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Company Profile - Milestones
 
  • SingTel launches Generation mio service
  • SingTel launches ‘360’ suite of end-to-end solutions
  • SingTel first to roll out Broadband on Mobile services using HSDPA
  • SingTel launches mio TV
 
  • SingTel conducts 6-month trial for FTTH and MetroEthernet technology at two condominiums
  • SingTel selected to provide wireless hotspots for the Wireless@SG project
  • SingTel first in Singapore to launch VoIP service that is fully interconnected to the fixed-line and mobile services of all local telecommunications operators
  • SingTel hosted first and largest financial business emergency exercise in Singapore
  • SingTel opens new flagship hello! shop and Business Solutions Centre at Comcentre
  • Launch of Optus D1 satellite, the first of the latest generation of Optus’ D-series satellites
 
  • Launch of SEA-ME-WE4 submarine cable which provides additional reliable infrastructure to enhance SingTel's services to customers in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the rest of the world.

  • SingTel invested US$118 million for a 45 per cent equity stake in Pacific Bangladesh Telecom.
  • Launched of commercial 3G services in February 2005.

  • SingTel celebrated 125 years of telecommunications services
  • SingTel and six Asia Pacific mobile operators formed Bridge Mobile Alliance
  • Launch of BlackBerry to complement SingTel's suite of wireless office solutions
  • Launch of 3G trial - an evolutionary step in mobile development
  • SingNet, SingTel's Internet arm, launched dedicated BroadBand 1500kbps Unlimited Plan
  • SingTel declared record shareholder payout of S$4.1 billion through capital reduction and dividend
  • SingTel signed agreement with 15 other international telcos to construct Sea-Me-We 4 submarine cable
  • SingTel increased its stake in Globe Telecom, the leading mobile operator in Philippines, to 40 per cent
  • Launch of Optus C1 satellite, the fourth satellite in its fleet
  • Initial Public Offering of Singapore Post
  • SingTel sold SingTel Yellow Pages to CVC Asia Pacific and J.P. Morgan Partners Asia LDC
  • SingTel Mobile and three partners jointly showcased the first car with integrated 3G-UMTS services worldwide
  • SingTel increased its stake in Telkomsel, the leading mobile operator in Indonesia, to 35 per cent
  • SingTel completed the roll out of the EXPAN network of 10 regional data centres in six countries
  • SingTel launched the inaugural SingTel Touching Lives Fund, the largest philanthropic project in the company’s corporate history
  • Launch of multimedia messaging service (MMS)
  • ASEAN Cable Ship and SingTel took delivery of their new cable ship, the ASEAN Explorer
  • SingTel acquired Cable & Wireless Optus, Australia's No.2 fully integrated telecommunications company, for A$14 billion
  • 49 percent cap on foreign ownership of SingTel shares was lifted
  • The Singapore government gave up its "golden share" in SingTel
  • SingTel and Bharti established Network i2i Ltd to build i2i cable network
  • NCIC, SingTel's investment in Taiwan, launched sparq*
  • Full liberalisation of telecommunications market in Singapore on 1 April
  • SingTel invested US$650 million in India's Bharti Group, its second largest overseas investment after Optus
  • C2C formed as subsidiary to construct C2C cable network, a US$2 billion pan-Asian submarine cable system
  • New Century Infocomm (NCIC), a consortium comprising SingTel, the Far Eastern Group and other leading Taiwanese companies, won a licence to operate a fixed line network in Taiwan
  • Commissioning of SEA-ME-WE3, the world's longest optical fibre submarine cable network
  • SingTel Mobile registered 1,000,000th customer