Singtel

Singtel-owned NCS names Sam Liew as CEO as Ng Kuo Pin steps down

The incoming chief was formerly a managing director at GIC

Colt's infrastructure is found mainly in the CBD, alongside that of incumbents Singtel and StarHub.

London player Colt targets data centre migration to expand Singapore market share

It views global connectivity as its competitive advantage, and identifies opportunities in SGX data centre migration

An investment account for children, inspired by US President Donald Trump's "Trump account", could be a game-changer for Singapore's equities market.
HOCK LOCK SIEW

A Trump-inspired ‘Big Beautiful’ baby bonus could help birth the next boom for Singapore equities

It wouldn’t cost much relatively, and it could pave the way for stock investments to be part of our lives – while helping to make SGX great again

The report notes that two people died after the Sep 18 incident, when emergency calls were blocked due to an outage following a network upgrade.

Optus outage review flags process, protocol gaps; Singtel expects recommendations to kick in ‘swiftly’

The report finds that ‘challenges in Optus’ culture’ affected decision-making and response times

IMDA deemed the impact of the incident as “significant”, and said that the potential consequences on the safety and security of the public “could have been very serious”.

Singtel hit with S$1 million fine for 2024 disruption that affected over 500,000 users

The incident on Oct 8 last year affected more than 500,000 users for more than four hours

The weak post-listing performance of UltraGreen.ai is perplexing, considering that the STI is up 19.6% this year.
MARK TO MARKET

Will UltraGreen.ai be able to shine in a market dominated by big, dividend-paying companies?

As the newly listed stock slides below its IPO price, DFI Retail Group is soaring on plans to boost its profitability and lift its dividend payout ratio

An analyst notes that MVNOs with select "customer niches” will perform better in Singapore, though such niches may be “sub-scale” in the Republic.
OUTLOOK 2026

Mobile resellers face cost hikes as telco consolidation cuts bargaining power

With the Simba-M1 merger, MVNOs could lose bargaining power and thus may have to tie up or exit

Optus said an “aerial fibre break” could be the cause of the outage, which was being investigated.

Australia’s Optus suffers call outage, vandalism blamed

[SYDNEY] Australian telco Optus said on Wednesday it had suffered a service outage near Melbourne impacting around 14,000 users, two months after a disruption to emergency calls that probably caused f...

Notes will be drawn down under Optus Finance's Euro Medium Term Note programme, which has a size of three billion euros.

Singtel’s Optus prices S$200 million notes due 2035 at 2.48% 

Net proceeds from the issuance will be used by the subsidiary in its ordinary course of business

Singtel was hit by an outage on Tuesday, with more than 1,600 users affected at its peak at 4.55 pm.

Stocks to watch: Singtel, LHN, Coliwoo

[SINGAPORE] The following companies saw new developments that may affect trading of their securities on Wednesday (Nov 19):