Singapore’s 5G in 5 years plan on track as licenses granted

Singtel, Starhub and M1 to implement full coverage by 2025

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Singtel Group CEO Chua Sock Koong at the Mobile World Congress last year. The company was awarded a 5G license in Singapore on Wednesday. © Reuters

MAYUKO TANI, Nikkei staff writer

SINGAPORE -- Singapore's three largest wireless carriers have won approval to operate 5G networks, setting in motion plans to provide coverage across the island-nation within the next five years.

Singapore Telecommunications, or Singtel, the city state's leading telecom provider, was awarded a provisional license along with a joint bid by StarHub Mobile and M1, the No. 2 and No. 3 players, the government's telecommunication authority announced Wednesday.

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