SIMBA Telecom discussion thread

[hkchew03]

Simba just upgraded the normal data to SG & MY, perfect for those that go MY frequently!

 

[Jurong640]

Simba just upgraded the normal data to SG & MY, perfect for those that go MY frequently!

Also good for Malaysians who work in SG and travel frequently in and out daily.

 

[Habrosus]

Boon Lay station 5G on iPhone

 

[loganrunning]

If want to switch from eSIM to physical SIM, do I still need to go down to their service center? No way to request it online and have them deliver to my house?

some sort of physical verification and SIM handover, to prevent SIM-jacking

 

[username03]

Manual selecting umobile and network is way faster compared to celcom. Only hassle is need to manual select back simba after arriving in sg.

 

[Jurong640]

Simba gains ground against incumbent telcos in 2024: Opensignal​

SIMBA has gained about two subscribers from incumbent mobile network operators (MNOs) for every subscriber lost, suggesting that the latest entrant has been competitive in Singapore’s crowded wireless market.

In a report released on Jan 14, mobile network analytics company Opensignal found that Simba performed the best against StarHub, gaining 2.4 subscribers for every subscriber it lost to StarHub : CC3 +0.83% in 2024.

Against M1 and Singtel : Z74 +0.32%, the telco gained two and 1.8 subscribers for every subscriber it lost to these telcos, respectively, in 2024.

The only segment that it shed customers to was mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs), to which it gained 0.6 subscriber for every subscriber lost to these operators.

“Due to Simba’s low cost strategy, it is winning more from higher value MNOs rather than MVNOs or sub-brands. In this way, Simba operates similarly to the MNOs’ budget flanker brands, like StarHub’s Giga or Singtel’s Gomo.”

Furthermore, he said that Simba has reported strong and consistent growth since it rebranded from TPG Singapore in 2022. The company first launched commercial service in 2020, when it offered a S$10 a month plan that came with 50 gigabytes of data.

Opensignal’s data showed that the telco has grown from serving 487,000 subscribers at the end of the first half of fiscal year 2022 to 1.1 million subscribers as at H2 FY2024.

 

[Moratia]

Simba gains ground against incumbent telcos in 2024: Opensignal​

SIMBA has gained about two subscribers from incumbent mobile network operators (MNOs) for every subscriber lost, suggesting that the latest entrant has been competitive in Singapore’s crowded wireless market.

In a report released on Jan 14, mobile network analytics company Opensignal found that Simba performed the best against StarHub, gaining 2.4 subscribers for every subscriber it lost to StarHub : CC3 +0.83% in 2024.

Against M1 and Singtel : Z74 +0.32%, the telco gained two and 1.8 subscribers for every subscriber it lost to these telcos, respectively, in 2024.

The only segment that it shed customers to was mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs), to which it gained 0.6 subscriber for every subscriber lost to these operators.

“Due to Simba’s low cost strategy, it is winning more from higher value MNOs rather than MVNOs or sub-brands. In this way, Simba operates similarly to the MNOs’ budget flanker brands, like StarHub’s Giga or Singtel’s Gomo.”

Furthermore, he said that Simba has reported strong and consistent growth since it rebranded from TPG Singapore in 2022. The company first launched commercial service in 2020, when it offered a S$10 a month plan that came with 50 gigabytes of data.

Opensignal’s data showed that the telco has grown from serving 487,000 subscribers at the end of the first half of fiscal year 2022 to 1.1 million subscribers as at H2 FY2024.

All's fine and dandy until green eats yellow..

 

[Habrosus]

Simba gains ground against incumbent telcos in 2024: Opensignal​

SIMBA has gained about two subscribers from incumbent mobile network operators (MNOs) for every subscriber lost, suggesting that the latest entrant has been competitive in Singapore’s crowded wireless market.

In a report released on Jan 14, mobile network analytics company Opensignal found that Simba performed the best against StarHub, gaining 2.4 subscribers for every subscriber it lost to StarHub : CC3 +0.83% in 2024.

Against M1 and Singtel : Z74 +0.32%, the telco gained two and 1.8 subscribers for every subscriber it lost to these telcos, respectively, in 2024.

The only segment that it shed customers to was mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs), to which it gained 0.6 subscriber for every subscriber lost to these operators.

“Due to Simba’s low cost strategy, it is winning more from higher value MNOs rather than MVNOs or sub-brands. In this way, Simba operates similarly to the MNOs’ budget flanker brands, like StarHub’s Giga or Singtel’s Gomo.”

Furthermore, he said that Simba has reported strong and consistent growth since it rebranded from TPG Singapore in 2022. The company first launched commercial service in 2020, when it offered a S$10 a month plan that came with 50 gigabytes of data.

Opensignal’s data showed that the telco has grown from serving 487,000 subscribers at the end of the first half of fiscal year 2022 to 1.1 million subscribers as at H2 FY2024.

Friend went to a dealer listed on their website but no purple sign anywhere. Went to ask was told they not doing purple. Asked further then told they stopped doing coz too many complaints of bad connection until affected their other businesses/services. (Made them too busy entertaining complaints.) So they stopped.

 

[Jurong640]

All's fine and dandy until green eats yellow..

Don't be surprised if Snake eats elephant.

 

[ipoposg]

Thank you very much for running the tests.

Never imagined roaming could give such impressive rates. I have been using local sim cards all along and seldom get above 10mbps, let alone triple digits. I suppose all your tests were run on 5G?

I have roamed on M1 prepaid on many occasions, and lately have observed that latency always increase during the weekends, sometimes so high till became unusable. This could be due saturation of limited network bandwidth between Celcom and SG telco as Singaporeans flocked across the causeway.

yep all were run on 5G as indicated by speedtest. Some more with only one/two bars of 5G signal (for u mobile especially) as I was not physically in Malaysia

 

[Moratia]

Don't be surprised if Snake eats elephant.

I.. catch no ball

 

[teoma]

some sort of physical verification and SIM handover, to prevent SIM-jacking

I get it, but if I'm having them to ship it over to my address on file, that would minimize the chances of SIM-jacking.

Not like going down to the service center prevents the issue, since a bad actor who lives in the same house, could also do the same thing and forge the signature.

 

[naked123]

 

[keenklee]

IMHO.
This is something new.

 

[Jurong640]

Rica needs some training. Maybe can ask her to ask chatgpt or Google gemini before replying.

 

[Jurong640]

I.. catch no ball

Normally in industry , big companies buys over smaller companies. (I.e Starhub buys M1). Industry sources say M1 is going to be sold and Starhub likely going to be the one.

But I mean, there are also cases of smaller companies buying big companies. (I.e Tuas Ltd [SIMBA] buys over M1 Limited).

Just see as it as Simba buys majority stake 51% in M1. M1 merges with Simba.

 

[hengheng69]

How to remove my credit card from the payment method ? Any guides email or template to send to ? Thanks !

 

[English Teacher]

How to remove my credit card from the payment method ? Any guides email or template to send to ? Thanks !

Then how do you pay your subscription?

 

[hengheng69]

Then how do you pay your subscription?

Top up from other platforms to get points and cashback.

 

[English Teacher]

Top up from other platforms to get points and cashback.

I thought if you have wallet balance, the subscription is deducted from wallet first?