M1 (Singaporean company)
telecommunication company in Singapore
M1 Limited (commonly known as M1; formerly MobileOne) is a telecommunications company based in Singapore. Founded in 1994, M1 was listed on the Singapore Exchange from 2002 to 2019. The company is a subsidiary of Keppel.
History
1994–2002: Early years
M1 was founded as a consortium known as MobileOne in Singapore in 1994. Cable & Wireless plc, Hong Kong Telecom, Keppel Telecommunications, and Singapore Press Holdings all owned stake in the company at its outset. In May 1995, it became the first firm (outside of government-owned Singtel) to acquire a cellular license and one of three to receive a paging license from the Telecommunications Authority of Singapore. The company's first CEO, Neil Montefiore, was appointed in 1996.
In January 1997 in the lead-up to the deregulation of the telecommunications industry in Singapore, MobileOne offered a free trial of its cellular service to build market share. On 1 April 1997, MobileOne was officially allowed to conduct business as a mobile phone operator. By June 1998, the company had a valuation of $1 billion (SGD).
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