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MONEY FM 89.3 - Prime Time with Howie Lim, Bernard Lim & Finance Presenter JP Ong
We’re going to revisit an “Under the Radar” guest who first joined us on the show about two years ago. And this is a leading homegrown Singapore company that delivers what’s said to be world-class communications, entertainment and digital services. And yes – you might be using its 5G network services to tune into this conversation as we speak. Founded in 2000, telecommunications service provider StarHub seeks to provide people, homes and enterprises mobile and mixed services, a broad suite of premium content, as well as a diverse range of communications solutions through its extensive fibre and wireless infrastructure. 25 years on, the firm also develops and delivers solutions incorporating artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data analytics, Internet of Things for both corporate and government clients. And we want to find out what is next for StarHub in a fast evolving market as it celebrates 25 years in the business. Beyond that, the Singaporean telecommunications industry that StarHub lies in is also an interesting one to look at, as it undergoes a market consolidation. In August this year, Keppel announced the proposed sale of M1’s telecommunications business to Australian mobile network operator Simba Telecom, for an enterprise value of S$1.43 billion. The move disappointed investors who had hoped for StarHub to buy over M1. Just a day later though, StarHub announced that it has taken full ownership of MyRepublic’s broadband business. The move was said to strengthen StarHub’s multi-brand and multi-segment strategy in the Singapore broadband market. But what opportunities and synergies is the firm looking to tap exactly? And how far will a consolidation in the market give telco players like StarHub more flexibility in its pricing to boost its top line numbers? On Under the Radar, Money Matters’ finance presenter Chua Tian Tian posed these questions to Nikhil Eapen, Chief Executive Officer, StarHub.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sea Limited stuns with a 400% earnings surge — is Shopee’s dominance and Monee’s rapid growth setting up more gains ahead? Hosted by Michelle Martin with Ryan Huang, this episode unpacks the drivers behind Sea’s blowout quarter and Yangzijiang Financial’s move to sell its maritime investment arm. We explore StarHub’s pivot into broadband via MyRepublic, and what it signals for Singapore’s telco race. Over in the US, inflation surprises and the Trump Tariffs stir fresh Fed speculation — plus, Trump threatens a lawsuit against Jerome Powell. In UP or DOWN, we size up On, Elon Musk v Apple, PropNex, and Valuemax. We also check in on the STI’s morning moves.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On The BIG Show today, we discuss the latest in the telco businesses! Check out the full story here: https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/starhub-buys-rest-of-myrepublics-broadband-business-in-105m-deal-comes-after-simba-buys-m1 Connect with us on Instagram: @kiss92fm @Glennn @angeliqueteo Producers: @shalinisusan97 @snailgirl2000See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In the latest of the ever evolving telco landscape, Singapore’s second-largest mobile operator Starhub recently announced that it will be taking full ownership of MyRepublic's broadband business! And that comes one day after the years-long speculation of StarHub acquiring M1 from Keppel was invalidated when the asset manager announced its proposed sale of the telco to Simba Telecom. How should investors be digesting news of Starhub’s latest acquisition? And what could this mean for the iconic green star’s strategic positioning in this highly competitive landscape? Find out with Dan Koh and Ryan Huang as they tear down the details. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
MONEY FM 89.3 - Prime Time with Howie Lim, Bernard Lim & Finance Presenter JP Ong
Singapore shares dipped today despite Asian markets trading mostly in the green. The Straits Times Index was down 0.22% at 4,223.52 points at 2.31pm Singapore time, with a value turnover of S$891.19M seen in the broader market. In terms of counters to watch, we have StarHub, after the telco today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary StarHub Online has acquired the remaining 49.9 per cent stake in MyRepublic’s broadband business that it did not already own. Elsewhere, from how the US and China extended a tariff truce for another 90 days to how China has reportedly urged local companies to avoid using Nvidia’s H20 processors, particularly for government-related purposes – more international and corporate headlines remained in focus. Also on deck, a look at the latest monetary policy decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia. On Market View, Money Matters’ finance presenter Chua Tian Tian unpacked the developments with Kelvin Wong, Senior Analyst, OANDA.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
MONEY FM 89.3 - Prime Time with Howie Lim, Bernard Lim & Finance Presenter JP Ong
Two days, two seismic moves in Singapore’s telco world. First, Keppel agrees to sell M1’s telecom arm to rival Simba for $1.43 billion, the first major consolidation since liberalization shook up the market and drove prices down. Then, barely 24 hours later, StarHub snaps up full control of MyRepublic Broadband, taking over its brand and assets. What’s fuelling this sudden wave of deals? Is this just the beginning of a bigger shake-up and what will it mean for you, the consumer? On The Big Story, Hongbin Jeong speaks to Professor Lawrence Loh is Director, Centre for Governance and Sustainability at the National University of Singapore Business School, to find out more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
MONEY FM 89.3 - Prime Time with Howie Lim, Bernard Lim & Finance Presenter JP Ong
Let's talk about telcos today. And we want to focus our attention on mainboard-listed StarHub which had released its Q1 results just about a couple of weeks ago. The company posted a 26 per cent rise in net profits to S$37.5 million for the first quarter ended March. StarHub attributed its Q1's performance to higher service revenue, which grew 11 per cent year-on-year, despite sustained market competition. But what is the competitive landscape for the telco operator with the rollout of 5G? And how effective has StarHub's Dare+ transformation strategy to introduce new 5G solutions been in generating sustainable revenue growth and dividend growth? Meanwhile, the company also cited a boost from the consolidation of MyRepublic broadband for its stronger Q1 showing. But how has MyRepublic broadband generated long-term synergies for StarHub, particularly in the areas of cloud gaming and over-the-top content? On Under the Radar, Drive Time's finance presenter Chua Tian Tian sat down with Johan Buse, Chief of Consumer Business Group, StarHub for more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this episode, Theo speaks to Hendra Gunawan, Chief Technology Officer at My Republic, who talks us through MyRepublic's expansion across Indonesia, in its goal to become the second biggest fibre network provider in Indonesia. Hendra speaks about how working with Google Cloud helps MyRepublic provide low latency, high speeds and high availability at a low price for their customers. He shares how through using the latest technology, MyRepublic is able to automate their systems and keep the business scalable, while ensuring a seamless and direct relationship between customers and technicians to help solve any issues. Listen in as Hendra Gunawan also discusses the challenges of obtaining special permits and handling outages, as well as MyRepublic's future goals of leveraging data to make more informed business decisions, and using AI to provide insights for personalization.
Back in March, the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) approved local telco StarHub's proposal to buy a majority 50.1 percent stake in rival Internet service provider MyRepublic's fibre broadband business for residential and enterprise customers in Singapore. Rakesh Malani, CFO, MyRepublic shares with us the details of the deal and the behind-the-scenes story of how the deal was engineered. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang end the week with local business headlines on NetLink and Starhub, along with an ongoing discussion of US stocks, the latest in the nickel market saga, plus updates from Oracle, Rivian, Nio and what the Brain Crypto Fund did on Twitter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Paul Spain talks with Singapore based Vaughan Baker (My Republic) about matters affecting Telecommunications in New Zealand and around the region -with not only NZ insights - but discussion about Australia's National Broadband Network and Singapore's Next Generation Nationwide Broadband Network.
MONEY FM 89.3 - Prime Time with Howie Lim, Bernard Lim & Finance Presenter JP Ong
Local telco StarHub will be buying a majority 50.1 per cent stake in rival Internet service provider MyRepublic’s broadband business for residential and enterprise customers in Singapore. For now, the deal is worth $70.8 million. On SGExtra, hosts Timothy Go and Rachel Kelly spoke to Kenny Chee, Senior Tech Correspondent at The Straits Times to find out what this means for consumers and Singapore’s broadband market.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Coming up in this week's episode: UK Government begins UK GDPR change consultation, Elizabeth Denham asks G7 countries for help with cookie policies, Animal Rights activists target gun owners after Guntrader data breach, Syracuse University sued by student after a data breach, Dotty's data breach, MyRepublic data breach, China passes PIPL into statute, Turkish data penalties
Sammy Warm Hands interviews punk singer Russ Rankin (Good Riddance, Only Crime) and plays a song from the new GR album "Thoughts and Prayers."
In this episode, Hall interviews Cliff Hinrichs of Steele VC. Cliff talks about what Steele ventures invests in, and provides some examples of high quality investments such as MyRepublic and AgFunder. Cliff and Hall discuss what angels starting out should look for.
Sachin Mittal, Senior Vice President at DBS Vickers shares what this spells for the telco sector.
Eugene Yeo, Group Chief Information Officer at MyRepublic shares how the telco plans to get bigger.
Movember Team: https://au.movember.com/mospace/ After a MASSIVE weekend at PAX we're home and talking about all the awesome things we saw. Not only that, but Eve and Overwatch for free, a massive new player on the Aussie internet market and some filthy mos. See all our content at http://www.D1DLC.com Follow us on social media Twitter: https://twitter.com/DOneDLC Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoneDLC/ All the games things! Okgames: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfQTCZVE4NME2dExbdKy6zw Kieru: http://www.pinefirestudios.com/kieru/ Kept: https://www.s1t2.com.au/blog/virtual-reality/kept-virtual-reality Forts!!: https://www.earthworkgames.com/ The Warlock of Firetop Mountain: http://tinmangames.com.au/blog/ Retro Vision: http://www.nnooo.com/software/retrovision/ Paradigm: http://www.paradigmadventure.com/ The American Dream: http://samuraipunk.com/the-american-dream/ Abi: http://www.abigame.co/ Goat Punks: http://goatpunks.com/ Brief Battles: http://briefbattles.com/ Infinity Wars: https://www.infinitywarsgame.com/ EveryGreen: http://www.evergreenthegame.com/ Eve-Online: https://www.eveonline.com/ Mass Effect: https://www.masseffect.com/en-gb/andromeda-initiative Overwatch: https://playoverwatch.com/en-gb/ AVCon: https://www.avcon.org.au/ MyRepublic: https://myrepublic.net/au/ Tyranny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCJLqINsUCs
This week - the big encryption debate, a 4-year Internet troll search, Facebook and forgetting your ex, MyRepublic, Aura’s $10m Kordia sale, Telsa’s disappearing autonomous mode, 30 years of Windows plus Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016. Running time 0:48:15
We do a hands on comparison between the best from Apple and Microsoft as we look at iPad Pro vs Surface Pro 4 vs Surface Book. Also discussed is MyRepublic’s $500 1Gbps Business UFB, Netflix Tax, UltraHD Blu-ray, the All Dock, and Uber NZ price drop. Running time 0:45:05
In this episode – Windows 10 lands in the spotlight, Dubai police to get Google Glass, Singaporean internet provider MyRepublic launching in NZ, Hewlett-Packard chooses to break up, Marriott Hotels fined for Wi-Fi block and new NZ domain names launch. Running time : 0:58:25