SINGTEL OVERVIEW In 1879, 3 years after Alexander Graham Bell patented his telephone invention, Mr Bennet Pell started a private telephone exchange in Singapore that had 50 lines and made Singapore one of the first cities in the East to have telephone service. Singapore Telecommunications Limited was formerly known as Telecom equipment and is singapore largest telecommunications company. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singtel) Last Updated: May 13, 2008 01:14 EDT SingTel was incorporated in March 1992 and became a public company in October 1993. In Singapore, SingTel has had more than 128 years of operating experience and has played an integral part in the development of the city as a major communications hub in the region. In Australia, Optus serves more than six million customers. It has driven the competition as the challenger brand and led the way in technological innovations and breakthroughs. Over the years, SingTel has grown to be a global player with a strong regional heritage. With one of the most extensive and advanced telecommunications infrastructure, the Group offers unparalleled reach in Asia and beyond. SingTel's highly developed international network provides direct connections from Singapore to more than 100 countries. It is a major investor in many of the world's most sophisticated submarine cable and satellite systems. The Group is the second largest satellite operator in the Asia Pacific. The Group's other major investments in the region include Advanced Info Service (AIS) in Thailand, the Bharti Telecom Group in India, Globe Telecom in the Philippines, Pacific Bangladesh Telecom (PBTL) in Bangladesh, Telkomsel in Indonesia and Warid Telecom in Pakistan. Together, the Group has around 172 million mobile customers in eight markets. This is the largest multi-market mobile customer base in Asia outside of China. SingTel employs about 19,000 people worldwide and had a turnover of S$13.15 billion (US$8.41 billion) and net profit after tax of S$3.78 billion (US$2.42 billion) for the year ended 31 March 2007. (http://home.singtel.com/about_singtel/) It was listed on the Singapore Exchange in November 1993 and on the Australian Stock Exchange in September 2001. In May 1993, SingTel set up its first overseas office in New York City. SingTel’s group revenue cross the S$10 billion mark in March 2003 and by 2004, SingTel has become the largest company listed on the Singapore Exchange with a market capitalisation of around S$40 billion (or US$24 billion at the exchange rate in May 2004). SINGTEL SERVICES Singtel as a communicaton group offers a wide range of products & services in this industry, from individual to organization level.
AT&T’s roots stretches all the way back to 1875, when Alexander Graham Bell created the first telephone. The main reason AT&T was created was to exploit the creation of the telephone. AT&T became a parent company to the Bell system, which was a phone company monopoly. They created a long distance telephone network that went from New York to Chicago and then on to San Francisco. Then in 1984 AT&T split into eight different phone companies. They built out to Denver in 1899 and then they hit a rough patch, the signal wasn’t too strong. Luckily, AT&T created the first practical electrical amplifier in 1913. And this made transcontinental communication possible. Bell’s patent expired in 1894 and only Bell telephone could only legally operate in the U.S. The number of telephones grew as phone wires spread across the nation, there where about 3,317,000 phones. The only downside to this early story is that, only phones with the same phone company could contact each other, this was being fixed in 1913. In 1925 there was a new president, Walter Gifford, he sold International Western Electrical Company to the ITT for 33 million to make AT&T universal. In January 1, 1984 was changed and revitalized, it no longer was the bell system. It had a new global icon, as you see today. IN 1984 AT&T carried around 37.5 million calls a day. CEO, Robert Allen, announced that on Septemb...
Corporation like Sprint Wireless provider industry which provides cell phone coverage and data. Sprint is one of the largest corporations in the U.S with competitors such as Verizon and AT&T. Sprint has a lot of control in the wireless provider market. Being Independent Corporation, still has to considerate the reactions of their competitors before making business decisions such as chan...
Verizon Communications formed by the merger of two big and successful companies, Atlantic Corp. and GTE Corp., is the largest telecommunication company. The company serves large part of the market in United States. However the company faces certain strengths and weaknesses which affect the way company formulate its strategies.
With Telstra’s large market share, Telstra is constantly under competition from major companies such as Optus and Vodafone. Businesses aim to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage where in this case, Telstra would be trying to maintain their market share as well as increase their already large portion of the market.
Effective competition is widely seen as a key to the development of telecommunications services. The ability of new telecommunications networks to interconnect fairly and efficiently with existing networks is critical to the development of competition. AT&T has undergone numerous changes since its inception in the late 19th century. The McKinsey 7 S framework as applied by Pascale is recommended to manage the changes they are facing to adopt a greater competitive presence in the global economy. In conjunction with this framework, numerous other models were applied to analyse the global competitive position of AT&T. Recommendations for a revised strategy and direction for AT&T have been made throughout this document including two scenarios of how the telecommunications industry might develop towards 2000, while outlining the impact on AT&T.
One.Tel was launched by Jodee Rich and Brad Keeling in 1995 (Cook, 2001). At first, it looked to get the advantages from deregulation of telecommunication industry by reselling other network’s capacity and making money through stock market speculation. Rich and Keeling tried to increase the company’s shares rather than to profit the company (Cook, 2001). Initially, One.Tel used to develop the culture of strong teamwork and togetherness. There was no hierarchy in the structure of the company. However, the dissonance of its culture and system is the main factor that led to One Tel decline.
The following report will analyse Vodafone and their current position in the international market. This report will cover the competitive strategy of Vodafone and their influence of products and services in relation to the demand of the market.
Optus Communications Pty Ltd was incorporated in 1991 as the holding company of Australia’s first private communication carrier (Mclennan, 1998) and by mid – 1994 Optus employed more than 2600 employees (Katz, 1997). Sintel Optus Pty Limited (Optus) is a subsidiary of Singtel Inc providing services in the field of telecommunications in Australia. The firm provides mobile, national and long distance services, local and international telephony, business net...
Part of the reason for the absence of a truly global cellular company is because it is difficult for companies to keep up with the changing trends across the world, as consumers in different parts of the world demand different technologies and products.
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In November 2000, Mauritius Telecom entered into a strategic partnership with Orange (formerly France Telecom) with a view to strengthening and securing its market share, pending the total deregulation of the telecommunication sector in Mauritius. By combining the technological and global strength of Orange, and the local and regional experience of Mauritius Telecom, the two companies have been able to offer innovative and useful technologies to new markets. Orange has shared a lot of its Information technology expertise to Mauritius Telecom.
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"While practically everybody today is a potential mobile phone customer, everybody is simultaneously different in terms of usage, needs, lifestyles, and individual preferences," explains Nokia's Media Relations Manager, Keith Nowak. Understanding those differences requires that Nokia conduct ongoing research among different consumer groups throughout the world. The approach is reflected in the company's business strategy:
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