Singapore’s Singtel is a founding member of the Global Telco AI Alliance (GTAA) and an early adopter of GenAI. This week, Wireless Watch spoke to Singtel CIO Chen Hong about building a telco-specific LLM, why this is important, and where else she expects GenAI and network APIs to boost revenues. Singtel is an innovative MNO. It has had a nationwide 5G network since 2022 and is keen to push new GenAI capabilities across its business, and grow revenues with its latest APIs, released this year. The firm has a large global footprint, though mostly centered in Asia, with either investments in or full ownership of telcos in 21 countries. Some 81% of Singtel’s net profit comes from operations outside Singapore.…