M1 primarily retails fibre broadband, mobile, and fixed services directly to over 2 million end-users while offering supplementary wholesale dark fibre and voice minutes to carriers and data centres (Source), (Source),, (Source).
M1 operates active PON equipment on the national fibre network and provides wholesale dark fibre leasing alongside direct retail of broadband plans to consumers and businesses (Source), (Source),, (Source).
Singapore
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Organization: Any kind of organization. The Organization class represents a kind of Agent corresponding to social instititutions such as companies, societies etc.
About
M1 is an ISP and Network Operator that deploys and operates active equipment on Singapore's shared full-fibre infrastructure while selling high-speed broadband (up to 10 Gbit/s), fixed voice, and bundled services directly to residential and business consumers nationwide since its founding in 1994 as a consortium of Keppel Corporation, Singapore Press Holdings, Cable & Wireless, and Hong Kong Telecom with commercial launch in April 1997, with major milestones including the first 1 Gbit/s fiber plan announcement in September 2010, nationwide 4G rollout in 2013, acquisition of Qala ISP in 2009 for fixed broadband entry, delisting from the Singapore Exchange in April 2019 after Keppel's full buyout, and a pending acquisition of its telecommunications operations by Simba Telecom for S$1.43 billion announced in August 2025 and awaiting regulatory approval as of November 2025; the organization continues to operate independently under Keppel's majority ownership in its current state with no completed dissolution (Source), (Source).
Operator Characteristics
Retail-only ISP?
No
M1 is not retail-only; because M1 operates active PON equipment on the national fibre network and provides wholesale dark fibre leasing alongside direct retail of broadband plans to consumers and businesses (Source), (Source), (Source).
Wholesale-only Network Operator?
No
M1 is not wholesale-only; as M1 primarily retails fibre broadband, mobile, and fixed services directly to over 2 million end-users while offering supplementary wholesale dark fibre and voice minutes to carriers and data centres (Source), (Source), (Source).
Business-only ISP?
No
M1 is not business-only; since M1 delivers fibre broadband, fixed voice, and mobile plans to both residential households via HomePac bundles up to 10 Gbps and businesses through customized Bizpac solutions including managed security and networking (Source), (Source), (Source).
M1 owns M1 FWA, a fixed wireless access network leveraging 5G mmWave spectrum for broadband alternatives in underserved areas with speeds up to 1 Gbit/s (Source), (Source), (Source).
M1 owns NetLink M1 GPON, an active layer on NetLink Trust's passive full-fibre infrastructure delivering up to 2.5 Gbit/s symmetric speeds to over 223,000 fixed broadband subscribers nationwide for residential and enterprise use (Source), (Source), (Source).
M1 owns NetLink M1 XGSPON, an upgraded active PON layer on the same shared fibre backbone enabling up to 10 Gbit/s symmetric speeds for high-demand households and businesses with ONT installation (Source), (Source), (Source).