Singtel and StarHub-M1 joint venture win rights to build two Singapore 5G networks


Half of Singapore will have 5G coverage by end-2022. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): More than half of Singapore will have 5G mobile network coverage by end-2022, offering surfing speeds more than 20 times what the current 4G networks offer, with the need to upgrade digital infrastructure driven home by the present partial lockdown.

Singtel and a joint venture between StarHub and M1 won the rights to build the Republic's two nationwide networks yesterday and will have to scale up to provide nationwide coverage by 2025.

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