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Tuas Limited was incorporated in Australia on 11 March 2020 in anticipation of the demerger of the Singapore operations of TPG Telecom Limited (subsequently renamed to TPG Corporation Limited) resulting from the merger between TPG Telecom and Vodafone Hutchison Australia. That merger attained final
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technology which saw subscribers have initial troubles setting up during the trial rollout at the start of 2019 as existing phones did not contain the configuration profile required for the VoLTE functionality to work. These was largely resolved when the major brands added the configuration profile
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In November 2021, Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) announced that the telco has won the rights to the 2.1 GHz spectrum of 5G network and services and is provisionally awarded two lots of 5 MHz of the spectrum. With accordance to IMDA, TPG Singapore would have the right to
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They were provisionally allocated 60 MHz of spectrum made available in the New Entrant Spectrum Auction (NESA), with spectrum rights that commenced in April 2017. TPG was also expected to provide street level coverage nationwide within 18 months of the start date.
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In March 2023, it was announced that SIMBA will be entering the internet service provider (ISP) market in Singapore, offering the first 2.5Gbit/s broadband service. It will be leveraging the existing network infrastructure in Singapore.
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On 21 December 2018, a call for 20,000 participants in a year-long trial was put out, with another call for participants made in March 2019 while delaying the launch of the network to 2020.
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court approval on 26 June 2020 with the demerger of TPG Singapore becoming effective and under whose terms Tuas Limited has the rights to use the TPG brand in Singapore until June 2022.
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provide 5G network services, starting 1 January 2022. As part of the regulatory process, TPG Singapore has to roll out the 5G network islandwide by the end of 2026.
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122 million). The reserve price was only S$ 35 million, and TPG Singapore paid three times the minimum that was asked for by the Singapore authorities.
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resulted in TPG Singapore splitting up from its Australian counterpart. As a result, TPG Singapore operated under the newly established and
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Tuas Ltd, also founded by Teoh, independently of the merged TPG Telecom entity. In 2022, TPG Singapore was rebranded to
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found that TPG Singapore had slower network speeds and poorer connectivity than the established rival telcos.
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into their operating systems, with Apple adding the profile only in September 2019.
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https://tuas.com.au/pdf/Tuas-Ltd-FY22-Investor-Presentation_For-ASX-Release.pdf
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2020–present: Post merger of TPG Australia and Vodafone and rebrand to SIMBA
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had secured the fourth telecommunications license in Singapore for
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after the end of its 2 years' usage rights to use the TPG brand.
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TPG Singapore was founded in 2016 by Australian businessman
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Companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange
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Private
Traded as
ASX
TUA
Telecommunications
Singapore
Singapore
David Teoh
Mobile Services
S$
Official website
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telecommunications
telecommunication company
David Teoh
Infocomm Media Development Authority
TPG Telecom Australia
Vodafone Hutchison Australia
TPG Telecom
Australian-listed
TPG
S$
A$
Voice over LTE
Opensignal
TPG (Internet service provider)
LTE
LTE
5G NR

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