Update: 12/01/2008 - StarHub launches femtocell service … recommends iPhone 3G
Update:11/05/2008 - StarHub delays iPhone sale
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By Chua Hian Hou
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STARHUB, which had earlier said that it will have the Apple iPhone 3G in stores by end of the year, will not be bringing it in after all.
In a results briefing on Wednesday, StarHub chief executive Terry Clontz said that Singapore’s second largest mobile operator will not be able to bring the gadget in this year.
But the telco is continuing ‘dialogue with Apple’, he said adding, ‘At this particular point in time we cannot be specific when we will have it in our stores… they (Apple) have their priorities signing on distributors.’
This leaves SingTel as the sole iPhone distributor here for now. MobileOne had previously said it was in discussions with Apple, but did not commit to a date.
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Update: 07/25/08 MobileOne to Sell IPhone in its Shops by End of Year (Update1)
By Tan Wei Xin
July 25 (Bloomberg) – MobileOne Ltd., Singapore’s smallest mobile-phone operator, will offer Apple Inc.’s iPhone in its retail outlets by the end of this year.
“I think, before the end of the year we will be” carrying the phones in our stores, Chief Executive Officer Neil Montefiore said today in a Bloomberg Television interview. “It will become available in all markets, with all operators.”
MobileOne’s shares rose 2.1 percent to close at S$1.96, the highest in more than a month. Its stock price has risen 3.2 percent so far this year, against a 16 percent drop in the broader benchmark Straits Times Index. Full Bloomberg article > HERE
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SingTel will clearly be the lead carrier for Apple in Singapore. Yet it is also apparent that Apple is moving away from exclusivity in their new carrier deals. iPhonAsia has received multiple (unconfirmed) reports of additional Singapore carrier deals that might be in the works. These reports from Singapore claim that StarHub and M1 remain in discussions with Apple on iPhone distribution deals.
