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IN DISCUSSION
WITH STARHUB’S
MANAGEMENT
Q A MOCK PAK LUM STARHUB OWNS
CTO 30% stake
What are some of the new technologies
adopted by StarHub recently? in STT MediaHub
2015 was a good year for the Network team.
An independent study using crowd sourcing technology by OpenSignal
ranked StarHub’s LTE network as the fastest LTE network in the world. This
was made possible with the deployment of carrier aggregation and small
cell technologies in both indoor and outdoor environment, and through
the continual tuning of the mobile network to provide the best possible
experience for our mobile customers.
The Fixed Network is going through a transformation towards software- Can you tell us more about MediaHub
defined architecture and more of our network functions are being that is being built?
virtualised. This will provide faster time-to-market for new enterprise
offerings and eventually lead to a reduction in CAPEX and OPEX as we In July, we announced that our strategic shareholder,
complete the transformation in the next two years. ST Telemedia’s wholly owned subsidiary, STT GDC,
will take a 70% stake in MediaHub and StarHub
Singapore wants to be a Smart Nation and StarHub has indicated will own the remainder. Under the partnership, the
its intent to be involved. What has been the progress so far? facility, which is renamed STT MediaHub, will be
managed and operated by STT GDC as a carrier-
StarHub is well-poised to support the government’s Smart Nation initiative. neutral and highly secure Tier 3 data centre.
We continue to lay our own fibre throughout the island and are on track to
provide a nationwide fibre network with full redundancy by 2020. STT MediaHub will be StarHub’s convergence hub
for our fixed, mobile and pay TV networks. We are
In the mobile arena, we are is participating in the HetNet trials in the building a state-of-the-art TV headend which will
Jurong Lake District. In the year, StarHub and Huawei were awarded incorporate virtualised play-out and a fully IP-
the ‘Best Innovation in Heterogeneous Network’ in the LTE Asia 2015 enabled delivery backbone. This will put StarHub in
event. These place us in a strong position to provide HetNet when it is a good position as we navigate the changing media
commercially deployed islandwide. business landscape.
Via our innovation arm, i3, we are also rolling out both onshore and STT MediaHub will be our central office in the western
offshore platforms to trial new network technologies and services part of Singapore providing resiliency in our networks.
to support the deployment of IOT devices. These devices will form Being located in the Mediapolis@one-north, this facility
the backbone of the sensor network that is key to Smart Nation data will house our innovation and incubation teams
gathering. which can be closely engaged with the flourishing
startup community in the vicinity.
Last but not least, SmartHub, our data analytics arm has launched a In addition, STT MediaHub will provide carrier-grade
customer 360 database and an API platform. They will contribute key data centre facilities for our service provider and
demographic and behavourial data to supplement the analytics platform enterprise customers. This will contribute hosting,
that provides crucial insights to help both government agencies and connectivity and managed services revenue when the
private sector companies be smarter in their decision making. building is completed in mid-2016.
