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Handphones
There are now three operators of handphone lines: SingTel M1 Starhub
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Subscription-free,
Bill-free Mobile Phone Lines
If you are a
visitor to Singapore who wants to use a mobile phone here without
the hassle of opening a subscription account, the following
prepaid, stored-value SIM cards are just what you are looking for:
1. SingTel: Hi!
Card
For
GSM 900 & GSM 1800 mobile phones
Phone number provided. You can top-up stored-value of SIM Card.
Card is on sale at hundreds of mobile-phone shops in every
neighbourhood around the island.
Visit www.singtel.com.sg
to find out more.
2. M1: M Card
For
GSM 900 & GSM Dual Band mobile phones
Phone number provided. You can top-up stored-value of SIM Card.
Card is on sale at hundreds of mobile-phone shops in every
neighbourhood around the island.
Visit www.m1.com.sg to find out
more.
These cards are
convenient and practical to use - you are charged for usage only.
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News Snippets
2007
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Spam
Control Bill 2007 passed |
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"Part I of
the Bill defines spam. A message is “spam” when it is
an unsolicited commercial electronic message sent more
than 100 times, with the same or similar
subject-matter, during a 24-hour period, or more than
1,000 times during a 30-day period, or more than
10,000 times during a one-year period... |
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"An opt-out approach
is adopted under the Bill as it balances the need of companies and
marketers to send unsolicited messages for business reasons... |
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"In order to balance
between consumer interests and industry needs the Bill will
require that each message contains a valid unsubscribe facility,
an ‘<ADV>’ label to mark it out as an advertisement,
accurate header information or subject titles and functional
contact details of the sender... |
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"The unsubscribe
process has been structured to be consumer-friendly so that even
individuals who receive small volumes of spam have a means of
recourse, without resorting to legal action. The Bill makes it
mandatory for senders to allow recipients to unsubscribe via the
same medium through which the spam was received. This ensures that
unsubscribing from spam can be done easily and conveniently by
replying to an email or SMS..." |
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More..... |
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Singapore Crime
Situation 2006 |
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"Theft and related offences 2,
which accounted for more than half (61%) of overall crime
reported, fell by 2,192 cases from 22,711 to 20,519 cases in 2006. |
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"The overall decrease was largely due
to fewer cases of shop theft, theft from person and
other theft3 . In addition,
handphone crimes4 also dropped from 4,825 to 4,594
cases... |
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"Youths made up 19% of total persons
arrested in 2006, compared to 23% last year..." |
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More..... |
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2006
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True telephone number portability by 4Q 2007 |
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"From the fourth quarter of 2007, consumers
can switch between telecoms service providers easily and yet have full
use of their existing number, rather than having to update family
members, friends and business contacts about a new one... |
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"Currently, mobile subscribers can switch
telecoms service providers and keep their numbers. But he gets in
essence a call-forwarding service as a call to his old number is routed
to his new one. His contacts will see only this new number when he makes
out-going calls and sends messages (SMS)..." |
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More..... |
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Singapore Crime Situation - First half 2006 |
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"Crimes involving handphones being
stolen, which was one of the key concerns in 2005, decreased
significantly, from 2,423 to 1,962 cases, in the first half of
2006... |
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"The drop in handphone crimes, despite
the continued high mobile phone penetration rate in Singapore3
, may be in part due to enhanced public education on such crimes
as well as tighter enforcement against errant second-hand
handphone dealers..." |
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More..... |
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Police nab eight suspects involved in $1.5 million handphone heist
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Home Affairs Minister tackles MPs' questions on crime
situation |
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"As for snatch theft, where a person’s
belongings are forcibly snatched away from him, cases involving
handphones have increased from 160 cases in 2004 to 280 cases in
2005 and accounted for 45 per cent of the total number of snatch
theft cases in 2005. |
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"Of particular concern are the cases
specifically targeting the handphones of young victims, which has
increased from 50 cases in 2004 to 93 cases in 2005. |
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"Robbery and theft cases involving
handphones remain a key area of concern for the Police. The number
of such cases increased significantly by 42 per cent to 4,830 cases
in 2005. |
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"This is due to the higher mobile phone
penetration rate in Singapore, thereby giving rise to a larger pool
of potential victims. There are 4.3 million handphone subscribers in
Singapore..." |
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More..... |
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Singapore Crime Situation 2005 |
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Robbery
and theft cases involving handphones taken remain a key area of
concern for the Police. The number of such cases increased
significantly by 1,414 cases, from 3,411 to 4,825 cases in 2005. |
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Handphone crimes increased most notably for theft in dwelling
(excluding shop theft) from 832 to 1,119 cases (+287 cases), and for
other thefts (from 1,096 to 1,837 cases in 2005). |
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Robbery (from 344 to 488 cases), snatch thefts (from
162 to 283 cases) and cheating and related offences
(from 275 to 343 cases) also saw notable increases. |
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The increase in handphone crime may be due to the rise in
mobile phone penetration rate9 in Singapore indicating a
larger pool of potential victims... |
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More..... |
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Compulsory registration for pre-paid SIM card holders |
Telecommunications: Handphones
