SingTel

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SingTel, also known as Singapore Telecommunications, is a publicly owned company headquartered in Singapore. Owned by Singtel Group and comprising subsidiaries like Singtel Enterprise Solutions, the company was founded in 1879, employs approximately 7,180 individuals, and reported $2.8B in revenue as of 2025. Functioning as a tier 1 media tech buyer in the telecoms sector, Singtel provides a portfolio of next-generation communication, 5G, technology, and infotainment services to both consumers and businesses. The group maintains a presence across Asia, Australia, and Africa, serving over 740 million mobile customers in 21 countries. Its infrastructure and technology services for businesses extend across 21 countries, supported by more than 428 direct points of presence in 362 cities.

2025 Revenue

Founded

1879

Headcount

7,179

Headquarters

Singapore

Primary Segment

Telecoms

Ownership

Publicly Owned

News Summary:

Optus, a subsidiary of Singtel, experienced a service outage on September 11, affecting customers across Victoria, the Northern Territory, South Australia, and Tasmania, though emergency calls remained possible where other mobile networks were available or through Wi-Fi. Earlier on September 11, Singapore Telecommunications repurchased 1.7 million of its own shares for approximately S$8 million, continuing its S$2 billion share buyback program. This followed the announcement on September 10 that Singtel and Thailand's Gulf Development formed a strategic partnership to develop and invest in new submarine cable connectivity between Thailand and Singapore. Their initial initiative involves participation in the Vietnam-Thailand-Singapore Cable System (VTS), aiming to strengthen Thailand's connection to Singapore amidst increasing demand for data centers, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence services across the region.

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SingTel offers 7 products in the media and telecoms services industry. SingTel's product portfolio comprises of telecoms, broadcast television and radio, media and TV services and consumer electronics.

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SingTel's revenues were $2.8B in 2025. Caretta Research has split SingTel's revenue into 7 different product categories, the largest of which is consumer broadband, which represents 39% of SingTel's revenue.

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Sep

15th

2026

14:40

Operational Challenges, Capital Investment, B2B Tag, Operational Challenges, Asset and Stake Acquisitions, Investments

Latest Optus outage less severe than before, but could affect Singtel’s minority stake sale: Analysts

SINGAPORE – The market’s reaction to the recent Optus telecommunications outage underscores growing pressure on its parent company Singtel and the Australian authorities to improve the telco’s infrastructure and network reliability. Singtel shares opened at $4.43 on Sept 14, down about 1.3 per cent from $4.49 on Sept 11.

The Straits Times

Sep

15th

2026

06:30

B2B Tag

N95 masks, adjusted work arrangements: Companies step up haze precautions

SINGAPORE: Some companies are stepping up haze precautions for employees and outdoor workers as air quality in Singapore worsened on Tuesday (Sep 15), including providing N95 masks, scaling back outdoor work and allowing flexible work arrangements.

Channel News Asia

Sep

15th

2026

06:30

Awards and Recognitions, B2B Tag, Award Wins

Singtel Receives Frost & Sullivan's 2026 APAC Company of the Year Recognition for 5G Enterprise Leadership

Singtel's 5G enterprise innovation, intelligent connectivity, and customer-centric solutions are helping how APAC enterprises adopt robotics, AI, and connected technologies. Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce that Singtel has received the 2026 APAC Company of the Year Recognition in the 5G enterprise industry for its outstanding achievements in enterprise connectivity, innovation, strategy execution, and customer impact.

MarketScreener

Sep

15th

2026

06:30

B2B Tag, Quality Issues

Singtel, StarHub internet connections disrupted for some due to fibre service outage, say telcos

[SINGAPORE] SingTel and StarHub subscribers may be experiencing disruptions to their internet connections due to a fibre service outage, the two telcos said in separate social media posts on Tuesday (Sep 15). In a Facebook post, StarHub said some of its customers may be experiencing broadband disruptions due to a fibre cut affecting multiple operators, but did not mention the location of the cut.

The Business Times

Sep

15th

2026

06:30

Regulatory and Legal, B2B Tag, Regulatory Compliance

Another Optus mobile outage blocks 46 Triple Zero calls

Police scrambled to conduct dozens of welfare checks over the weekend, after around 40 callers to Triple Zero were unable to connect during a 90-minute outage of Optus’s mobile network that interrupted mobile voice services across a wide swathe of the country.

Information Age ACS

Sep

14th

2026

18:00

Financial Results, B2B Tag, Buy Backs, Financial Performance, Dividend Updates

Top 3 Temasek-Backed Stocks with Aggressive Share Buybacks

SGX-listed companies repurchased a combined S$2.09 billion of their own shares on the open market in the first eight months of 2026 (8M26). That represents a sharp 33% surge from the S$1.57 billion bought back in 8M25, and a massive 144% leap from S$855 million in 8M24.

Yahoo Finance Singapore

Sep

14th

2026

00:07

B2B Tag

Australian govt flags network resilience measures after latest Optus outage

The Australian government has flagged further work to strengthen telecommunications network resilience after an Optus outage on 11 September affected voice services across parts of Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory. The outage lasted just over an hour and affected Optus voice calling services, including some triple zero (000) calls, with customers experiencing intermittent call dropouts.

Telecompaper

Sep

13th

2026

05:24

B2B Tag

Australia vows to bolster resilience of telco networks after outage at Singtel-owned Optus

[SYDNEY] Australia’s government pledged on Sunday (Sep 13) to bolster resilience in the country’s telecommunications networks after an outage at Optus, the country’s No 2 carrier, impacted users in three states and disrupted some emergency services calls.

The Business Times

Sep

13th

2026

00:41

B2B Tag, Quality Issues

Optus outage attributed to hardware failure at exchange

A hardware failure at an Optus exchange in Victoria is being blamed for an Optus voice outage on Friday that triggered welfare checks by authorities in three states. The outage, which Optus said lasted for about one hour and 16 minutes, impacted customers in parts of Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory.

iTnews

Sep

12th

2026

04:14

B2B Tag, Quality Issues

Singtel-owned Optus apologises for outage that disrupted emergency calls

[SYDNEY] Optus, Australia’s No 2 telecom carrier, on Saturday (Sep 12) apologised a day after an outage on its network affected users across three states and disrupted some emergency services calls. The 76-minute technical glitch on Friday affected Optus voice calling services in parts of Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania states and the Northern Territory, with some customers experiencing “intermittent call dropouts”, Optus said in a statement.

The Business Times

Sep

11th

2026

17:28

B2B Tag, Quality Issues

Australia’s Optus apologises for outage that disrupted emergency calls – Freedom 96.9

(Corrects grammar and use of partial quote in paragraph 2) SYDNEY, Sept 12 (Reuters) – Optus, Australia’s No. 2 telecom carrier, on Saturday apologised a day after an outage on its network impacted users across three states and disrupted some emergency services calls.

Freedom969

Sep

11th

2026

15:59

B2B Tag, Regulatory Compliance

Optus Network Failure Blocked Triple Zero Calls and Left Four People Dead

A botched network upgrade by Optus triggered a 10-hour emergency call blackout across South Australia, Western Australia, and the Northern Territory, preventing roughly 600 attempts to reach Triple Zero. The incident has left four people dead and prompted fierce condemnation from state premiers and federal regulators over delayed public notifications and incomplete information flow to emergency services.

World Today Journal

SingTel has partners like Vultr. Examples of SingTel's suppliers include Nokia, Ericsson and Google.

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SingTel currently holds 19 broadcasting rights for sports competitions including multi-sport, athletics, sailing, motorsports, rugby union, soccer | association football, cricket, basketball and badminton.