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My gripe is not rates, but quality. The 3G is faster in Combodia Siem Reap and 2.75G Edge in Malaysia is faster than 3G in Singapore. That's my personal experience.

(28-06-2013, 12:33 PM)specuvestor Wrote: [ -> ]My gripe is not rates, but quality. The 3G is faster in Combodia Siem Reap and 2.75G Edge in Malaysia is faster than 3G in Singapore. That's my personal experience.

Technology is the same across country, with similar specification. The reception quality will give different user experience.

(27-06-2013, 10:23 PM)CityFarmer Wrote: [ -> ]Base on the info from Figure 2: Average Effective Price Per Minute for Selected AP17 Markets, with link below. The rate in Singapore is comparable to M'sia, lower than Philippine, Taiwan, Korea, NZ, Australia and Japan.

So the hearsay busted...

http://www.gsma.com/publicpolicy/wp-cont...bfinal.pdf

Would be interesting to find out how is "average effective price" calculated.

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(28-06-2013, 12:33 PM)specuvestor Wrote: [ -> ]My gripe is not rates, but quality. The 3G is faster in Combodia Siem Reap and 2.75G Edge in Malaysia is faster than 3G in Singapore. That's my personal experience.

What applications were you testing with?

(28-06-2013, 04:46 PM)CityFarmer Wrote: [ -> ]

(28-06-2013, 12:33 PM)specuvestor Wrote: [ -> ]My gripe is not rates, but quality. The 3G is faster in Combodia Siem Reap and 2.75G Edge in Malaysia is faster than 3G in Singapore. That's my personal experience.

Technology is the same across country, with similar specification. The reception quality will give different user experience.

This is actually not true though the software protocol of GPRS or WCDMA is the same. It depends on the repeater and base station and how they configure the transmission which some countries use fixed line backbone to transport. 3G has the added problem of not able to penetrate buildings so more infrastructure is needed.

Another possible reason is density as each base station only support certain no of nodes, However it explains Siem Reap but probably not Malaysia.

I'm a tech guy and hopefully I am unbiased, but the difference is noticeably significant

(29-06-2013, 12:34 AM)touzi Wrote: [ -> ]

(28-06-2013, 12:33 PM)specuvestor Wrote: [ -> ]My gripe is not rates, but quality. The 3G is faster in Combodia Siem Reap and 2.75G Edge in Malaysia is faster than 3G in Singapore. That's my personal experience.

What applications were you testing with?

Simple web browsing with iphone will suffice. U guys can try using 2G ie 2.75G EDGE in Malaysia (U will see a E rather than a circle) and see if it is faster than 3G in Singapore.

M1 will release its Second Quarter and Half Year 2013 on 16 July 2013...

http://info.sgx.com/webcoranncatth.nsf/V...B0033E67E/$file/DateOfReleaseOf2013HalfYearResults.pdf?openelement

M1 results
http://infopub.sgx.com/FileOpen/2Q13Pres...eID=247912

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M1 jumps 3% on Q2 results

Shares in telecommunications firm M1 gained nearly 3% in a weaker broader market, helping kick off Singapore’s results season with an inspiring quarterly performance.

M1’s net profit rose about 11% to $39.2 million in the second quarter ended June 30 and the company said it expects moderate growth in net profit for the full year.

Analysts highlighted a strong business performance. “The surging take-up of tiered data plans is starting to show, with service revenue growth soaring to a 10-year high of 8% year-on-year while EBITDA margin is fairly resilient,” brokerage CIMB said in a report.

http://www.theedgesingapore.com/the-dail...sults.html

1box was around for few years already. It was offered FOC. Time to offer it as a product (as MiBox) and a new income source

M1 finally goes into OTT service...

(vested)

M1 increases its Internet TV offerings with new MiBox

Telco M1 has "upsized" its Internet television offerings by throwing in free movies, e-books and games as well as more than doubling the amount of paid online content available.

From Friday, customers will be given a new set-top box, called MiBox to plug into their TVs to stream online content. This box will replace M1's existing 1box

http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-new...x-20130726

(27-07-2013, 09:31 PM)CityFarmer Wrote: [ -> ]1box was around for few years already. It was offered FOC. Time to offer it as a product (as MiBox) and a new income source

M1 finally goes into OTT service...

(vested)

M1 increases its Internet TV offerings with new MiBox

Telco M1 has "upsized" its Internet television offerings by throwing in free movies, e-books and games as well as more than doubling the amount of paid online content available.

From Friday, customers will be given a new set-top box, called MiBox to plug into their TVs to stream online content. This box will replace M1's existing 1box

http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-new...x-20130726

Will they be able to offer Barclay League too?

(27-07-2013, 09:31 PM)CityFarmer Wrote: [ -> ]1box was around for few years already. It was offered FOC. Time to offer it as a product (as MiBox) and a new income source

M1 finally goes into OTT service...

(vested)

M1 increases its Internet TV offerings with new MiBox

Telco M1 has "upsized" its Internet television offerings by throwing in free movies, e-books and games as well as more than doubling the amount of paid online content available.

From Friday, customers will be given a new set-top box, called MiBox to plug into their TVs to stream online content. This box will replace M1's existing 1box

http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-new...x-20130726

Thanks for the info, CF!