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August 12th, 2009 | by
Alfred SiewSingTel broadband users are seeing their webpages load slower than usual today, after what appears to be a pretty serious cut to the APCN2 submarine cables carrying Internet traffic in and out of...
August 6th, 2009 | by
Alfred SiewSome 95 per cent of homes, schools and office buildings in Singapore are being wired up with fibre optic cables for the country's next-generation broadband network, which promises an almost unlimited speed boost over existing...
July 21st, 2009 | by
Alfred SiewFor the past month, Techgoondu has been testing the MobileMobile Elite service that promises as much as 21Mbps downloads on the go. And we have to say it rocks! The proof in the pudding is in actual downloads, and I've to say I...
July 14th, 2009 | by
Alfred SiewIn one of the surprises of the rather boring telecom scene here in Singapore, StarHub has just announced that it is going to be led by the former CEO of rival telco MobileOne, Neil Montefiore. Current StarHub CEO Terry Clontz,...
July 14th, 2009 | by
limbeerWhat’s one of the best ways to go one up on the competition? Hire their former CEO. That’s just what StarHub announced today, when it said that its current CEO Terry Clontz will be retiring in January 2010, and former...
June 16th, 2009 | by
Alfred SiewOne piece of good news from this morning’s CommunicAsia announcements is that ultra-fast broadband is coming to homes in Singapore via a fibre optic network as soon as September. This means you have to have your house or...
June 16th, 2009 | by
Alfred SiewSingapore's free islandwide Wi-Fi service will be extended for another four years, until 2013, in a move that will delight users who have enjoyed not just free surfing on the go, but increased competition in telecom services as a...
June 16th, 2009 | by
Alfred SiewSingapore's ultra high-speed broadband service, capable of offering speeds of 1Gbps, will go commercial as early as the first half of 2010, earlier than many observers have...
April 3rd, 2009 | by
Alfred SiewFirstly, no surprises that StarHub has won the OpCo deal. This was the "consolation prize" after it failed in its bid, along with a consortium that once contained the promising Hong Kong Broadband Network (HKBN), to grab the...
March 27th, 2009 | by
Alfred SiewSome 100 users will be able to hook up to a public trial of StarHub’s new 21Mbps mobile broadband service, as the telco readies to launch it commercially within the next three months. This promises, on paper, to be three...
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