M1 (Singaporean company)


M1 Limited is a Singaporean telecommunications company and one of the four major telcos operating in the country, the others being TPG Telecom, StarHub and Singtel.

Coverage, Products, and Services

According to December 2016 IMDA results, M1's 4G outdoor coverage was 99.49%.
M1 is one of the three major full service communications providers in Singapore. It offers a suite of mobile voice-and-data communication services over its 3G/3.5G/4G/LTE-A network, including international-call services to both mobile- and fixed-line customers. These include SMS, MMS, WAP, GPRS, 3G, 3.5G and 4G and was the first Singapore operator to launch a nationwide 4G LTE and 4G LTE-A network. It also offers prepaid mobile services, such as prepaid data plans, under its M Card brand. It is one of the operators in Singapore to offer a prepaid 4G service.
Singapore's 2G networks, including M1's, was turned off in April 2017.
M1 offered GSM services to its customers upon its entry into the mobile-communications market in 1997. In 1998, M1 introduced CDMA as the second mobile network in Singapore. However, customers on the CDMA network were migrated onto its GSM network in 2001. This was due to the CDMA network spectrum being earmarked for 3G service developments.
The company also launched Singapore's first mobile broadband services in 2006, named M1 Broadband, and introduced fixed broadband services in 2008. In 2010, it launched Singapore's first fibre broadband service.
M1 is Singapore’s first mobile operator to make digital eSIM available on iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR.
On 15 February 2019, Axiata sold off its entire shares in 'M1' to Konnectivity Pte Ltd for RM1.65 billion, citing the need for capital reallocation and new priorities in line with its vision to be the Next Generation Digital Champion by 2022.
In May 2019, M1 launched a new plan - One Plan. You Build It.

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