MyRepublic to
finally offer mobile services in Singapore after StarHub
partnership
SINGAPORE: Local Internet service provider (ISP) MyRepublic on
Thursday (May 3) announced it will partner telco StarHub to offer
mobile services here.
In a press release, MyRepublic said it has formed a mobile virtual
network operator (MVNO) partnership with StarHub, which allows it
to use the telco's infrastructure to offer mobile services.
This is similar to what another local MVNO, Circles.Life, struck
up with M1.
The ISP did not reveal details on the mobile plans it will launch,
although its managing director for Singapore Yap Yong Teck hinted
at the customer segment it may be targeting.
“MyRepublic has resonated with Singapore’s younger, more tech-savvy
crowd and that is where we will continue (to) focus with our
mobility services,” he said in the press release.
The company had been looking for a partner since failing to clinch
the fourth telco licence in 2017, and Mr Yap believed that beyond
having an "excellent mobile network", StarHub is also "well
aligned" with its strategy.
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The ISP said it expects to launch the mobile services "very soon"
with details on its plans and bundles to come.
CEO Malcolm Rodrigues had said in November last year that
MyRepublic plans to launch mobile services in Singapore in the
first quarter of this year, and in Australia and Indonesia by
mid-2018.
Source: CNA/cy