Singapore

The region's businesses are growing fast and in order to meet their recruitment needs, they are relying on platforms such as LinkedIn to woo the right candidate even if these people are still hired by another company.

published 1 day ago by Ellyne Phneah

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In the first partnership of its kind in Singapore for an e-commerce site, Qoo10 hopes to expand its reach to a wider demographic, which it estimates to be as many as 900,000 Singaporeans who do not qualify for a credit card.

published 1 day ago by Ryan Huang

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Singapore's content regulator MDA has instructed SingTel to share the next three seasons of the English Premier League with pay TV rival, StarHub. The decision brings an end to a long-drawn saga which had put the country's cross-carriage rule under scrutiny. However, SingTel is appealing against the decision.

April 24, 2013 by Eileen Yu

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Singapore telco takes the lead to offer the country's fastest 4G speeds as part of S$150 million (US$121 million) network rollout, leveraging dual-band street coverage and Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) technology.

April 23, 2013 by Ryan Huang

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While Singapore's global ranking for malicious activities dropped two spots to 39, its healthcare industry and particularly SMBs were most hit by phishing, spam and virus-contained e-mails, according to Symantec study.

April 21, 2013 by Ellyne Phneah

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Australian telco opens a new Singapore office as part of wider plans to grow its international business in the region and promote its expanded service offerings.

April 19, 2013 by Ryan Huang

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Under revised laws, building owners must provide rent-free areas for deployment of infrastructure such as base stations--a key obstacle often cited by telcos in improving mobile coverage.

April 17, 2013 by Ryan Huang

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Music streaming service launches in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong, and is betting legally-free music will subsequently compel users to pay for content and eradicate music piracy in the region.

April 16, 2013 by Ellyne Phneah

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Singapore telco contracts Nokia Siemens Networks to upgrade its core infrastructure to an all-IP network and deploy a nationwide 3G radio network on the 900MHz band.

April 15, 2013 by Kevin Kwang

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Despite tighter requirements in 2013 for service activations, retail service providers say they continue to lose enterprise customers due to installation delays and lack of communication from relevant parties.

April 12, 2013 by Ryan Huang

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Spring Singapore awards S$6 million in grants to the startups, which spans industries including infocomms, electronics, engineering and medical devices, to assist them in developing "disruptive technologies".

April 11, 2013 by Jamie Yap

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Policies aimed at regulating the influx of foreign workers, including IT professionals, need to be balanced and should not affect the local IT industry's overall competitiveness.

April 10, 2013 by Jamie Yap

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Windows XP support ends in 12 months, but 11.8 percent of PCs in Singapore have yet to be migrated to a newer version. They will need to do so or be vulnerable to online attacks, says Microsoft.

April 9, 2013 by Kevin Kwang

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[UPDATE] Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean urges for the blending of theoretical and practical strategies such as anticipating threats and multi-nation collaboration to deal with new threats to national security.

April 7, 2013 by Ellyne Phneah

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Success for a startup boils down to execution and timing more, rather than an original business idea.

April 5, 2013 by Jamie Yap

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