4G

Farewell 3G: M1 to retire services from August; StarHub, Singtel from November

IMDA says phasing out 3G will unlock spectrum capacity that can be invested into “future-ready” 5G networks

The move comes as 99 per cent of mobile subscribers subscribe to 4G and 5G. It will allow for more spectrum to be released for investment on 5G.

Singtel, StarHub and M1 to retire 3G services, freeing spectrum for 5G

SINGAPORE’S trio of major mobile network operators (MNOs) – Singtel, StarHub and M1 – will retire 3G services by Jul 31, 2024.

The launch of the JioBook will extend the total addressable laptop market segment by at least 15 per cent.

India’s Reliance Jio to launch 4G enabled low-cost laptop at US$184

RELIANCE Jio will launch a budget laptop priced at US$184 with an embedded 4G sim card, aiming to replicate the success of its low-cost JioPhone in India’s highly price-sensitive market, two sources t...

People walking towards the Jubilee Bridge. All societies are governed by social compacts, whether implicit or explicit. In articulating the relationship between the state and the people, a social compact is, in essence, the substance of state-society relations.
COMMENTARY

Future of Singapore’s social compact rests on the shoulders of the people

The government cannot breathe life into a social compact, it is the people who do when they believe and are committed to it.

Britain to phase out 2G and 3G mobile networks by 2033

Britain to phase out 2G and 3G mobile networks by 2033

[LONDON] Britain will phase out its 2G and 3G mobile networks by 2033 to free up radio waves for 5G and eventually 6G services that will power technologies such as driverless vehicles, drones and virt...

One year on since GE2020: Thinking afresh for the post-Covid era
COMMENTARY

One year on since GE2020: Thinking afresh for the post-Covid era

Remaking Singapore to be a fairer, more just, and compassionate society in a post-Covid world is a key responsibility for Parliament

New Finance Minister Lawrence Wong not likely to rock fiscal-policy boat: observers
CABINET RESHUFFLE

New Finance Minister Lawrence Wong not likely to rock fiscal-policy boat: observers

One question is how much he will loosen the national purse-strings, after 2020's five Budgets

Investors unlikely to be rattled by DPM Heng's decision
LEADERSHIP SUCCESSION

Investors unlikely to be rattled by DPM Heng's decision

Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing assures investors of coherence, continuity and stability in the country

Investors, foreign leaders can still expect coherence and stability despite succession setback: Chan Chun Sing

Investors, foreign leaders can still expect coherence and stability despite succession setback: Chan Chun Sing

FOREIGN investors can continue to expect "coherence and continuity" from Singapore policymakers, Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing said on Thursday, in the wake of Deputy Prime Minister a...

Qualcomm gets US permission to sell 4G chips to Huawei, in exception to ban

Qualcomm gets US permission to sell 4G chips to Huawei, in exception to ban

[SHANGHAI] Qualcomm on Friday received a licence from the US government to sell 4G mobile phone chips to China's Huawei Technologies, an exemption to US trade restrictions imposed amid rising tensions...