Fibre broadband start-up MyRepublic, based in Singapore and backed by Indonesian telco Sunshine Network and French telecoms
\nbillionaire Xavier Niel, has announced the launch of fibre internet services in Indonesia. The newcomer\u2019s Indonesian website is
\nalready allowing customers to sign up for services, with prices starting at an uber competitive USD15 per month for the \u2018Basic\u2019
\nplan, up to the most expensive at around USD70 (\u2018Supernova\u2019) for a 300Mbps connection. With operations already live in Singapore
\n\u2013 where it has set out its stall to disrupt the status quo \u2013 and New Zealand (since last October), MyRepublic\u2019s online presence
\nsuggests that its fibre broadband is live in nine retail locations in Indonesia, including Bahasa, Palembang and Surabaya.<\/p>\n
Last month, TeleGeography\u2019s CommsUpdate reported that MyRepublic is also thought to be considering taking its \u2018disruptive\u2019
\nbusiness model to Malaysia. At the time, MyRepublic chief executive officer Malcolm Rodrigues was quoted as saying that his
\ncompany welcomes market deregulation in the telecoms space which gives opportunity to newcomers to shake up the market \u2013
\ndependent of course on the Malaysian regulators creating an environment conducive to its business model. \u2018Every time you have a
\nderegulation event in the market, from opening up the long-distance market in the United States in the 1980s, to the local loop
\nunbundling [LLU] 15 years ago, also in the states, you can see 30% of the market leaving incumbents in virtually every country,\u2019
\nhe said.<\/p>\n
Rodrigues believes that Malaysians who feel they are paying too much for their service may welcome the news that MyRepublic is
\ntargeting Malaysia as its next south-east Asia market. \u2018We want to offer 100Mbps at between MYR60 and MYR70 (USD16 and USD19) a
\nmonth,\u2019 the CEO said, noting that dominant operator Telekom Malaysia\u2019s current 1Mbps internet plus voice package stands at
\nMYR116.60 a month.<\/p>\n
MyRepublic started offering broadband internet services in Singapore in 2011, and in July 2014 received a cash injection of
\nSGD30 million (USD24.1 million) from its owners, as it looks to carve out a niche as the state\u2019s fourth operator. Rodrigues says
\nthe start-up\u2019s plan to disrupt the market is beginning to bear fruit in Singapore where MyRepublic aims to take as much as 30%
\nof the fibre broadband segment \u2013 not least by offering a 1Gbps connection priced at SGD49 per month at a time when competitors
\nare charging as much as SGD395 for a similar speed service.<\/p>",
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