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Insiders tell us why success has eluded Singtel despite its aggressive attempts in the last decade to build and launch products from scratch.

From ecommerce, an e-magazine, a messaging service, a lifestyle site, to investing in a gaming startup – Singtel has done it all.

The idea for Style Tribute was born from Crespin’s passion for vintage and unique designer pieces.

Adconion and Kontera, for US$235 million and US$150 million, respectively, will become part of SingTel.

SPH and SingTel are giants of media and telecommunications. Their success, or lack of it, considerably impacts Singapore’s startup ecosystem.

In the past few years, we observed three interesting waves of activities which are leading to a brain drain in Southeast Asia.

Many folks in the internet industry know about SingTel’s whopping $321 million acquisition of Amobee. But Amobee’s business is actually more than a mobile ad network management platform. It is

These days, mobile telcos absolutely love HTML5 as it gives them a chance to be app publishers whilst flipping a middle finger at Apple and Google and their 30 percent

The partnership will involve Amobee integrating its publisher-side mobile advertising platform, PULSE for Publishers, with mobile inventory belonging to the four telcos.

Motivated by a need to transform itself into a multimedia and IT company, the SingTel acquisitions are a means to acquire innovative mobile technologies and portals to diversify its revenue stream and create future growth possibilities.