The builder of Singapore's nationwide broadband network has been slapped with its largest fine yet at S$750,000 for falling behind schedule in wiring up premises and activitating connections to users.
OpenNet's failure to meet its USO for six months was a "serious breach" adversely affecting the industry downstream, according to the telecoms regulator, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA). The USO is a licence condition that kicked in on January 1, 2013, requiring OpenNet to provide optical fibre services to any location in Singapore on request, within a specified timeframe--3 working days for residential and 10 days for non-residential. Full story
