
SingTel had earlier invited mobile customers to submit their interest in taking part in the 3G trial.
The trial users were selected based on their current voice and data usage which provided a good indication that they will be able to experience the full effects of 3G in their normal daily usage of mobile services.
Part of SingTel's investment will be in encouraging the use of video calls, which is one of the unique features of 3G.
www.mobiletechnews.com /info/2004/09/22/112105.html   (665 words)

  
 Web Host Directory Forums - SingTel Leads in Managed Hosting Services Market in Asia Pacific
SingTel is the first in the region to partner with HP under the latter's Service Provider Program.
SingTel is Asia's leading communications company with a comprehensive portfolio of services that include voice and data services over fixed, wireless and Internet platforms.
SingTel's turnover and net profit after tax (before extraordinary items) for the year ended 31 March 2001 were $2.71 billion and $1.27 billion respectively.
www.freeforums.com /showthread.php?t=9051   (1093 words)

  
 CNN.com - SingTel spends $8.6bn in bold growth bid - March 26, 2001
SingTel has provided three different options for Optus shareholders comprising 1.66 SingTel shares for every one Optus share, or 0.8 SingTel shares and Australian $2.25 cash per share for each share, or 0.54 SingTel shares, Australian $2 per share cash and $0.45 U.S. bonds per share.
SingTel has been knocked back in recent expansion opportunities in Hong Kong and Malaysia for chiefly political reasons.
SingTel is majority owned and controlled by the Singapore Government, but it has indicated that it will decrease its influence in the near future.
archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/03/25/sing.aust.singtel02   (853 words)

  
 Business Wire: SingTel Completes Deployment of Quarry Security Service Routers In Next Generation Service Rollout
SingTel is taking advantage of Quarry's integrated MPLS and IP security (IPsec) capabilities to provide secure remote, site-to-site, and extranet access for its international business customers.
SingTel is Asia's leading communications group with operations and investments around the world.
SingTel employs more than 19,000 people worldwide and had a turnover of S$12.0 billion (US$7.17 billion) and net profit after tax of S$4.49 billion (US$2.68 billion) for the year ended 31 March 2004.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2004_August_24/ai_n6166653   (913 words)

  
 Business Wire: SingTel EXPAN Broadens Data Network Center Serv... @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
EXPAN is a pan-Asian chain of data network centers, built upon SingTel's network infrastructure, that provides a highly secure hosting environment where customers can host their application and network systems, and have access to high-end technologies and data center resources.
SingTel is Asia's leading communications company with operations and investments in more than 20 countries and territories around the world.
EXPAN is a pan-Asian chain of data network centres, built upon SingTel's own network infrastructure that provides a world class, robust and secure hosting environment where customers can host their application and network systems, and have access to high-end technologies and data centre resources that can easily be scaled to their business needs.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:128217941&refid=holomed_1   (781 words)

  
 CNN.com - SingTel reveals bid plan for C&W Optus - February 16, 2001
SingTel is said to be moving closer to a cash bid for C&W Optus.
Prior to making its statement, SingTel had consistently refused to discuss any specific interest in Optus, saying only that it was eyeing many available telecom assets in the Asia-Pacific.
Chief executive Lee Hsien Yang recently told CNN that SingTel was eager to expand across Asia, had little debt and plenty of scope to raise funds.
edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/02/14/australia.optus   (607 words)

  
 SingTel likely to buy stake in PTCL -DAWN - Business; 06 February, 2004
Senior SingTel officials have met Pakistani officials hoping that the country's Privatization Commission would accelerate the sale process which has been in limbo since the sale was first announced in the 1990s.
SingTel "would want to have a significant role in the business" if it chooses to invest in Pakistan Telecom, Lee said.
Chua said there is "flexibility" for SingTel to raise its debt levels, although having the ability to do so doesn't necessarily mean that it will, she added.
www.dawn.com /2004/02/06/ebr3.htm   (647 words)

  
 Ericsson named sole supplier for WCDMA to SingTel in Singapore
Lucas Chow, SingTel's Executive Vice President of Consumer Business and CEO of SingTel Mobile said: "SingTel is pleased to appoint Ericsson as the supplier of its 3G network in Singapore as it has given the most attractive proposal.
SingTel is Asia's leading communications company with operations and investments in more than 20 countries.
In Singapore, SingTel has more than 120 years of operating experience and has played an integral part in the development of the city as a major communications hub.
quickstart.clari.net /qs_se/webnews/wed/cb/Bericsson.RwXS_DlU.html   (402 words)

  
 CIOL : News : Asian mobile growth spurs SingTel Q1 profit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
SingTel has spent S$17 billion in the last four years buying firms in Australia and high-growth Asian nations as it battles fierce competition at home, where nine out of 10 people already own a mobile phone.
SingTel, majority owned by the government, made an underlying profit before goodwill and exceptionals of S$762 million ($460 million) in its fiscal first quarter to June, compared with S$696 million in the year-earlier quarter.
SingTel's Optus division has a one-third share of Australia's mobile phone market, where more than eight in 10 people own a handset and competition is heating up.
www.ciol.com /content/news/2005/105080402.asp   (484 words)

  
 MobileTechNews - SingTel mobile customers invited to trial 3G for free
Customers taking part in the trial will be picked from among those who register their interest at the 3G showcase at the hello!@Orchard store or via the SingTel website at www.ideas.singtel.com/3g from 3 September 2003 to 31 October 2003.
Mr Hui Weng Cheong, SingTel's Vice President (Consumer Products), said: "We are looking for customers who are early adopters of technology and who have a high level of interest to use high-speed data services to take part in our trial.
SingTel will seek their feedback in helping us to enhance the 3G services that we will be rolling out commercially early next year."
www.mobiletechnews.com /info/2003/09/04/235225.html   (422 words)

  
 Microsoft Customer Reference Programme   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
With the SingTel combined websites, which achieved less than one million hits a month last year, now seeing on average 24 million hits per month and 100,000 new people visiting the singtelshop.com site per month, the platform requirements have once again been challenged.
SingTel is taking advantage of Windows 2000's clustering support, which lets a group of connected computers run a common set of applications.
SingTel is able to use fewer systems to do the same work, reducing both hardware, software and support costs.
www.microsoft.com /asia/crp/insertRate.asp?rateCaseStudy=3&CaseID=49   (1231 words)

  
 SingTel's Regional Capabilities in Managed Hosting Services Recognised | NetStumbler.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
SingTel's data centres in Singapore and Hong Kong received their BS 7799 certification in 2002 and 2003 respectively.
SingTel's data centre in Tokyo, Japan, joined the elite rank of BS 7799 certified companies in Japan recently.
Optus, SingTel's wholly owned subsidiary in Australia, is expected to be BS 7799 certified next year.
www.netstumbler.com /newswire/2005/09/13/singtels_regional_capabilities_in_managed_hosting_services_recog   (459 words)

  
 SingTel Says 'Good-Bye 35mm Reels, Hello Digital Movies to Asia'
Marking a momentous accomplishment, SingTel recently became the first carrier in the Asia Pacific region to facilitate the cross-border digital distribution of a newly released film.
SingTel's ATM service supports video, voice and data transmission over a single communication network and is ideal for organizations that need robust and resilient multi-site connections across boundaries.
In Singapore, SingTel has had more than 120 years of operating experience and has played an integral part in the development of the city as a major communications hub in the region.
www.filmmakers.com /news/digital/printer_37.shtml   (955 words)

  
 Asiaweek.com | Singtel Blues | 2/16/2001
SingTel is considered a frontrunner in the bidding, as it was in Hong Kong.
SingTel branched into the high-growth Internet arena, but plans to take public ventures such as a 50-50 partnership with U.S. portal Lycos were scuttled by the dotcom crash.
Underlying all SingTel's woes is Singapore's telecom-sector deregulation.
www.asiaweek.com /asiaweek/technology/article/0,8707,98441,00.html   (1571 words)

  
 - SingTel steady as Optus prospers - Internet Business News
SingTel's overseas investments now account for around 70 percent of revenue and 60 percent of pre-tax profit, and so a 2.7 percent revenue decline to S$1.001 billion in SingTel's home market had little effect on the figures.
The importance of SingTel's overseas ventures, particularly Optus, is shown by the fact that Optus's mobile revenue for the quarter of S$982 million was almost as large as SingTel's total home country revenue of S$1.001 billion.
SingTel consolidated its focus on the Asia-Pacific region with the disposal in March of its stake in Belgian operator Belgacom SA.
www.thestandard.com /article.php?story=20040805142531702&mode=print   (278 words)

  
 SingTel.com - About SingTel
SingTel’s ability to support multi-national corporations (MNCs) on a cross-border basis is anchored by its extensive network of SingTel Global Offices (SGOs).
SingTel employs more than 19,000 people worldwide and had a turnover of S$12.62 billion (US$7.65 billion) and net profit after tax of S$3.27 billion (US$1.98 billion) for the year ended 31 March 2005.
SingTel is the largest company listed on the Singapore Exchange with a market capitalisation of about S$43 billion (US$26 billion) as of May 2005.
home.singtel.com /about_singtel/company_profile/default.asp   (504 words)

  
 SingTel bullish over GSM system, says CEO
He said SingTel, which had spent over Singapore $550 million on both GSM and personal communications network (PCN) systems, was committed to improve the systems further with another S$150 million investment.
SingTel's PCN network, which spans over 500 base stations in Singapore, was renamed to reflect the synergies between the PCN and GSM 1800 systems, the company said.
Lee said SingTel ``clearly made the right decision'' with the European Community mandating 44 countries to issue new GSM 1800 licenses on January 1, 1998.
www.expressindia.com /fe/daily/19971128/33255623.html   (406 words)

  
 Channelnewsasia Forum :: View topic - Singtel on the down?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Singtel: 35% owned subsidiary PT Telekomunikasi expects Indonesia’s mobile phone subscriber numbers to grow between 20-25% annually until 2010, and sees some downward trend in its earnings margin over time due to stiffer competition.
Singtel is like this Bear, guess what after some setbacks, it is going to change to Bull..
Fundamentally singtel is still the the leader in the region with tons of cash locked.
info.channelnewsasia.com /bb/viewtopic.php?t=15447&postdays=0&postorder=desc   (1306 words)

  
 SingTel, Optus deal still in limbo - Communications - News ...
SingTel has thus far managed to acquire an initial 19.9 percent stake in Cable & Wireless Optus Ltd for A$3 billion in cash, bonds and stock from Cable & Wireless Plc (C&W).
SingTel and Optus have been in talks for the past six months, said SingTel CEO Lee Hsien Yang at this morning's briefing.
SingTel, he said, would seek an ASX listing if it acquires 100 percent stake in Optus (as the latter would have to be de-listed).
www.zdnetasia.com /news/communications/0,39044192,10035773,00.htm   (724 words)

  
 IT AsiaOne - News - SingTel trades end STI's three-day slide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
SINGTEL almost single-handedly ended a three-day losing streak in the Singapore market yesterday in the wake of its successful acquisition of Australia's No 2 telco Cable & Wireless Optus.
At home, SingTel, the fifth most heavily weighted STI stock after the Big Four local banks, added 4.6 points to the index when it rose 4.1 per cent or eight cents to $2.02.
There was a block of 691,000 SingTel shares traded in the last five minutes of the post-close session at $2.02, two cents higher than the last trade done at 5 pm, which is the normal market closing time.
it.asia1.com.sg /newsarchive/09/news008_20010901.html   (587 words)

  
 - SingTel posts record revenue in Q3 - Internet Business News
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (SingTel) posted record revenue of S$3.02 billion (US$1.78 billion) for the third quarter of its fiscal year, the period from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, 2003, 15.9 percent up on the same quarter one year earlier, the company said Thursday.
The main highlight of the year was an 88 percent increase in Singapore broadband subscribers to 240,000, SingTel said.
SingTel's other associate companies are becoming an important revenue and profit stream, especially in mobile operations, SingTel reported.
www.thestandard.com /article.php?story=20040205082122578&mode=print   (399 words)

  
 SingTel.com - SingTel Hong Kong
Today, SingTel Hong Kong has more than 50 employees and they include local professionals who understand the local telecommunications environment and are familiar with local regulations and procedures.
SingTel has extensive satellite and submarine cable networks across the Asia Pacific and SingTel Hong Kong is able to leverage on this proven, diverse and reliable infrastructure to provide businesses with seamless connections globally.
SingTel has in-depth knowledge and over 125 years of experience in Asia, having adopted a hands-on approach working with its customers and partners.
www.singtel.com.hk   (275 words)

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