type public listed company traded as sgx z74 asx sgt industry telecommunications founded founder headquarters singapore area served asia australia and africa key people chua sock koong group ceo products fixed line and mobile telephony broadband and fixed line internet services digital television it and network services revenue 16.961 billion sgd march 2016 operating income 5.013 billion sgd march 2016 profit 3.871 billion sgd march 2016 number of employees 25 000 subsidiaries optus website singtel.com singapore telecommunications limited commonly abbreviated as singtel is a singaporean telecommunications company with a combined mobile subscriber base of over 600 million customers in 25 countries at end of july 2016 1 making it one of the largest mobile network operators in singapore and the 20 30 largest in the world . 2 3 the company was known as telecommunications equipment until 1995 . singtel provides isp singnet iptv singtel tv and mobile phone networks singtel mobile 4 and fixed line telephony services . singtel has expanded aggressively outside its home market and owns shares in many regional operators including 100 % of the second largest australian telco optus which was acquired in 2001 from cable & wireless and other shareholders of optus and 32.15 % 5 of bharti airtel the largest carrier in india . singtel is also the largest company by market capitalisation listed on the singapore exchange and is majority owned by temasek holdings the investment arm of the singapore government . singtel controls significant market share in singapore with 82 % of the fixed line market 47 % of the mobile market and 43 % of the broadband market in singapore . 6 singtel is an active investor in innovation companies through its singtel innov8 subsidiary founded in 2011 with s 200 million . contents 1 history 1.1 2016 1.2 2015 1.3 2014 1.4 2013 1.5 2012 1.6 2011 1.7 2009 1.8 2008 1.9 2007 1.10 2005 1.11 2003 1.12 2001 1.13 2000 1.14 1997 1.15 1992 1.16 1955 2 board and management 2.1 board of directors 2.2 management committee 2.3 senior management 3 network and infrastructure 4 key operating companies 4.1 regional mobile subsidiaries 4.2 mobile 4.2.1 singtel mobile 4.3 ict 4.4 digital 4.5 internet & tv 4.6 associate of the group 5 references 6 external links history edit this article chronology is ambiguous or out of order . relevant discussion may be found on the talk page . please do not remove this message until the described events are arranged in an unambiguous chronological sequence . 2016 edit 2015 edit on 21 january 2015 singtel launched its new brand identity the first in 16 years . 7 on 19 march 2015 singtel dismissed all connections with social media agency gushcloud . this is after a singapore blogger xiaxue exposed gushcloud s brief to its influencers to execute a negative campaign on m1 and starhub . singtel apologised to m1 and starhub for the campaign . 8 its competitors in the telecommunication industry . 9 on 7 april 2015 singtel revealed it would be acquiring us cyber security firm trustwave for 810 million its largest ever acquisition outside the telecoms sector . 10 on 22 april 2015 the singtel announced plans to delist from the australian securities exchange due to low trading volumes . 11 in april 2015 singtel released a new skype and whatsapp competitor called wavee . it allows users to make voice and video calls and send instant messages . 12 in may 2015 singtel was issued a stern warning by infocomm development authority ida for a negative marketing campaign against its competitors m1 limited and starhub through a marketing agency gushcloud . 13 singtel was required to ensure appropriate management oversight and control over its marketing and advertising campaigns . 14 2014 edit singtel was fined 6 million for its bukit panjang fire in 2013 . this is the highest fine imposed on a telco in singapore . in august 2014 singtel announced it was joining forces with five other global companies including google to build a super fast undersea data cable linking the u.s. and japan . 15 in 2014 bharati airtel became first telecommunication company to reveal 4g internet in india . 2013 edit since 1 august mio tv was officially renamed singtel tv . singtel announced the sale of its entire 30 % stake in warid telecom private limited to warid telecom pakistan llc which took place on 15 mar 2013 16 singtel was fined 180 000 for the disruption of its mio tv service where 115 000 subscribers were affected while watching the premier league games . the problems included screen freezing blurred images and picture distortion that happened on 13 may 2012 from 10 15 pm . full service quality was resumed at 12 15 am the next day . from december 2012 singtel started providing 4g lte services across singapore . 2012 edit singtel acquired mobile advertising technology company amobee in march 2012 for 321 million . 17 singtel secured broadcast rights for the 2012 summer olympics and provided 15 new espn star sports channels free of charge to its mio tv services . singtel was fined 300 000 for breaches of the service resiliency code by the ida . 18 2011 edit in may 2011 singtel announced that they will be aiming to double the size of its satellite business with two additional launches by 2013 . 19 on november 2011 singtel officially launched singapore s first e book provider skoob which was available through the web ios or android . 20 21 2009 edit on 10 july singtel launched the iphone 3gs commercially in singapore . 22 2008 edit singtel and apple jointly announced that singtel will be the first mobile operator to launch the iphone 3g and its services to singapore in june . 23 in the month of june singtel becomes the title sponsor of the inaugural singapore grand prix in singapore . 2007 edit mio tv was launched commercially on 20 july 2007 and began its services on 21 july 2007 . singtel generation mio was launched commercially on 9 january 2007 and began its services on 21 january 2007 2005 edit singtel launches its commercial 3g services in february . 2003 edit singtel sells 60 % of singapore post singpost in may during an ipo in an effort to focus on its core telecommunications services business . singtel divested its stakes in yellow pages in june its directory business to cvc asia pacific and j.p. morgan partners asia for s 220 million . 24 singtel announced that it has appointed ericsson as the vendor for its 3g network in singapore in july . 2001 edit singtel is awarded a 3g licence in april . in march 2001 singtel purchased optus for between 7.4 billion to 8.5 billion 25 2000 edit in 2000 singtel lost its domestic monopoly in singapore with the government deregulating the telecommunications industry . 26 27 1997 edit singtel was compensated 1.5 billion by the singaporean government for early termination of its monopoly 28 based on projected earnings lost between 2000 and 2007 due to its loss of monopoly . 29 1992 edit singtel is incorporated in march as telecommunications equipment and became a public company in october 1993 . 30 singtel introduces the call zone service made defunct in 1997 . 1955 edit the singapore telephone board stb is incorporated as a statutory board with exclusive rights to operate telephone service within singapore . this is followed by the merger of stb and telecommunications authority of singapore tas in 1974 . up until that time stb was responsible for local services while tas provided international services . 1982 saw the merger of the postal department with telecoms . board and management edit board of directors edit as of 29 july 2016 simon israel chairman chua sock koong group ceo venky ganesan low check kian peter mason am christina ong peter ong teo swee lian bobby chin management committee edit as of 29 july 2016 chua sock koong group ceo bill chang ceo group enterprise allen lew ceo consumer australia and ceo optus lim cheng cheng group cfo jeann low group cco aileen tan group director human resource wu choy peng group cio yuen kuan moon ceo consumer singapore senior management edit as of 29 july 2016 chia wee boon ceo ncs group enterprise mark chong ceo international hui weng cheong ceo ais murray king cfo optus robert j. mccullen ceo and president trustwave samba natarajan ceo group digital life john paitaridis managing director optus business tay soo meng group cto william woo managing director enterprise data & managed services group enterprise network and infrastructure edit singtel s international submarine cable network provides connections from singapore to more than 100 countries . it is a major investor in many of the world s submarine cable systems such as south east asia middle east western europe 3 cable network south east asia middle east western europe 4 cable network asia pacific cable network 2 china us japan us southern cross cable network and unity cable network . unity cable network was commissioned in march 2010 . in january 2010 singtel announced it had signed an agreement to join a consortium to build and operate the new southeast asia japan cable system sjc . the construction of the sjc cable system started in april 2011 and became operational in june 2013 . the sjc has a length of 8 900 km which could extend up to 9 700 km linking up to seven countries or territories . the sjc is connected with the unity cable network and is designed to deliver the lowest latency connectivity between asia and the us specifically from singapore to los angeles . citation needed as of fourth quarter of 2014 singtel mobile s 4g outdoor coverage was at 99.41 % ranked first followed by m1 s 99.04 % and starhub s 98.85 % . 31 key operating companies edit the singtel group of companies includes subsidiaries associated companies as well as shareholdings in overseas entities . its mainstay is in the mobile phone industry where it has a total subscription base of 426 million as of 23 january 2013 2 regional mobile subsidiaries edit mobile company country stake country mobile market position 32 country mobile market share as at 31 march 2015 33 country mobile market share as at 31 march 2014 34 advanced info service thailand 23.3 % 1 45.7 % 45.2 % bharti group india 32.5 % 1 23.2 % 22.7 % globe telecom philippines 47.3 % 2 39.8 % 36.6 % optus australia 100 % 2 no info 19.4 % 35 citycell bangladesh 45 % 6 1.0 % 1.2 % telkomsel indonesia 35 % 1 46.0 % 44.1 % mobile edit singtel mobile singapore pte ltd operation and provision of cellular mobile telecommunications systems and services resale of fixed line and broadband services optus mobile pty limited provision of mobile phone services virgin mobile australia pty limited provision of mobile phone services singtel mobile edit singtel mobile is a fully owned subsidiary of singtel and offers mobile telecom services in singapore . 36 currently the largest mobile operator in the country with about 3.16 million subscribers or 45.7 % of the mobile phone market share as of september 2010 2 it enjoyed a monopoly over the mobile telecommunications market until market liberalisation in the 1990s . singtel mobile was the first mobile phone operator in singapore to launch the iphone in 2008 . 23 as of fourth quarter of 2014 singtel s 4g outdoor coverage was at 99.41 % ranked first followed by m1 s 99.04 % and starhub s 98.95 % . 37 ict edit ncs provision of information technology and consultancy services alphawest provision of information technology services uecomm provision of data communication services digital edit amobee provision of mobile advertising pixable provision of mobile photo search and aggregation services singtel digital media pte ltd stdm development and management of on line internet