Untangling Asia's crossed lines
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The dismantling of Asian telecommunications monopolies will bolster the number of infrastructure projects in the region and create new project finance opportunities. In Singapore, Singapore Telecommunications will lose its monopoly in 2000; Singapore is offering two telecommunications licenses for basic telecommunications services, and companies from the UK, the US, Hong Kong and Japan are teaming up with local investors to bid for the licenses.
Publication Name: Asiamoney
Subject: Business
ISSN: 1607-0526
Year: 1997
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Trends in Asia-Pacific telecommunications
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An overview of the telecommunications industry in the Asia-Pacific region is presented. The Asia-Pacific telecommunications industry will be effected by three trends: industry deregulation, the decline in international telephone rates, and the growth of wireless services. In the future, the Asia-Pacific telecommunications industry will see the price of local calls being higher than the price of international calls.
Publication Name: Asiamoney
Subject: Business
ISSN: 1607-0526
Year: 1997
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Financing solutions for Asian telecoms
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Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS), which has been operating in the Asian financial markets since 1969, is a leader in the financing of Asian telecommunications projects. UBS' Asian telecommunications team is headed by Investment Banking chief K.Y. Tang and by UBS Asia Pacific structured finance chief Dir van Daele. UBS is able to offer a wide variety of financial projects to make a success project financing package.
Publication Name: Asiamoney
Subject: Business
ISSN: 1607-0526
Year: 1997
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