Best Telecom Operators Companies in Singapore
The 37 best Telecom Operators companies in Singapore in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: MyRepublic.
Our analysis of 50 Telecom Operators companies
$110.6b in tracked funding; 98% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Telecom Operators companies in Singapore
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | App-install YoY | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MyRepublic Fiber-optic based internet services provider | $150M | 99 mo ago | Series C | Sean Haur | 2011 | — | 1 partnership |
| 2 | Circles.Life Online MVNO providing data services | $50M | 79 mo ago | Series C | Adeel Najam Co-Founder | 2014 | — | — |
| 3 | Kacific Provider of satellite broadband networks providing high-speed internet access | $22M | 75 mo ago | Series A | Christian Patouraux Founder and CEO | 2013 | — | 1 partnership |
| 4 | Sinnet Business internet connectivity and data center services provider | $8M | 189 mo ago | Public | Yang Yuhang CEO | 1999 | — | — |
| 5 | M1 Mobile and fixed communication services provider | — | 57 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1997 | +26% | — |
| 6 | AJP Business Business communication services provider | — | — | Unfunded | Anthony Pisicoli President & CEO | 2009 | — | — |
| 7 | Blue Wireless Cost-effective roaming 4G LTE data services provider | — | — | Acquired | Joop Gerlach Co-Founder & COO | 2015 | — | — |
| 8 | Bridge Alliance Provider of mobile, roaming, IoT, and internet services | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2004 | — | — |
Top 5 Telecom Operators companies in Singapore
#1
Series C · Singapore, Singapore · founded 2011$150Mraised▾
Fiber-optic based internet services provider
- Jun 2018Series C$60M
- Nov 2017Series C$51.8M
- Sep 2015Series B$16.1M
- Jul 2014Series B$30M
#2
Series A · Singapore, Singapore · founded 2013 · 81 employees$22.3Mraised▾
Provider of satellite broadband networks providing high-speed internet access. The service delivers reliable connectivity through advanced satellite technology, targeting regions without stable terrestrial infrastructure. Offerings include broadband internet for households, enterprises, and institutions, supported by a network of ground stations and user terminals to ensure consistent and scalable performance.
- May 2020Grant (prize money)$500K
- Dec 2019Conventional Debt$160M
- Apr 2016Series A$22.3M
#3
Series C · Singapore · founded 2014 · 697 employees$50Mraised▾
Circles.Life (managed by Liberty Wireless) is an online-only MVNO (without any other distribution channels) that allows consumers to build their own data focused mobile plans to fit their needs and lifestyle. It offers post-paid mobile services to customers, providing them with the option of managing their mobile plans through a mobile app. It operates its services on M1 mobile network.
- Feb 2020Series C—
- Jun 2019Series C—
- Feb 2019Series C$50M
#4
Public · Singapore, Singapore · founded 1999 · 1145 employees$8.1Mraised▾
Sinnet provides internet connectivity and data center services to the business customers in China. It has partnerships with leading service providers including China Unicom, China Telecom, and AWS. It also operates own network and data centers. Its services include data center (server hosting, rack space), internet connectivity (fiber-optic, DSL, wireless), CDN (content delivery network), value-added services (load balancing, disaster recovery, flow monitoring), cloud computing, and managed networking.
#5
Acquired · Singapore, Singapore · founded 1997 · 1541 employees—raised▾
M1 is one of the three largest telecom service providers in Singapore, along with Starhub and Singtel. It provides mobile communication and fibre broadband service plans. It also offers managed and data centre services to enterprises. It claims to be the first operator to offer nationwide 4G service, high-speed fixed broadband, fixed voice on the next-generation nationwide broadband network (NGNBN).
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Telecom Operators coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on 5G / 6G Networks is moving in Singapore
A read on the academic research around 5G / 6G Networks — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 1,060 Singapore-affiliated papers.
- Nanyang Technological University502
- National University of Singapore309
- Singapore University of Technology and Design165
- Institute for Infocomm Research101
- Agency for Science, Technology and Research92
- Beamforming61→220
- MIMO19→87
- Electronic engineering3→65
- Telecommunications1→59
- Wireless13→52
- Beamforming116→224
- Telecommunications1→49
- Electronic engineering12→51
- Base station12→39
- Transmission (telecommunications)10→33
- MIMO3→5
Where 5g 6g is researched across Singapore
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Common questions
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