Singapore plans to have 5G coverage for at least half of the nation by the end of 2022 and the entire island by 2025. — Reuters
Singapore’s communications minister said mobile phone carriers awarded 15-year licenses to operate 5G networks offering fast data transmission will have enough time to recoup their investment and make money.
The tenure of the licenses announced on April 29 allow the telcos to "take a long view to recoup not just the investment, but actually attain significant returns on it”, Minister for Communications and Information S. Iswaran said in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Haslinda Amin on Thursday.
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