Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (SingTel), South-East Asia’s largest phone company, posted a 72% jump in quarterly profit yesterday, thanks to a turnaround in Australia and strong earnings in emerging markets.
Battling competition in its mature home market, SingTel has spent S$17bil in four years to buy into the bigger Australian market and fast-growing economies like Indonesia and India, where mobile phone use is relatively low.
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