Singapore Telecommunications

Founded
Singapore (1879)
Headquarters
Singapore
Key people
Chumpol NaLamlieng, ChairmanLee Hsien Yang, Group CEOChua Sock Koong, Group CFO
Industry
Telecommunications
Products
mobile servicesinternetfixed network servicespostal services
Revenue
$12,617 million SGD (Mar 2005)
Employees
>19,000
Website
www.singtel.com

Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SGX: T48, ASX: sgt) (commonly abbreviated as SingTel) is Singapore's largest telecommunications company. With a combined mobile subscriber base of 106 million customers from its own operations and regional associates, SingTel is the largest mobile network operator in the Asia Pacific outside of the People's Republic of China. A former government monopoly privatized in 1992, SingTel divested its postal operation SingPost in 2003 and now concentrates on providing internet service provider, mobile phone and fixed line telephony services.
SingTel has expanded aggressively outside its home market and owns shares in many regional operators, including 100% of Australian telecommunications company Optus, acquired in 2000 from Cable and Wireless and other shareholders of Optus.
SingTel is majority owned by state investment vehicle Temasek Holdings. The CEO, Lee Hsien Yang (brother of the Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong), has recently announced his intention to resign.