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World Service,30 Nov 2010,25 mins

Singapore Start-ups - Episode 2 - All Wired Up

Global Business

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Two months ago, Singapore got wired for speed - homes and businesses got their first chance to sign up to the island's new fibre optic system delivering broadband connections at very high speed. The government thinks that super-connectivity is both a creator of enterprise and a basic part of the infrastructure that will attract incoming corporations. Peter Day attempts to find out if this is a realistic proposition.

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