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M1 shares 5G infrastructure with StarHub through Antina, their network-sharing joint venture, which gives both operators access to shared 5G-SA capacity even as they compete for retail customers.

Companies & Markets

Singapore enters next phase of 5G roll-out as telcos achieve nationwide coverage

Some operators have retired their older 5G networks, while Simba has yet to announce a timeline for completing the shift to standalone services

Shares of Keppel fell earlier in the week after IMDA said that Simba could have used radio frequency bands it had not been assigned to provide mobile services.

Companies & Markets

HOT STOCK

Keppel shares close 4.7% higher after M1-Simba deal falls through

Analysts are mixed on the counter after the news

Tuas Ltd says that Simba continues to cooperate with IMDA's investigation into the alleged spectrum breaches by the telco.

Companies & Markets

Keppel, Tuas confirm M1-Simba deal dead in the water

This comes after conditions for the transaction were not met by the extended long-stop date

Singtel group CEO Yuen Kuan Moon says an environment with four telcos is “definitely not sustainable".

Telcos, Media & Tech

Singtel seeks clarity on taking part in telco consolidation; analysts note ‘very high bar’ for approval

Group also mulling Reit IPO to create ‘permanent capital pools’ for longer-term investments; comments come on heels of failed M1-Simba deal

Simba triggered a race to the bottom when it entered the market with aggressive price-war tactics.

Opinion & Features

HOCK LOCK SIEW

Collapse of M1-Simba deal reveals chinks in Singapore’s cursed telco consolidation dream

A rollback to a three-player market is inevitable; the tragedy is how difficult the exit has become

StarHub says that it “would not want to speculate beyond the information publicly available at this stage”.

Companies & Markets

Analysts tip StarHub as ‘obvious’ front runner for M1 after Simba merger stalls

The setback is expected to weigh on Keppel, which had planned to monetise M1 through the deal

Simba may have breached Singapore's Telecommunications Act, if authorities confirm it used unauthorised radio frequency bands.

Telcos, Media & Tech

BT EXPLAINS

M1-Simba deal: What are frequency spectrums and when does their use become unauthorised?

Unassigned use may allow operators to gain an unfair advantage, IMDA says

Keppel has disclosed that there were “quite a few” suitors and “more than one” serious bidder for its M1 telco business before it signed the agreement with Simba.

Opinion & Features

COMMENTARY

Scuttled M1-Simba deal leaves investors with more questions than answers

How does a telco operator use airwaves that do not belong to it?

The proposed divestment of M1's telco business to Simba will be removed from Keppel's announced monetisation for 2025.

Telcos, Media & Tech

HOT STOCK

Keppel shares drop 2.1% after M1-Simba deal falls through

Shares of Simba parent Tuas Ltd are down over 60% on the ASX

Keppel's focus will be on executing a “Plan B” that it prepared in the event that it retains majority ownership of M1.

Telcos, Media & Tech

Keppel to let M1-Simba deal lapse; M1 to be restructured with focus on ‘rightsizing’

Group says the telco industry in Singapore is in need of consolidation and will benefit from it

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