Southeast Asia's largest telecom Singapore Telecommunications said on June 19 that it has become the first operator in the Asia Pacific region to offer free email services to its post-paid subscribers.
The service will allow SingTel subscribers to send and receive emails on their mobile phones for free but text and graphic advertisements will come side-by-side with the messages, the company said.
"The service is the first advertising-based mobile email service that will deliver real-time email for the mass market." A paid version of the service will later be available to SingTel customers who do not want advertisements coming with their email messages.