SingTel introduces new 4G voice services
SingTel has partnered Samsung and Ericsson to offer its Voice over LTE service suite, which touts faster call connection and clearer sound quality.
SINGAPORE: SingTel has partnered Samsung and Ericsson to offer its full-featured Voice over LTE (VoLTE) suite of services, named 4G ClearVoice, which it claims is the world's first.
In a statement issued today (May 19), the local telco said its VoLTE service will offer a suite of telephony services such as call waiting and forwarding in addition to making voice calls - all on its 4G network. A company spokesperson said while other telecom operators may have introduced VoLTE services, these are not as comprehensive as the one SingTel has unveiled.
4G ClearVoice will be made available to existing Samsung Galaxy Note 3 users first via a software update, which the telco said would be pushed out progressively between May 31 and June 1. Customers who buy new Galaxy Note 3 devices from May 31 will have the feature pre-installed, it said.
The service is available at no extra cost for SingTel's postpaid customers.
"Customers will enjoy the flexibility of making calls and using ultra high speed 4G mobile data services at the same time," Johan Buse, president of consumer marketing at SingTel, said in the statement.
VoLTE users will get to enjoy faster call connection services - in less than 2 seconds - and clearer voice quality compared with conventional mobile voice services, SingTel said.
While there are existing voice services delivered over mobile networks such as Microsoft's Skype, the company spokesperson said 4G ClearVoice boasts "carrier-grade" assurance in terms of reliability and quality.
He added the software update to enable SingTel's VoLTE service will be pushed out to other "popular handsets in the coming months", but did not specify a time frame.
- CNA/kk
- wong chee tat :)
Monday, May 19, 2014
Singapore blogger issued letter of demand by PM Lee's lawyers
Singapore blogger issued letter of demand by PM Lee's lawyers
'Heart Truths' blogger Roy Ngerng was issued a legal request today to remove a post describing the Prime Minister as having "misappropriated" CPF monies.
SINGAPORE: Mr Roy Ngerng, author of a blog titled The Heart Truths, was today (May 19) issued a legal request by Drew & Napier, on behalf of Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, to remove an article that had been "published maliciously", according to the lawyer's letter.
According to the letter issued by Senior Counsel Davinder Singh, the blogpost, titled “Where your CPF Money Is Going: Learning From The City Harvest Trial”, is understood to mean that Mr Lee "is guilty of criminal misappropriation of the monies paid in the Central Provident Fund (CPF).
“This is a false and baseless allegation and constitutes a very serious libel against our client, disparages him and impugns his character, credit and integrity,” the letter, dated May 18, stated.
Mr Lee has requested that Mr Ngerng:
Immediately remove the blogpost;
Publish an apology on the homepage of his blog for as long as the offending blog post was left online; and
Pay compensation for damages and legal costs.
The blogger has three days to comply, failing which legal proceedings will be taken against him, the lawyer wrote.
The letter was reproduced by Mr Ngerng on his blog site today.
In the same post, Mr Ngerng said of the legal request: “Today, I received an email from Lee Hsien Loong’s lawyer. I am being sued for defamation.
"I have advocated for a fairer and more equal Singapore where every Singapore and every person in Singapore can be taken care of and protected by our country. Today, I am finally being silenced.”
Mr Ngerng did not say in the blogpost if he would comply with the requests, although he stated: "It is only right that as people, we stand and fight for our freedoms."
- CNA/kk
- wong chee tat :)
'Heart Truths' blogger Roy Ngerng was issued a legal request today to remove a post describing the Prime Minister as having "misappropriated" CPF monies.
SINGAPORE: Mr Roy Ngerng, author of a blog titled The Heart Truths, was today (May 19) issued a legal request by Drew & Napier, on behalf of Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, to remove an article that had been "published maliciously", according to the lawyer's letter.
According to the letter issued by Senior Counsel Davinder Singh, the blogpost, titled “Where your CPF Money Is Going: Learning From The City Harvest Trial”, is understood to mean that Mr Lee "is guilty of criminal misappropriation of the monies paid in the Central Provident Fund (CPF).
“This is a false and baseless allegation and constitutes a very serious libel against our client, disparages him and impugns his character, credit and integrity,” the letter, dated May 18, stated.
Mr Lee has requested that Mr Ngerng:
Immediately remove the blogpost;
Publish an apology on the homepage of his blog for as long as the offending blog post was left online; and
Pay compensation for damages and legal costs.
The blogger has three days to comply, failing which legal proceedings will be taken against him, the lawyer wrote.
The letter was reproduced by Mr Ngerng on his blog site today.
In the same post, Mr Ngerng said of the legal request: “Today, I received an email from Lee Hsien Loong’s lawyer. I am being sued for defamation.
"I have advocated for a fairer and more equal Singapore where every Singapore and every person in Singapore can be taken care of and protected by our country. Today, I am finally being silenced.”
Mr Ngerng did not say in the blogpost if he would comply with the requests, although he stated: "It is only right that as people, we stand and fight for our freedoms."
- CNA/kk
- wong chee tat :)
System Status: File Server maintenance is UP
1) A thorough hard drive tests done yesterday revealed that both hard drives are fine.
2) Deleted unnecessary and incomplete download folders as they take up space. A quick hard drive test show both hard drive are fine.
3) Updated firmware from version 1 to version 2 resolved the "missing" incomplete download folders.
- wong chee tat :)
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