LONDON — Online money transfer service TransferWise is launching a new regional hub in Singapore. The fintech business announced on Thursday that it is opening a new office in Singapore that will act as a hub for the Asia-Pacific region. TransferWise ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore ICA seizes chewing tobacco worth US$0.54m
The chewing tobacco was handed over to the Health Sciences Authority for investigation. The import and sale of chewing tobacco is prohibited in Singapore. The following day, on Saturday (April 22), another Malaysia-registered lorry driven by a 48-year-old ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore factory output accelerates
SINGAPORE - Singapore's industrial production rose faster than expected in March from a year earlier, thanks to a continued surge in the electronics sector, data showed on Wednesday, pointing to a possible upward revision in the city-state's first quarter ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore manufacturing output up 10.2% in March, boosted by strong electronics sector
SINGAPORE: Singapore's manufacturing output rose 10.2 per cent year-on-year in March, boosted by strong growth in the electronics sector. Excluding the more volatile biomedical manufacturing cluster, output grew 12.4 per cent, according to data released on ... ( read original story ...)
ABI Research Predicts Public Safety LTE Will Go Mainstream After
SINGAPORE, April 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- ABI Research predicts that public safety LTE will hit the mainstream markets after 2020 as trials and deployments gain momentum across the world. Hardware revenue is expected to grow by 30% annually, reaching $540 ... ( read original story ...)
Sequans Powers New Ellipsis Jetpack Hotspot for Verizon Wireless
The LTE chip inside Jetpack is the Sequans’ Colibri LTE Platform ... Sequans is based in Paris, France with additional offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Israel, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, South Korea, and China. ( read original story ...)
British government has bought a £200m 5G 'academic wet dream'
4G/LTE in the UK or in some Asian countries like Singapore are two different things. Load and volume capacities are a challenge for the widespread use of streaming mobile video. We need a solid infrastructure for the mobile video explosion to continue. ( read original story ...)
Singtel opens Galaxy S8 preorders
Singapore mobile operator Singtel has announced that customers ... Customers who acquire the Galaxy S8 and S8+ will have access to Singtel’s 4G LTE network offering speeds of up to 500 Mbps. Online pre-order customers who purchase their Galaxy S8 or ... ( read original story ...)
Airtel offers up to 30 GB free data for 3 months
There are additional benefits for international roaming users as well. For instance, travelers to Singapore, Airtel is offering daily pack for Rs 499 including unlimited incoming calls, free data, SMS and calls to India. Website airtel.in/IR has more details. ( read original story ...)
M1: New spectrum laying the grid for 5G services
This will lead to 1Gbps download speeds by 2017 in combination with M1's 4G+ network and LTE-WiFi Aggregation (LWA ... announced that it would be deploying an NB-IoT network across Singapore with Nokia, after being the nation's first telco to conduct ... ( read original story ...)
Next-Generation Personal Music Server – BRIO by OraStream
Singapore, SINGAPORE, April 12 ... to use an iOS and Android app to access the PC server and connected streaming services using Wi-Fi or 4G/LTE networks. 3. Cloud plan costs S$150 per year. It allows consumers to upload up to 1,000 GB of music files ... ( read original story ...)
In RIL Q4, focus on telecom and project commissioning
RIL’s GRM outperformed Singapore complex margins by USD 5.1 per barrel ... Jio has the world’s largest greenfield 4G LTE wireless broadband network, with over 100,000 mobile towers, and will add another 100,000 towers to the network in the coming ... ( read original story ...)
India's Jubilant Weighs Singapore IPO of Pharma Unit
Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd., a roughly $2 billion India-based drug company, is considering a Singapore initial public offering of its pharmaceuticals subsidiary, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Singapore-based Jubilant Pharma Ltd. has ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Faces Productivity Challenge According to New Oliver Wyman Report
SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Over the past decade, Singapore has lost some of its economic competitiveness. While the economy has been growing steadily, the pace of growth has stagnated according to a new report from Oliver Wyman. “Singapore is lauded as ... ( read original story ...)
Singapore Airlines’ Surprising Flaw
On the whole, my experience flying Singapore Airlines’ business class was as impressive as satisfying as spending time in the carrier’s home country. It wasn’t perfect, however, and although the negative aspects of my experience were few and far ... ( read original story ...)
Win Streak May Continue For Singapore Stock Market
(RTTNews.com) - The Singapore stock market has moved higher in four straight sessions, climbing more than 35 points or 1.1 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just beneath the 3,165-point plateau and the market may extend its winning ... ( read original story ...)