The time-table for the auction, is announced. Sept 1, is the day to know, slightly later than anticipated...
Fourth telco airwave auction to be held as early as October, says IDA
SINGAPORE - An airwave auction to determine Singapore's fourth mobile operator will take place as early as October, according to final auction rules published yesterday by the authorities.
Sept 1 has been set as the date for any potential new entrants to submit their application forms, including documents to show they have enough funds. The Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) will take 20 days to look through the documents, and provide one week of training to the potential bidders on how to use the computerised auction system.
If all goes well, the auction will take place in early October, and the fourth telco could be rolling out its services as early as April next year (2017).
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http://www.straitstimes.com/tech/fourth-...r-says-ida
Does anyone have any views on Singtel/Starhub/M1?
M1 price is now quite low while Starhub is trading at a very high PE right now and Singtel price looks high. Thinking of accumulating abit of M1.
It might be a good news to existing operators...
(vested)
IDA fines Consistel S$300,000 for licence breach in 'unprecedented' action
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As for whether this enforcement decision will play a part in deciding if Consistel remains a viable candidate to be the country's fourth telco, she said IDA will take into account all of its enforcement actions when evaluating a candidate's application during the pre-qualification stage of the bid.
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http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/busi...43798.html
Update on M1 infrastructure...
M1 to roll out HetNet, unveils plan for IoT network
SINGAPORE telco M1 will introduce the first commercial Heterogeneous Network (HetNet) following successful trials earlier this year.
HetNet will allow M1's customers to surf, without disruption, at high speeds with a peak download speed of more than 1 Gbps by 2017. This is up sharply from the current peak speed of 450Mbps.
Separately, M1 and Nokia also announced on Friday a strategic partnership to roll out a nationwide commercial narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) network by the first half of 2017.
M1 will invest more than S$50 million towards the two networks.
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Source: Business Times Breaking News
It might be the end of MR's and ViewQwest's VPN selling point on their fiber-plans. Anyway, their market share is negligible with about 5%...
(vested in M1 only)
Reviewing VPN concerns
irtual private network (VPN) has been a contentious piece of technology here for years.
Content publishers are unhappy that consumers here use the technology to access blocked content meant for overseas markets, even though many paid for the content. VPN has become more easily available since 2012, with local firms ViewQwest and MyRepublic bundling the service with their fibre broadband plans.
On Tuesday, the Ministry of Law called for public feedback, hoping to update the Copyright Act, which was last updated significantly in 2004.
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Source: Straits Times
Latest news on M1's cyber security. Today is the dateline for 4th mobile operator to submit plan to IDA, but no news so far...
(vested)
Secura to provide cyber security to M1
SINGAPORE (Sept 1): Secura Group’s wholly owned subsidiary Red Sentry has entered into a strategic alliance with M1 Net, a unit of M1, to be its cyber advisory and consultancy partner.
Secura will provide cyber security consultancy, and value added products and services like Vulnerability Assessment, Penetration Testing and Device Control, to M1’s corporate customers.
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http://www.theedgemarkets.com.sg/sg/arti...ecurity-m1
Two have expressed their interest...
Two Singapore firms formally express interest in becoming country's fourth telco
[SINGAPORE] Two firms have formally submitted their expressions of interest to the Singapore telecommunications regulator to participate in an airwaves auction later this year that could usher in a fourth telecom operator in the city-state.
Singapore currently has three telecom operators - Singapore Telecommunications Ltd, M1 Ltd and StarHub Ltd - and the government has been seeking to increase competition.
Newly formed company airYotta Pte Ltd and fibre broadband services provider MyRepublic have submitted their interest, the firms said in separate statements on Thursday.
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REUTERS
Source: Business Times Breaking News
(01-09-2016, 09:43 PM)CityFarmer Wrote: [ -> ]Two have expressed their interest...
Two Singapore firms formally express interest in becoming country's fourth telco
[SINGAPORE] Two firms have formally submitted their expressions of interest to the Singapore telecommunications regulator to participate in an airwaves auction later this year that could usher in a fourth telecom operator in the city-state.
Singapore currently has three telecom operators - Singapore Telecommunications Ltd, M1 Ltd and StarHub Ltd - and the government has been seeking to increase competition.
Newly formed company airYotta Pte Ltd and fibre broadband services provider MyRepublic have submitted their interest, the firms said in separate statements on Thursday.
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REUTERS
Source: Business Times Breaking News
More update on the coming new telco bidding...
MyRepublic, TPG Telecom and AirYotta in race for fourth telco licence
SINGAPORE (Sept 1): Three companies are officially in the race to be Singapore’s fourth telco.
By its deadline at 5pm on Thursday, the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) has received Expression of Interest Documents from fibre broadband provider MyRepublic, Australian telco TPG Telecom and AirYotta.
While MyRepublic has previously stated its intent to be the nation’s fourth telco, both TPG Telecom and AirYotta are new entrants.
AirYotta is led by former executives from OMGTel which is owned partly by local wireless systems specialist Consistel. OMGTel had previously signalled its interest in submitting a bid, but did not as of the deadline.
Chief executive of AirYotta Michael DeNoma is the former chief executive officer of OMGTel, while AirYotta Chief Technology Officer Philip Heah was formerly OMGTel vice president for Networks and Infrastructure.
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http://www.theedgemarkets.com.sg/sg/arti...co-licence
Mr. Market reacted to the recent announcement on 4th mobile operator.
The next, is the result of IDA pre-qualification process, which the key consideration, is likely the funding.
Let's see.
(vested in M1)
An inviting gesture to Keppel Corp management on its M1 stake?
Axiata signals interest to raise stake in M1
KUALA LUMPUR — Axiata Group’s chief executive Jamaludin Ibrahim has signalled that the company is interested in raising its stake in Singapore telco M1 as part of plans to turn Malaysia’s biggest mobile-phone operator into a bigger regional carrier.
“Strategically, it will be good for us to increase the stake. If the price is right, we will seriously consider it,” said Mr Jamaludin in an interview with Bloomberg published on Monday (Sept 5), although he added that no negotiations were under way.
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http://www.todayonline.com/business/axia...e-stake-m1