The government's willingness to reduce its stake in Singapore Telecom, and to give up its veto power over big decisions, made it easier for the company to strike this week's deal to buy Australia's Optus (see article).

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It continues to be available in many markets through retail, distributors and carrier partners such as Optus in Australia.

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Europe: Orange, O2 Telefonica, MTS, Three UK, T-Mobile, and Vodafone Asia-Pacific: Chunghwa Telecom, Optus, Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (Singtel), Smartone, Telstra and Vodafone Australia.

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