“Singtel can kiss my ass,” someone says

I can’t say I totally agree with what was said. I didn’t buy the iPhone so Singtel can kiss my ass. In fact I’ve nothing against Singtel. 

Ok, something about Singtel irks me. 

If the MDA has anti-monopolistic regulations, why is Singtel the launch customer for the iPhone 3G in Singapore? In Australia, Optus, Vodafone and Telstra all brought the phone in the same day. Talk is cheap. It’d be good if talktime was cheaper.

Addendum: The irony is that I bought my iPhone from Singtel’s other company – Optus. But as I type this my phone is on the way to unlocked bliss (that annoying 10 working day wait).

Singtel says NO to Apple

This is definitely something to cheer about.You may ask “what’s the big deal?” It is because it is a Singapore company which is a first to say no to Apple’s iPhone revenue sharing model. I can’t say which is better for Singapore consumers – a revenue sharing model or the traditional Singtel business model. However it is something to shout about because every other telco company outside the States have succumbed to Apple’s demands.Apple, on the other hand, will not let itself be embarrassed. It claims that it is not married to the single carrier model. So the burning questions are:  

1.  Will we get a locked iPhone?
2.  Will M1 and Starhub offer the iPhone eventually?
3.  Will Singtel provide support for the features unique to iPhone, such as visual voicemail?