Sing-Tel Bid for
Optus in Trouble
A take over bid by
Singapore Telecom for Australian carrier Cable and Wireless Optus
may be ruled as unacceptable. Optus provides  satellite
communications for the Australian security and defense agencies. The
CEO of SingTel, Lee Hsien Yang, is a Brigadier General in the
Singapore defense forces.
Optus
is also currently procuring its next generation of satellites which
will carry dedicated payloads for governmental and military
communications. Applications to be supported by the new satellites
would include secure links to Australian embassies across the Asia
Pacific region as well as to Australian Navy vessels. There is
concern in Australia that critical military and government
communications should not be controlled by a foreign company.
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