Update on Singapore and CommunicAsia 2010
WIP was represented at CommunicAsia in Singapore this year by Teresa and I, from June 14th to 18th. My favorite things about Singapore - the food of course (pepper chili crab the new favorite) and the great energy of the people. Whereas in Vancouver we have two types of high rises - those with green glass, or those with blue glass (quite boring); Singapore is much much more interesting. Take a look at the picture of this new building in Singapore, a combined hotel, casino and botanical gardens - ready to beat the next tsunami! CommunicAsia is moving to this location next year!
We started the week attending a series of events hosted by the Canadian High Commission in Singapore, who always does a nice job of supporting Canadian companies. For a change this year, we did site visits, one to SingTel and the other to StarHub.
Interesting in the different approaches of the two companies, SingTel being very aggressively international with interests in the following operators for...