SingTel

[CityFarmer]

The fiber networks owned by the two telcos are mainly leased line business, which only a small fraction, relative to consumer network business, as far as I know...

StarHub, M1 not 100 per cent reliant on SingTel

SINGAPORE — Where it is economically viable, StarHub has built its own fibre optic network, as part of its efforts to increase network resilience, the telco said yesterday.

Responding to the Infocomm Development Authority’s (IDA) comments on Wednesday that over-reliance on SingTel’s infrastructure can be mitigated by the other telcos building their own, StarHub said it has built its own fibre network directly connecting some commercial buildings “mainly in the central business district” to serve its corporate customers.

The IDA had stepped in on Wednesday to stress that Singapore’s telecommunications infrastructure was sound, after a fire at SingTel’s Bukit Panjang Exchange earlier this month that crippled telecommunications in parts of Singapore left many in doubt over whether the infrastructure here was robust enough.

Yesterday, both StarHub and M1 stated that they build and own some of their own infrastructure.
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http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/sta...nt-singtel