Singapore Telecommunications Limited

Type	Public SGX: T48
Founded	Singapore (1879)
Location	Singapore
Key people	Chumpol NaLamlieng, Chairman Lee Hsien Yang, President & CEO Lim Toon, COO Chua Sock Koong, CFO
Industry	Telecommunications
Products	mobile services internet fixed network services postal services
Revenue	$12,617 million SGD (Mar 2005)
Employees	>19,000
Website	www.singtel.com

Singapore Telecommunications Limited SGX: T48 (commonly abbreviated as SingTel) is Singapore's largest telecommunications company. With a combined mobile subscriber base of 78 million customers from its own operations and regional associates, SingTel is the largest mobile network operator in Asia Pacific outside of the People's Republic of China. A former government monopoly privatized in 1992, SingTel divested its postal operation SingPost in 2003 and now concentrates on providing internet service provider, mobile phone and fixed line telephony services. Image File history File links SingTel. ... A public company is a company owned by the public rather than by a relatively few individuals. ... Singapore Exchange (SGX) is the stock exchange in Singapore. ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Chumpol NaLamlieng (born in 1951?) is an the president of Siam Cement Group. ... Lee Hsien Yang (born 1957) is the second son of Lee Kuan Yew and Kwa Geok Choo. ... BlackBerry 7100t Telecommunication refers to the communication of information at a distance. ... Revenue is a US business term for the amount of money that a company can receive from its activities, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... Image File history File links Green_Arrow_Up. ... The Singapore dollar, divided into 100 cents, is the monetary unit of Singapore (currency code SGD). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia Website. ... Singapore Exchange (SGX) is the stock exchange in Singapore. ... BlackBerry 7100t Telecommunications is the communication of information at a distance. ... In economics, a monopoly (from the Greek monos, one + polein, to sell) is defined as a persistent market situation where there is only one provider of a kind of product or service. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Singapore Post Limited (SGX: S08) (Chinese: 新加坡邮政有限公司; or SingPost, Chinese: 新加坡邮局) is Singapores only postal company, providing local and international postal services. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An Internet service provider (ISP, also called Internet access provider) is a business or organization that offers users access to the Internet and related services. ... The telephone or phone (Greek: tele = far away and phone = voice) is a telecommunications device which is used to transmit and receive sound (most commonly voice and speech) across distance. ...

SingTel has expanded aggressively outside its home market and owns shares in many regional operators, including 100% of Australian telecommunications company Optus, acquired in 2000 from Cable and Wireless and other shareholders of Optus. Singtel Optus is the second largest telecommunications company in Australia, and is a wholly-owned subsidary of Singapore Telecommunications (ASX: SGT), the second largest telecommunications company outside China in terms of number of subscribers. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Cable and Wireless is a British telecommunications company. ...

SingTel is majority owned by state investment vehicle Temasek Holdings. SingTel is currently headed by Lee Hsien Yang, the youngest son of the former prime minister, now known as Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and the brother of current prime minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong. Temasek Holdings is the investment arm of the Singapore government. ... Lee Hsien Yang (born 1957) is the second son of Lee Kuan Yew and Kwa Geok Choo. ... Minister Mentor is a cabinet position created by the Singapore government in 2004 as part of a major leadership reshuffle. ... Lee Kuan Yew (also spelt Lee Kwan-Yew) (born September 16, 1923) (Chinese: 李光耀; Pinyin: ) was the first Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore from 1959 to 1990. ... Lee Hsien Loong (Hanzi: 李显龙/李顯龍; pinyin: Lǐ Xiǎnlóng; born February 10, 1952) is the third Prime Minister of Singapore. ...

Subsidiaries

The Singtel group of companies includes various subsidiaries, associated companies, as well as shareholdings in overseas entities. Its mainstay is in the mobile phone industry, however, where it commands a total subscription base of 77.79 million as at 31 December 2005, with a total of 30.58 million proportionate subscribers (subscribers calculated as a proportion of shareholding): December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Other members of the Singtel group includes the two wholly-owned subsidiaries of SingNet, a wholly-owned internet service provider, and NCS Private Limited an information technology (IT) and communications engineering services provider. Associated companies include Singapore Post, which was formerly a subsidiary until its separate listing on the Singapore Exchange in May 2003 and New Century Infocomm of Taiwan of which Singtel has a 24.5% stake. Singtel owns a 20.33% stake in Hong Kong's APT Satellite, although it is not included as a subsidiary as the stake is non-controlling. Advance Info Service PCL (AIS; also Advanced Info Service) is Thailands largest GSM mobile phone operator with 12. ... Globe Telecom (PSE: GLO ), commonly known as Globe, is the third-largest telecommunications company in the Philippines. ... Singtel Optus is the second largest telecommunications company in Australia, and is a wholly-owned subsidary of Singapore Telecommunications (ASX: SGT), the second largest telecommunications company outside China in terms of number of subscribers. ... Telkomsel is a telecommunication company which is a subsidiary of TELKOM. External link Situs resmi ... An Internet service provider (ISP, also called Internet access provider) is a business or organization that offers users access to the Internet and related services. ... Singapore Post Limited (SGX: S08) (Chinese: 新加坡邮政有限公司; or SingPost, Chinese: 新加坡邮局) is Singapores only postal company, providing local and international postal services. ... Singapore Exchange (SGX) is the stock exchange in Singapore. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Quick facts

SingTel satellite dishes, along Bukit Timah Expressway.

SingTel's Comcentre Building at Exeter Road, near the Orchard Road shopping belt.

• SingTel traces its heritage back to 1879 when Singapore became one of the first cities in the East to have telephone service, three years after Alexander Graham Bell patented his invention. At that time, a Mr Bennet Pell started a private telephone exchange which had 50 lines.
• SingTel was incorporated in March 1992 and became a public company in October 1993.
• SingTel was listed on the Singapore Exchange in November 1993 and on the Australian Stock Exchange in September 2001.
• SingTel is the largest company listed on the Singapore Exchange with a market capitalisation of about S$40 billion (US$24 billion) as of May 2004.
• SingTel’s first overseas office was set up in May 1993 in New York City.
• For the first time in its history, SingTel’s group revenue exceeded S$10 billion for the year ended 31 March 2003. Its revenue for the year ended 31 March 2004 hit S$12 billion.

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Events in 2005

SingTel said that it has agreed to increase its stake in India's Bharti Telecom to 32.81% from 26.96% for US$252million (S$417million). SingTel said that with its latest deal, its interest in Bharti Tele-Ventures would rise to 30.84% from 28.16%. Bharti Telecom's main asset is it 45.9% holding in Bharti Tele-Ventures, India's second largest mobile phone operator.

SingTel entered the Bangladesh mobile telecommunication market by purchasing 45% equity of Pacific Bangladesh Telecom Limited (PBTL) for US$118 million, SingTel also has a call option to increase its equity to 60% for an additional US$65 million. The call can be exercised between April 1 and June 30, 2007. PBTL is the parent company of CityCell, Bangladesh's third largest mobile phone operator. April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining. ... 2007 (MMVII) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External link

• Official SingTel website

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