M1 (formerly: MobileOne)

(27-11-2013, 10:31 AM)CityFarmer Wrote:

(27-11-2013, 10:07 AM)NTL Wrote:

(27-11-2013, 09:59 AM)CityFarmer Wrote: Base on observation, there were changes in the competition landscape of fiber broadband service in Singapore

- M1 has moved up to 200 Mbps as base offer, with same price tag, $39/month.
- SingTel has unbundled its plan with mioTV. The latest offer is $43.7/month, 200Mbps, and only free online matches on Sunday night, instead of MioTV packages
- Starhub has done the same. The latest offer is $49.9/month, 200Mbps, and Anytime TV, instead of cable TV packages.

In the last quarter from (Jun-Sep), net broadband subscription (increment of fiber user - decrement of cable user - decrement of xDSL user) was 16K, while 10K among them went to M1.

The bundling with cable TV seemed losing its charm to new fiber users...

Ref: http://www.ida.gov.sg/Infocomm-Landscape...13-Jul-Dec
Ref: M1 3Q report

(vested)

Those who know how, will be able to watch free TV shows online, so why still need Cable TV.

Last weekend, all the telcos are offering 6mths free subscriptions for their plans. The question my wife asking was, how did other telcos know what their competitors intend to do? Leaking of information, or sharing of information?

Well, sharing of info will mean price-fixing. CCS will intervene. I doubt they will expose themselves with the risk.

It is very likely that other telcos follow suit after one's promotion went public. It shows that the telcos' marketing team efficiency...

Ah...CCS's scope dont cover telcos, banking & transport. It is under IDA.

(27-11-2013, 11:12 AM)opmi Wrote:

(27-11-2013, 10:31 AM)CityFarmer Wrote: Well, sharing of info will mean price-fixing. CCS will intervene. I doubt they will expose themselves with the risk.

It is very likely that other telcos follow suit after one's promotion went public. It shows that the telcos' marketing team efficiency...

Ah...CCS's scope dont cover telcos, banking & transport. It is under IDA.

CCS stands for Competition Commission Singapore. It was established under Competition Act of Singapore, and covers any things under the Act.

Ref: http://www.ccs.gov.sg/content/ccs/en/About-CCS.html

Outage again, another fine is on the way...

M1 says software bug likely cause of mobile data outage

SINGAPORE — M1 subscribers could not access the Internet on their mobile devices for hours yesterday after the telco’s mobile data network was hit by a “software bug”. The outage started at 8am and was resolved at 2pm, M1 said in a statement.

Many irate users vented their frustrations on the telco’s Facebook page. M1’s first posting that it was addressing the issue, for instance, drew nearly 700 comments by 8pm last night. Some complained about not being able to receive their one-time passwords for bank transactions, among other disruptions to their personal and business activities.

The telco posted at around 2pm that the issue had been rectified.

M1 Assistant General Manager of Corporate Communications Chua Hian Hou said its preliminary findings into the outage “point to a software bug” that prevented some customers from connecting to its 3G mobile data network following a scheduled network upgrade on Sunday night.

He added that some customers experienced intermittent 3G data access issues, but voice calls, text messaging and 4G data were not affected.
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http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/m1-...ata-outage

M1 to introduce one-minute minimum charge for calls


SINGAPORE - Telco M1 will be adopting a one-minute minimum charge for outgoing local voice and video calls on per-second billing plans from 1 January 2014.

"From 1 January 2014, outgoing local voice and video call usage on Per Second Billing plans will have a minimum one-minute charge and billed per second thereafter," said M1 on its website.

This move follows competitor StarHub's move in April, with voice and video outgoing local calls charged based on an "initial block of one minute and thereafter at per second rate, with effect from 1 May 2013".

For SingTel, "local talk time is charged based on an initial block of one minute and subsequent blocks of six seconds rounded to the nearest cent on a per call basis".

M1 will also be doubling its excess data charges to S$10.70 per GB, with the maximum excess charge capped at S$188.32 from 1 January. It had previously charged S$5.35 per GB, and capped that maximum excess charge at S$94.16.

These new charges are in line with SingTel, which had earlier doubled its mobile charges for 4G customers who exceed their monthly data bundle. SingTel said that its earlier rate was a promotion which ended on Sept 15.

"The rate of S$5.35/GB for 4G local excess data usage data that is used beyond the monthly data bundle was offered as a special promotion with the launch of our 4G service in June 2012," said a SingTel spokesman on 14 August.

StarHub's promotional data excess charges will also expire on 31 December, with the rates returning to their usual price of S$8.56 per GB. The maximum data bill will now be capped at S$85.60. StarHub's promotional rate was S$6.42 per GB of excess data, with the maximum data bill capped at S$64.20.

"The promotional data excess charge details were communicated to customers ever since we launched the plans in September 2012," said a StarHub spokesman.

The point that catching my attention is the increment of excess data charges...

(06-12-2013, 09:31 PM)Dividend Warrior Wrote: M1 to introduce one-minute minimum charge for calls


SINGAPORE - Telco M1 will be adopting a one-minute minimum charge for outgoing local voice and video calls on per-second billing plans from 1 January 2014.

"From 1 January 2014, outgoing local voice and video call usage on Per Second Billing plans will have a minimum one-minute charge and billed per second thereafter," said M1 on its website.

This move follows competitor StarHub's move in April, with voice and video outgoing local calls charged based on an "initial block of one minute and thereafter at per second rate, with effect from 1 May 2013".

For SingTel, "local talk time is charged based on an initial block of one minute and subsequent blocks of six seconds rounded to the nearest cent on a per call basis".

M1 will also be doubling its excess data charges to S$10.70 per GB, with the maximum excess charge capped at S$188.32 from 1 January. It had previously charged S$5.35 per GB, and capped that maximum excess charge at S$94.16.

These new charges are in line with SingTel, which had earlier doubled its mobile charges for 4G customers who exceed their monthly data bundle. SingTel said that its earlier rate was a promotion which ended on Sept 15.

"The rate of S$5.35/GB for 4G local excess data usage data that is used beyond the monthly data bundle was offered as a special promotion with the launch of our 4G service in June 2012," said a SingTel spokesman on 14 August.

StarHub's promotional data excess charges will also expire on 31 December, with the rates returning to their usual price of S$8.56 per GB. The maximum data bill will now be capped at S$85.60. StarHub's promotional rate was S$6.42 per GB of excess data, with the maximum data bill capped at S$64.20.

"The promotional data excess charge details were communicated to customers ever since we launched the plans in September 2012," said a StarHub spokesman.

So now all the 3 telcos are "on par" again...

More and more apps available on M1 platform...

M1 to offer customers unlimited music

SINGAPORE — M1 postpaid mobile customers will have unlimited access to more than 30 million songs from international, Asian and local artistes starting tomorrow (Dec 17).

The service is part of a collaboration between M1 and online music streaming service Deezer. As a launch promotion, Deezer will offer its Premium+ service to M1 customers at S$5.99 a month instead of S$9.90, valid for a maximum subscription period of six months and only available to M1 customers who sign up by June 30 next year.
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http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/m1-...ited-music

M1's YTD is 25.41%, lags behind LANTROVISION (43.77%) and TOTAL ACCESS (26.90%). It is the top among the 3 telcos, Singtel (11.55%) and Starhub (15.13%)

M1 did well in 2013...

Telco index gained 12% with divs in 2013 YTD

The FTSE ST Telecommunications Index has gained a total return of 12.2% so far this year, making it the second best performing sector index after the FTSE ST Utilities Index.

Besides the three constituents of the FTSE ST Telecommunications Index, SGX lists three other companies in the telecommunications sector based on the Industry Classification Benchmark.

Since the start of 2013, the average total return of the six stocks is 22.7% while the median total return is 20.3%.

Ref: http://www.sgx.com/wps/wcm/connect/sgx_e...20122013_1

Looking forward for the final dividend...

(vested)

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M1 Limited wishes to announce that it will release its 2013 full year financial results after
close of trading on 20 January 2014.

Ref: http://infopub.sgx.com/FileOpen/Date_of_...eID=269443

(02-01-2014, 08:31 PM)CityFarmer Wrote: Looking forward for the final dividend...

(vested)

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M1 Limited wishes to announce that it will release its 2013 full year financial results after
close of trading on 20 January 2014.

Ref: http://infopub.sgx.com/FileOpen/Date_of_...eID=269443

Looking forward to it too!