Nokia secures 10-year 5G contract with Antina in Singapore

Nokia has been awarded a ten-year extension to its existing 5G network deal with Antina, a joint venture between M1 and StarHub mobile network operators in Singapore. This comes after a competitive tender process. Nokia will deploy an indoor and outdoor 5G Standalone (SA) network, and also expand the existing network by utilizing Antina’s 3.5GHz spectrum holdings. Continue reading “Nokia secures 10-year 5G contract with Antina in Singapore”

India and Singapore UPI-PayNow Cross-Border Payment System launched

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Singapore’s Lee Hsien Loong initiated a connection between India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and Singapore’s PayNow, making India the first South Asian nation to have a real-time overseas payments link. This is a noteworthy development for India, which is the world’s largest remittance recipient. Continue reading “India and Singapore UPI-PayNow Cross-Border Payment System launched”

Singtel introduces Singapore’s first 10Gbps residential fibre service

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Singtel today announced that it will offer Singapore’s first 10Gbps fibre broadband service to residential customers starting this month. It was piloted for a selected group of customers last year and uses next-gen 10GPON or Gigabit Passive Optical Network. It also features four 1Gbps ports so that it multi-user environments such as home offices and large households. Continue reading “Singtel introduces Singapore’s first 10Gbps residential fibre service”

South East Asia set to get its first Apple Store in Singapore – Will be Solar Powered

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Apple has chosen Singapore as the location to open its first Apple Store in South East Asia. The Store will reportedly run on renewable energy, namely solar energy.

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Samsung Galaxy S5 4G+ with Snapdragon 805 and LTE-A announced in Singapore

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Samsung has launched the Galaxy S5 4G+ in Singapore. It is a variant of the Galaxy S5 broadband LTE-A that was launched in Korea in June. It is powered by a 2.5 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 805 processor and has LTE-A support up to 300 Mbps. Other specifications are similar to the global Galaxy S5 variants, including a 5.1-inch 1080p display, 2GB RAM, 16GB of storage with expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD and a 2800 mAh battery. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S5 4G+ with Snapdragon 805 and LTE-A announced in Singapore”

In another Singapore flash sale, Xiaomi sells 5,000 Redmi Note units in 42 seconds

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Although it’s the Indian wing of Xiaomi that’s making the most noise for reasons obvious (read: Xiaomi Mi3 launch in India), other, regional Xiaomi branches are making sure they aren’t left behind.

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Sony XPERIA Z2 Unboxing

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Sony had announced the XPERIA Z2 back in February at MWC 2014 in Barcelona, Spain along with Samsung’s Galaxy S5. However due to certain production issues, the phone’s availability has been very scarce. It’s available in Singapore currently and it’s availability has been announced around Europe as well. Other countries worldwide are yet to receive the device so we thought we’ll bring you this unboxing.

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HTC One Max vs Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Photo Gallery

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We previously brought to you the unboxing of the HTC One Max. Now here is the photo gallery comparing the phablet to it’s closest rival, the Galaxy Note 3.

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HTC Butterfly Photo Gallery

The HTC Butterfly is the international variant of the J Butterfly (Japan) and the DROID DNA (USA) variants. We have got our hands on one and this gallery is first among the articles we plan to cover on this phone.

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Apple iPad mini Unboxing

The Apple iPad mini was announced on October 23rd and was launched across select countries worldwide on November 2nd. We managed to get our hands on the device and bring this unboxing for you.We have both the white and black versions of the iPad mini with us and we will also be comparing it with Nexus 7 and the iPad 2.

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Facebook for Android v1.9.10 update brings new Messaging features

Facebook for Android has been updated to version 1.9.10 that brings new messaging features including option to quickly see who is online to chat, manage favorite friends, see active friends and more new features. The previous v1.9.8 update brought easier event creation and new media upload flow. The Facebook Messenger app for Android has also been updated with similar features. Facebook is also rolling out new auto photo upload feature for the Android app gradually that would upload your photos privately and share them later. Continue reading “Facebook for Android v1.9.10 update brings new Messaging features”

Apple iPhone 5 Singapore Prices are Revealed , starts from S$948

Singapore is one of the few countries getting the iPhone 5 on launch day September 21 and Singapore is one of those markets where Apple directly sells unlocked iPhones on it’s online store to consumers.  The 16GB iPhone 5 is expected to cost 948 SGD (Singapore Dollars).  Apple will start taking Pre-orders on September 14.

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