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March 2006

ST Electronics And Singapore Telecommunications Launch  Broadband IP Solution For The Maritime Industry

Singapore, 23 March 2006 — Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited (ST Electronics), through its subsidiary ST Electronics (Satcom & Sensor Systems) Pte Ltd and Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel), have concluded an exclusive collaboration agreement to jointly provide a compact 1.2 metre diameter stabilised Ext-C band antenna system to address a large and untapped market base of smaller shipping vessels.

This is part of SingTel Satellite division’s newly launched Maritime VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) service for the maritime industry.  Coverage for the service will initially be available for the Asia Pacific region and provides high-speed two-way IP broadband connectivity to a shipping vessel using a stabilised antenna system on board and connected via SingTel's ST-1 satellite.  SingTel Maritime VSAT service is a fixed monthly charge service. With this, SingTel hopes to benefit the higher traffic volume users in the maritime industry.
In providing this Maritime VSAT service, SingTel will leverage on ST Electronics’ expertise in the design and engineering of VSAT solutions, as well as strong technical service support in the region.  To position SingTel Maritime VSAT as a global service, the Marine VSAT Service will have its coverage extended to the Atlantic Ocean region at a later date.

ST Electronics developed the world's smallest C-Band VSAT terminal in 2005. We are proud to partner SingTel, to quickly customise and deploy this technology for a shipborne maritime application.  Together, we expect to deliver a superior maritime VSAT service that will offer shipping vessels unprecedented communications capability.

SEAH Moon Ming,
President, ST Electronics

We are pleased to collaborate with ST Electronics to jointly develop one of the smallest, stabilised C-Band antennas that will fit perfectly into the limited space of smaller vessels.  With this partnership, we can offer our customers, especially the smaller vessel operators, an innovative voice and high-speed data solution that will meet their communications needs when they are at sea.

Masagos ZULKIFLI
Vice President, SingTel Satellite

SingTel is Asia's leading communications group with operations and investments around the world.  Serving both the corporate and consumer markets, it is committed to bringing the best of global communications to customers in the Asia Pacific and beyond. 
With significant operations in Singapore and Australia (through wholly-owned subsidiary SingTel Optus), the Group provides a comprehensive portfolio of services that include voice and data services over fixed, wireless and Internet platforms.

To serve the needs of multi-national corporations, SingTel has a network of 37 offices in 19 countries and territories throughout Asia Pacific, Europe and the United States. These offices enable SingTel to deliver reliable and quality network solutions to its customers, either on its own or jointly with local partners.

The Group also has major investments in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand. Together with its regional partners, SingTel is Asia’s largest multi-market mobile operator, serving 78 million customers in seven markets.

SingTel employs more than 19,000 people worldwide and had a turnover of S$12.62 billion (US$7.65 billion) and net profit after tax of S$3.27 billion (US$1.98 billion) for the year ended 31 March 2005.  More information can be found @ www.singtel.com and www.optus.com.au. 

ST Electronics (Satcom & Sensor Systems) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited.  It is a leading supplier of Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSAT) and network solutions, its customers, spanning more than 60 countries worldwide, include telecommunications service providers, corporate enterprises, financial institutions, defence, government agencies as well as the oil-and-gas industry. With its innovative products and solutions, ST Electronics enables its valuable customers in turn to provide high quality and value-added service to the end-users.  Together with US company (Herndon, Virginia), iDirect Technologies, which joined the group in end of 2005, the company offers end-to-end satellite and broadband communications.

Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited, the electronics arm of ST Engineering, delivers innovative system solutions to government, commercial, defence, and industrial customers worldwide.  It specialises in the design, development and integration of advanced electronics systems, such as broadband radio frequency and satellite communication, e-government solutions, information communications technologies, rail and traffic management, real-time command & control, training and simulation, digital media, intelligent building management, and information security and mobile commerce solutions. Please visit www.stee.stengg.com

Media contact:

Magdalen Loh
AVP / Head, Corporate Communications
Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited
Tel: (65) 6413 1788 / 9822 3321
Fax: (65) 6484 8840
Email: magloh@stee.stengg.com