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SMARTAM TRACKS ‘RETURN PATH DATA’, and can measure real-time                                                                  StarHub Ltd Annual Report 2015
and time-shift viewing of TV content and advertising spots across

>200StarHub TV Channels

                Work Can Wait                                      Broadband Competition                                      Overview

We have the widest array of TV content,                            Even prior to the Next Gen NBN days, our robust
including TVB dramas, sports coverage                              HFC infrastructure, attractive subscription plans, and
                                                                   quality support, helped us become a leader in the
                      and kids programmes.                         home broadband market. In 2014, with our unique
                                                                   ability to use our own HFC network and tap on the
                                                                   Next Gen NBN, we introduced the Dual Broadband             Strategy
                                                                   packages – which come with both cable broadband
                                                                   and fibre broadband. This unique-to-market offering        Performance
                                                                   provides customers with additional reliability, full home
                                                                   Wi-Fi coverage, as well as the ability to segregate
                                                                   work usage from family usage. The same year, we
                                                                   also launched our HomeHub four-in-one bundle that
                                                                   consists of fibre broadband, mobile broadband, fibre
                                                                   TV and a home phone line.

                                                                   In 2015, we added a 4G mobile post-paid line to our
                                                                   popular HomeHub plans. By including the mobile line,
                                                                   HomeHub Go will only make one of our top-selling
                                                                   services better.

                                                                   In 2014, upstart competition, who offered their
                                                                   services via the Next Gen NBN, dragged our revenue
                                                                   down with their low-priced plans but the trend
                                                                   has reversed itself in 2015. With our appealing and
                                                                   innovative broadband plans, and with the newer
                                                                   entrants shifting the competition to offering higher
                                                                   priced plans at higher download speeds, our quarterly
                                                                   Broadband revenue has seen an uptick trend
                                                                   beginning 2015.

                                                                      With SmarTAM, media agencies                            Governance & Sustainability
                                                                   can help their clients and advertisers;

                                                                     make better planning on when to
                                                                    buy and where to buy, so that they
                                                                   can generate a much more effective

                                                                          return on their spending.

                                                                                                                              Financials
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