Bharti Says It Will De-Leverage Books
Financial Express
Bharti Airtel is looking at de-leveraging its books within 3-4 years after it acquires Zain’s African operations at an enterprise valuation of $10.7 billion. The road map for de-leveraging its combined balance sheet will have many components, including roping in global private equity investors at a later stage.
Topics: India, Malaysia, Bharti, Zain, SingTel, [...]
SingTel’s Strategy After Bharti Bid “Puzzles” Deutsche Bank
BusinessWeek
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. should explain to shareholders why the company allowed associate Bharti Airtel Ltd. to bid for Zain’s African wireless assets, instead of offering to buy the businesses directly, analysts at Deutsche Bank AG said.
Topics: SingTel, telecommunications, India, Malaysia, Singapore, telecom, Zain, Bharti
SingTel Profits Rise 24%
Business Standard
Singapore’s leading telecom firm SingTel today reported 24 per cent increase in net profit at 991 million Singapore dollars (about $699 million) for the three months ending December 31, 2009, fuelled by strong growth in regional telecom businesses.
Topics: Singapore, IPO, Malaysia, telecom, Indonesia, Sydney, SingTel
SingTel, Bharti Collaborate
Calcutta Telegraph
Bharti Airtel is likely to leverage its Singapore connection in Bangladesh, where it has just picked up 70 per cent in Warid Telecom. Singapore Telecom (SingTel), which is Bharti’s largest shareholder, holds a significant stake in Pacific Bangladesh Telecom — the fifth largest mobile operator in Bangladesh.
Topics: Bharti, telecommunications, 3G, Bangladesh, telecom, Singapore, [...]
SingTel Wins $21m RWS Deal
Straits Times
SINGAPORE Telecommunications has clinched a seven-year, $21 million contract to equip all 1,800 rooms in the Resorts World Sentosa’s chain of six hotels.
Topics: telecom, SingTel, Singapore, Malaysia, telecommunications
Singapore Telecommunications Ups Stake In Bharti Airtel
Wall Street Journal
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (Z74.SG, SGAPY) will increase its stake in India’s largest mobile phone service provider Bharti Airtel Ltd. (532454.BY) to 31.95% as part of its strategy to maximize the value of its existing business.
Topics: India, cellular, Singapore, Malaysia, telecom, Calcutta, SingTel, telecommunications
Total Wireless Subscribers in Singapore to reach 7.13 million in 2013
TMCnet
SingTel continues to be the leader in Singapore’s wireless market. We expect that SingTel’s subscriber base will be growing over the next five years, and it will reach 3.46 million by the end of 2013
Topics: SingTel, Singapore, Malaysia, telecommunications, wireless, telecom
MTN Looking at SingTel, Too
Business Standard
South Africa’s MTN Group will explore opportunities with companies like Singapore Telecom (SingTel) as it continues to look at expanding footprint in the Asia Pacific region, while there is compelling pressure to close a deal with Bharti Airtel.
Topics: telecom, SingTel, Malaysia, Singapore, telecommunications
SingTel Launches Cloud Platform
ZDNet, Asia
The platform launched Tuesday, called SingTel Marketplace is intended to offer applications from a host of ISVs (independent software vendors), from small companies to larger software players, including the likes of Microsoft and Salesforce.com.
Topics: Singapore, telecoms, telecom, Asia, launch, software, SingTel
SingTel Won’t Comment on Australia-Asset Sale Report
Bloomberg
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. declined to confirm or deny a report its Sydney-based Optus Pty unit may sell its Australian assets, saying the company has a “range of options available to it. …
Topics: telecom, Sydney, telecommunications, Malaysia, SingTel, Singapore, Australia
July Launch for New iPhone in Singapore
Channel News Asia, Singapore
Come July, SingTel users in Singapore will be able to get their hands on the Apple iPhone 3G S, the most significant hardware upgrade yet for the popular touchscreen smartphone. …
Topics: Asia, telecom, 3G, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Malaysia, Cisco, Singapore, telecommunications, iPhone
SingTel: No Plan to Raise Bharti Airtel Stake
Wall Street Journal, Delhi
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. doesn’t plan to raise its stake in Bharti Airtel Ltd., India’s largest mobile phone operator by the number of subscribers, as of now, its chairman said Friday. “Today, we have no plans. …
Topics: Delhi, India, telecom, SingTel, Singapore, Malaysia, telecommunications
SingTel’s mobile phone subscribers top 249M
ABS CBN News, Philippines
SINGAPORE – Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) reported Wednesday a 35 percent annual increase in regional mobile phone subscribers despite the global economic downturn. Southeast Asia’s biggest telecom firm said 64 million new mobile phone …
Topics: SingTel, Asia, Malaysia, telecom, Singapore, telecommunications, Philippines
'Smart Wi-Fi' Market Booming In The Asia Pacific
NetworkWorld.com, MA
Its patented ’smart wi-fi and ’smart wireless’ LAN (WLAN) systems have already attracted major clients such as SingTel, with its mio TV (IPTV) service, and the Singapore airport Budget Terminals, with its deployment of public information systems on …
Topics: Wi-Fi, telecommunications, Malaysia, Singapore, Asia, IPTV, SingTel, wireless, telecom
Shift In Philippine Telco Space
ZDNet Asia, Singapore
Last week was quite eventful for the Philippine telecom sector. Globe Telecom, owned by the Ayala family and Singapore’s SingTel group, was the first to make the news when it revealed it was replacing its long-time president and CEO, Gerardo “Gerry” Ablaza, as part of a major management shakeup undertaken by its mother firm…
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