The stock prices of Singtel, StarHub, and M1 have fallen since the announcement of a fourth telco to be introduced into Singapore to spur competition. One of the possible candidates, MyRepublic, plans to provide unlimited data packages for their mobile services which may be a competitive threat to the incumbent telcos as their data plans are based on fixed data usage.
Since the introduction of a fourth telco is inevitable, instead of worrying of the new entrant I decided to look in-depth in the existing three telcos and find out which one is in the best position to battle against its competition. This week, I’ll be covering Singtel and six important things you need to know about the company. But before I go into that, here’s a background on Singtel’s business model.