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More than 350 in Singapore sign up for “massive” online course on data analytics

It underlines the popularity of one of the infocomm industry's hottest -…

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Commentary: IDA’s smart nation vision needs buy-in

Singapore is starting early, which is a good thing. It just has…

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Commentary: SingPass security issues highlight need for two-factor authentication

Why SingPass hasn't been beefed up remains a mystery. As a result,…

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Can a new cellphone operator boost competition in Singapore?

Ask any Singapore cellphone user if he is happy these days and…

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Singapore telcos told: no 4G add-on fee for users on contract

As StarHub has learnt, it may not be so smart to take…

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IDA looks to mobile virtual network operators to spur competition in Singapore

But this won't be the first time that Singapore has welcomed such…

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Commentary: StarHub starts charging for 4G

It's not that consumers are daft, for not reading the fine print.…

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SingTel: no plans to charge consumers separately for WhatsApp

SingTel has clarified that it has no plans for now to charge…

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M1 fined for poor mobile coverage, SingTel and StarHub pass tests

While SingTel and StarHub users will be happy that the two operators…

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Five ways technology and media can improve in 2014

There are so many ways to look back at some of the…

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OpenNet fined S$750,000 for not connecting users, provisioning services too slowly

OpenNet has been fined a hefty S$750,000 after failing to connect up…

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Commentary: Singapore hacking cases show importance of deep infocomm expertise

What's lacking are the battle-hardened code warriors, the experienced network engineers who…

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IDA: “routing issue, hardware fault”, not hackers, downed government sites

So, in the end, it was an internal problem that caused the…

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Commentary: should maintenance bring down government websites for hours?

While there is speculation on why and how the sites could have…

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So, are Singapore’s telecom networks resilient?

The answer should be pretty straightforward for users, but Singapore's industry players…

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Fewer Wireless@SG hotspots, so what?

By allowing telcos to decide what to do with their hotspots, the…

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Record S$1.5m fine for M1 for Singapore’s worst mobile service disruption

In causing an outage that lasted several days, the telco had not…

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Big Three telcos get more bandwidth to deploy 4G in Singapore

Whether this will translate to better services, of course, still depends on…

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Fibre optic ports to be standard in new Singapore homes

This means home owners won't have to arrange for their property to…

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