Singapore's first 4G auction avoids bidding war, no new entrant

ZDNet.com, 28 Jun 2013
Singapore's first 4G spectrum auction has been provisionally allocated to all three of the country's telcos as demand did not exceed supply, which meant no further bidding was needed.
All three Singapore telcos were allocated the blocks of airwaves they bid for based on their initial offers, said the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) in a statement. A total of 270 MHz of spectrum in the 1800 MHz and 2.5 GHz spectrum bands was put on the auction block. Full story

SingTel Launches L!feLabs in Israel, Increases Investments in R&D and Fund Startups

Techinasia.com, 3 Mar 2013
Singapore’s largest telco SingTel and Amdocs (headquartered in the U.S.) have partnered to launch L!feLabs in Israel. L!feLabs, as described on its website, is established to “inspire and enable ideas to become reality,” helping startups with everything from commercialization, funding, to acquisitions.
The newly launched L!feLabs’ website also introduces SingTel’s Regional Seed Network (RSN) which is “an alliance of early stage incubation programs operated by various members of the SingTel Group” so far consisting of SingTel Innov8 (Singapore), AIS The Startup (Thailand), Globe Kickstart Ventures (Philippines), as well as the Optus Innov8 Seed Program (Australia). SingTel has been very supportive and enthusiastic about startups and innovation, and that’s certainly good to see. Full story

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