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Sinktel CEO suggests more ways to increase sinkie's cost of living

Rogue Trader

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Charge content providers, says Singtel CEO again

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Thursday, January 22, 2015 - 09:01
Irene Tham
My Paper


SINGTEL chief executive Chua Sock Koong has reiterated her belief that telcos should be allowed to charge major Internet content providers - like WhatsApp, Facebook and YouTube - for consumers to have faster access to their content.

"If network owners do not upgrade their network, OTT (over-the-top) content players cannot deliver a good experience to their customers," Ms Chua said during the unveiling of the telco's new logo yesterday. OTT services are not distributed by telcos, but reach consumers via telcos' fixed broadband and mobile networks.

Pointing to the United States, where video streaming service provider Netflix pays broadband provider Comcast for a speed boost, she noted: "(If) you want to deliver (high) quality video, you want to buy some capacity wholesale."

Ms Chua expects more of such arrangements to be set up over time. "Doing these wholesale deals is not new...It is something that telcos have been doing all the time," she added, downplaying the issue as unrelated to "Net neutrality".

US President Barack Obama is pushing for rules to protect Net neutrality - the belief that all data on the Internet is to be treated equally, with telcos being banned from creating cyber "fast lanes" for the highest bidders.

But Ms Chua gave an assurance that "you will see us...carrying all content". Her first public call for regulators to allow telcos to charge for such fast lanes was made in February at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

It stemmed from telcos losing business to OTT providers, which get away with not paying for using their infrastructure.

Her comments drew criticism from netizens concerned that Singtel might charge subscribers for using popular messaging apps such as WhatsApp.
Singtel later clarified that it was not planning to charge users of these services separately.

Yesterday, Singtel pledged new service commitments to customers, promising shorter waits when they get a new device or line.

Its website now allows customers to make appointments or reserve a handset to be picked up at any of the 10 Singtel shops islandwide.

They will receive a priority queue number when they show up for their appointments.

From March, customers can request call-backs by hotline officers at their preferred times.

From April, the telco will shorten the window for its technicians to show up at homes or offices to install equipment to 30 minutes, from two hours.



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uvwxyz

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Her again. This is just to boost their bottomline by making us dig deeper into our already empty pockets.
 

gingerlyn

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instead of complaining, why doesnt Singtel focus on its investment and create its own whatsapp or SINGAPP?
this only shows that ah neh from india hired by singtel is worthless and not creative
 

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instead of complaining, why doesnt Singtel focus on its investment and create its own whatsapp or SINGAPP?
this only shows that ah neh from india hired by singtel is worthless and not creative

why did it lose money in Oz......... LHY busy fucking Oz women?
 

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instead of complaining, why doesnt Singtel focus on its investment and create its own whatsapp or SINGAPP?
this only shows that ah neh from india hired by singtel is worthless and not creative

this is the same kind of business philosophy which jacked up Epl and Worldcup subscription prices

After you build infrastructure you diverse into other businesses to supplement your income. that is called lateral integration.

It's so apparently that fucking singtel is privatised state monopoly which just sits on their fat asses while the rules of the game changes. When they realise the new rules are making them less well off, they cry like a spoilt brat.

There are many messaging apps out there being developed everyday. It they decide to change Whassap or wechat, other apps will take over. For instance Firechat which uses bluetooth instead of mobile data.

I would love to see how Singtel imposes a charge on Bluetooth!
 

greenies

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Are the telcos already charging customers by means of data plan and download capacity?
Their greed will never end... always thinking of how to squeez peasants' hard earn money.
May be, Their bonus tied down with the % revenue growth every year:mad:
 

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This is all you need to know.

http://www.yeocheowtong.com/Salaries.html

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Chua Sock Koong
Cousin of the Lees
(We have to rank her above poor old Lee Hsien Yang as she has taken over his job!)


CEO of Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel)
(Family replacement for Lee Hsien Yang)
& Member of Singapore's powerful Public Service Commission

Chua Sock Koong is the daughter of Chua Siang Chin, Singapore's former Minister of Health, and so is a cousin of the Lees

(Chua Siang Chin is said to be suffering from Alzheimer's disease - another bad gene in the Lee family?)

Ms Chua Sock Koong was appointed Group CEO of Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) on 1 April 2007. She oversees SingTels three key businesses - Singapore, Australia and International. Prior to this, she was the Deputy Group CEO from October 2006 to March 2007.


Sock Koong is an Executive Director of SingTel and a Board member of Bharti Airtel Limited. She is also a member of the Singapore Management University (SMU) Board of Trustees, the Public Service Commission and the Corporate Governance Council of the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
 
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