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ASX Company News: SingTel Continues To Grow Mobile Subscriber Base

Friday, August 12th, 2011

Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SGT) announced that the Group delivered another strong quarter of mobile customer acquisitions. The Group’s total mobile customer base increased by 19 per cent or 65.4 million from a year ago, to 416 million as at 30 June 2011. Bharti’s total mobile customer base across its operations in South Asia and Africa grew to 221 million as at 30 June 2011, representing an increase of 25 per cent or 44.3 million from a year ago. Bharti completed the rollout of its 3G services in India, across all thirteen 3G licence circles, and introduced international video calling capabilities on 3G. Bharti’s mobile customer base in India reached 169 million, an increase of 24 per cent or 32.6 million from a year ago.

Telkomsel crossed the 100 millionth customer milestone in April, making it the 7th operator in the world to serve more than 100 million customers in one country. Its mobile customer base reached 102 million as at 30 June 2011, an increase of 16 per cent or 14.0 million from a year ago.

SingTel is a strategic investor in the region’s most successful mobile operations. It has a 21 per cent stake in Thailand’s Advanced Info Service (AIS). It has a 32 per cent effective interest in Bharti Airtel, India’s largest GSM operator, which has significant presence in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Africa. SingTel has a 47 per cent stake in Globe Telecom in the Philippines and a 35 per cent stake in Indonesia’s largest mobile operator, Telkomsel. It also has a 45 per cent stake in Pacific Bangladesh Telecom Limited (PBTL) and a 30 per cent stake in Warid Telecom in Pakistan.

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ASX Company News: Singapore Telecoms Acquires Stake in Sentilla Corporation

Monday, August 8th, 2011

Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SGT) wishes to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, SingTel Innov8 Pte Ltd, has acquired a 23.39 per cent stake in Sentilla Corporation, for an aggregate cash consideration of US$4.5 million. The consideration was arrived at on a willing buyer-willing seller basis, based on, inter alia, an assessment of Sentilla’s business projections. As at 31 December 2010, the unaudited net asset value per share of Sentilla was approximately (US$0.06).

Sentilla is a provider of energy performance management software. Its flagship product, Sentilla Energy Manager, helps solves energy problems caused by increased usage in data centers, reclaiming energy capacity, stabilizing energy consumption, as well as improving equipment utilization.

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ASX Company News: Optus Secures Agreement For High Speed Broadband Customers

Friday, June 24th, 2011

Optus (SGT) announced that it had reached a landmark agreement with NBN Co on the migration of its Hybrid Fibre Coaxial Cable (HFC) customers to the National Broadband Network (NBN). Under the agreement, Optus will begin the progressive migration of its customers to the NBN once the network is rolled out in an area and is ready to provide services to customers currently served by Optus’ HFC network. Optus estimates the total value of the agreement as approximately A$800 million on a post tax net present value basis, with HFC customers migrated to the NBN following deployment of the network in HFC serving areas in accordance with the anticipated timetable. Payment will be received progressively on migration. Optus and NBN Co expect that the initial migration of customers to NBN infrastructure will commence in 2014. The program is expected to take up to four years to be completed across Optus’ entire HFC footprint. Optus will continue to supply services to customers using its HFC network until the NBN is built and customers have been migrated.

Paul O’Sullivan, Optus Chief Executive said, “Optus was born in competition. This deal supports the NBN to create a level playing field for all telcos. Australian consumers will be the winners. “This agreement represents a fair deal for Optus. We intend to use the NBN to turbo-charge competition and to deliver the full potential of a 21st century digital life to customers,” Mr O’Sullivan said. Mike Quigley, NBN Co Chief Executive said, “A definitive agreement with Optus, Australia’s second largest ISP, represents a significant step in the journey towards a true level playing field for retail broadband services”.

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Dividends: Singapore Telecom Ex Dividend On 5/8/2010

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Singapore Telecom (SGT) will go ex dividend on 5/8/2010. The current dividend payment is 8 cents and it is 0% franked. The record date is 11/8/2010 and the dividend will be paid on 27/8/2010. Based on the full year payment the dividend yield is 5.1%.

*Current Yield: 3.1% Franking: 0% DRP Discount: Not Available

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*Yield has been calculated on the closing price on the 23/7/2010. Current yield is based on the current dividend payment only.

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SingTel Secures S$850 million Ministry of Education Contract

Monday, June 14th, 2010

Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SGT) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, NCS, today announced that NCS has been appointed the ICT partner in the Ministry of Education’s (MOE) S$850 million Standard ICT Operating Environment for Schools programme. Under the programme, NCS will provide all schools in Singapore with central infrastructure and computing services. The eight-year programme will combine the best of technologies and efficient business and support processes to offer a superior infocomm technology (ICT) experience for school leaders, teachers and administrative staff. This will improve the ICT environment in the education industry and enable school leaders and teachers to harness the power of ICT without the need to manage complex equipment and technology.

“At SingTel, we believe that education is the key to the future of our country and we are honoured to have been appointed the programme’s ICT service provider and play our small part in educating our young. As Einstein said, it is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. Through best-in-breed technology we aim to help teachers achieve this by allowing them to focus and maximise their time spent helping students learn, and not to install technology for its own sake,” said Allen Lew, SingTel’s CEO Singapore and Chairman of the NCS Group. “Feedback from current and former educators told us that a simple and effective user experience is what teachers want and we will put in the right technology solutions and people to make it happen. SingTel and NCS have participated very actively in the education sector and have supported two Schools of the Future. This win reinforces NCS’ commitment to the education sector and our focus on desktop management services required to support Singapore’s long-term education goals. NCS wishes to thank MOE for their confidence in our ability to deliver and we look forward to an even closer working relationship in the future.”

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Singapore Telecom Ex Dividend On 16/12/2009

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Singapore Telecom (SGT) will go ex dividend on 16/12/2009. The current dividend payment is 6.2 cents and it is 0% franked. The record date is 22/12/2009 and the dividend will be paid on 14/1/2010. Based on the full year payment the dividend yield is 5.2%.

*Current Yield: 2.7% Franking: 0% DRP Discount: Not Available

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*Yield has been calculated on the closing price on the 24/11/2009. Current yield is based on the current dividend payment only.

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Optus Launches New Satellite

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Optus announced today that Australia’s latest state-of-the-art satellite, Optus D3, was successfully propelled into orbit following an impressive lift-off from French Guiana.

Paul O’Sullivan, Optus Chief Executive said, “What an exciting day for Australia. This morning we witnessed the spectacular rocket launch of Optus’ newest satellite, Optus D3. “Optus launched Australia’s first satellite almost 25 years ago and we continue to fly the country’s satellite fleet today. As the only Australian telco to own and operate satellites, Optus is the leading provider of satellite services across Australia and New Zealand. “Satellite makes sense for the nation. Optus satellite reaches all corners of the country delivering subscription television, free-to-air TV, voice, internet and radio services making it an important source of news and entertainment for the entire population.”

The Optus D3 satellite will expand Optus’ satellite fleet capacity by more than 30 per cent, provide an in-orbit redundancy capability and marks the first use of the Broadcast Satellite Service (BSS) spectrum in Australia. The BSS band will allow Optus’ broadcast customers to increase their delivery of the next generation of digital and high definition television to the home.

Kim Williams AM, Chief Executive, FOXTEL said, “FOXTEL is delighted Optus’ D3 satellite has successfully launched. Once successful testing is complete over the coming months, the new satellite will empower us to offer our customers even more choice, new services, increased flexibility and even greater value. “The next generation of FOXTEL digital will offer customers 30 additional channels, including 10 additional HD channels, enhanced navigation features, and significantly more interactive and ondemand features,” Mr Williams added.

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Optus Wins $186 million ATO Contract

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

The Australian Taxation Office  today awarded Optus (SGT) a managed network services contract worth $186.5 million (exc. GST) over four years. The contract, which was awarded following a competitive tender, represents the largest contract win to date for Optus in the Federal Government sector. Under the terms of the contract, Optus will provide managed network services, including data and voice carriage, telephony, wide and local area networks, video conferencing and call centre infrastructure and services.

John Simon, Managing Director, Optus Enterprise and Business Group said, “Optus has a long history of working with Federal Government agencies, such as Medicare Australia and the Department of Immigration and Citizenship, on the implementation and management of large-scale IP-based networks and systems. “The awarding of this contract confirms confidence in our ability to deliver value, innovation and superior service to major government agencies as well as our vast experience in the deployment of IP technologies. By implementing the latest generation of application-aware IP networks in Optus Evolve, combined with the integration of specialist IP contact centre functionality, the ATO will be able to deliver a broader range of services to the community in a more cost effective and efficient manner. We look forward to working with the ATO and assisting them in providing an even greater level of service to their constituents through the use of IP-based technologies,” Mr Simon said.

Optus will also implement and manage a new application-aware IP network to more than seventy ATO offices utilising the Optus Evolve network. Optus Evolve will provide the ATO with increased flexibility for the delivery of IP-based services, including IP telephony, which will be delivered to more than 23,000 ATO employees nationally. In addition, Optus will manage the implementation of an IP contact centre solution which will allow the ATO to better manage resources and skills across its contact centres nationally by merging them into a single ‘virtual’ contact centre that will use a network queuing platform to distribute calls across the national contact centre network. This centralised ‘virtual’ contact centre will provide the ATO with the flexibility and scale it requires to respond quickly and efficiently to Government initiatives.

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Optus wins a major ANZ contract

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

Optus has won a $500 million contract with ANZ, challenging Telstra s dominance in the field of providing telecommunications services to the big four banks.

Under the 5-year deal Optus parent company SingTel will provide new network infrastructure for ANZ operations in 30 countries across the Asia Pacific, including Australia and India.

In doing so, SingTel will become the ANZ s exclusive telco provider, ousting Telstra, whose existing contracts with the bank are valued at around $30 million a year.

For the ANZ, the project forms part of the bank s push to expand into Asia.

For more info, read this article in The Australian

Codes for your watchlist

  • Telstra: TLS.AX (ASX)
  • ANZ Bank: ANZ.AX (ASX)
  • Singapore Telecommunications: SGT (ASX); STEL (SGX)

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