Simpur, DST has worked together with M-Vision Cinema @ The Empire to organize a ‘Watch the Movie Competition’ for all M-Vision Cinema @ The Empire cinema customers.

Winners have already been chosen for answering correctly the given questions. Each winner has won a pair of movie tickets and exclusive Simpur merchandises.

'Watch the Movie competiton' is held every month and Draw will be held end of every month. Every contestant will just have to watch any movie at M-Vision Cinema @ The Empire and keep the ticket of purchase. Participants need to fill in their movie ticket number into the Online Quiz Form. Participants need only to answer five questions related to the premiered.


Congratulation to the winners July 2011:-

Friday, 19th August 2011- DST held its second Prize Presentation Ceremony for their 2011 Cash Bonanza Monthly Draw and on Friday, 19th August 2011 at DST Headquarters in Tungku Link.




This is the 5th year DST held the Cash Bonanza awarding the customers with cash and prizes for their continual support and loyalty to DST mobile and Internet services. Mr. Sajid Awan, Chief Information Officer of DST graced the event to present the prizes to all the July winners.
Also in attendance were DST Management, executives and winners of the Cash Bonanza for the month of July.

The Cash Bonanza is open to all active Prima and Easi subscribers who has a minimum monthly usage of B$70 and B$40 respectively. These winners are entered into the lucky draw automatically for that particular month and winners are entitled to an array of prizes. At the ceremony, sixteen Prima subscribers left with B$200 in cash and an additional B$100 credited into their Prima accounts. A further sixteen Easi subscribers won B$150 cash and B$100 Easi Recharge Cards.

Similar events will be held every month until November 2011, where DST subscribers will have the chance to win cash prizes and other gifts. Sixteen subscribers, each for Prima and Easi will be selected every month, and these monthly winners will be drawn for a chance to win the grand prizes of B$12,000 for Prima, and Easi B$8,000 in December 2011.

The Cash Bonanza competition is one fo the many initiatives alongside products such as DST Card for Prima subscribers, promoted by DST, to give something back to the public. DST’s goal is to serve the public by consistently being the leading telecommunications provider in Brunei.

Congratulation to Prima Subcribers Winners:-

29 July 2011- The rebranding highlighted DST’s renewed commitment to bring about an integrated experience for customers and to help Brunei diversify its economy via ICT.

DST, Brunei Darussalam’s leading telecommunications and media services company, today launches a new brand identity, the first in 16 years, after an intensive strategic branding exercise involving all staff members and select customers.

The new tag line, “The Future. Now.” shows the company’s purpose to catalyse Brunei’s economic diversification via information and communications technology (ICT) and be its global champion.

The launch marks the start of the development of a unified DST experience, which will be rolled out over the next two years and will lead to closer integration of existing business units including DSTCom, Incomm, Multimedia and KristalAstro.

“Given the rapid pace of the global ICT market and DST’s stable lead here in Brunei, the logical next step would be to seek growth from new services and overseas markets. The brand research told us that our customers prefer an integrated suite of services. It will be challenging, but we are determined to implement this vision over time and also do our part for the Bruneian economy,” Idris T. Vasi, Chief Executive Officer at DST, said. DST's desire to help stimulate the local economy is further reflected in a new CSR initiative called the Future Fund. Together with strategic partners that will be revealed at a later date, DST created the Future Fund to invest in up-and-coming Bruneian ICT companies and to create business opportunities.

A promising start-up may expect early seed equity investment from B$50,000 to B$150,000 per tranche. The fund is expected to be in existence for at least five years and possibly ten years.

Customer and staff feedback were instrumental in determining the direction of the logo redesign. The simpur flower, which has been long linked to the DST brand, was adapted to create the new symbol, a simpur star. The logo formed by five letter Ds represent how the unity of DST staff and customers will create a new future for Brunei.

According to Hj Suhaimi Hussain, CTO at DST, the company wanted the new brand identity to remind them of our new commitment and to inspire every staff member to do his or her best for the customers, as it was the close interaction with customers that allowed DST to become a leader in mobile communications in Brunei.

"Integrating different technologies and platforms is never easy but we have always been a company that is quick to adapt to change. I am confident that we will soon see the fruits of our integration efforts,” he said.

The launch of the new identity includes a conversational campaign across major newspapers in Brunei that leads people to think about how much technology can shape people's everyday lives. The campaign befits a brand that helps people to connect with family and friends, to share amazing content with the world and to stay entertained through the best of music and television.

After the launch DST will introduce another initiative that will ask Bruneians to imagine what the future can be through the help of ICT, aiming to steer the national conversation towards deeper awareness on how to discover untapped potential in the country.

“This branding initiative comes at the right time for DST. We are seeing emerging Asian markets such as Vietnam and Indonesia rushing to bring their brands onto the global stage. Being in the exciting ICT industry, DST has a real chance at becoming one of the Brunei's representative global brands. With the right focus DST can enhance customer experience through ICT innovation and help Brunei stand out internationally,” Lawrence Chong, Director for Strategy at Consulus Sdn Bhd, an organisational brand consultancy in Asia, said.

For more information on DST’s products and services, visit www.dst-group.com.

DST has provided mobile, broadband, multimedia, pay TV, radio and system integration services for over 16 years to more than 400,000 Bruneians. It shows a strong commitment to helping customers keep up with a fast-changing world through an integrated services approach. It has maintained its leadership position by being the first to introduce quality services to the country, the more recent ones being BlackBerry services and integration between Social Networking and Online / Mobile Gaming. DST is also able to deliver its services over popular web portals such as Simpur. Visit www.dst-group.com to learn more.

22nd July 2011- DST held the first 2011 Cash Bonanza Monthly Lucky Draw and Prize Presentation Ceremony on Friday 22nd July 2011 at Orchid Garden Hotel. The Prize Presentation Ceremony is held in conjunction with the Cash Bonanza 2011 Competition, which commenced on 1st June 2011 until 31st October 2011. This is the 5th year the DST have held the Cash Bonanza Competition awarding the customers with cash and prizes for their continuous support and loyalty to DSTCom mobile and internet services. Juliana Sim, General Manager of Integrated Communications Sdn Bhd, presented prizes. Also in attendance were DST management, executives and as well as the winners of Cash Bonanza for the month of June.

The Cash Bonanza competition is open to all active Prima and Easi subscribers who have a minimum usage of B$70.00 and B$40.00 respectively. These winners are entered into the lucky draw for that particular month of their usage and winners are entitled to an array of prizes. At the ceremony, sixteen Prima Subscribers left with B$200 in cash in addition to B$100 credited into their Prima accounts. A further sixteen EASI subscribers won B$150 cash and B$100 Easi Recharge Cards.

Similar events will be held every month until November 2011, where DSTCom subscribers will have the chance to win cash prizes and other gifts. Another 16 subscribers, each for Easi and Prima will be selected every month, and these monthly winners will be drawn for the chance to win the grand prizes of B$12,000.00 for Prima, and Easi B$8,000.00 in December 2011.

The Cash Bonanza competition is one of the many initiatives alongside products such as DST Card for Prima Subscribers, promoted by DST, to give something back to the public. DST’s goal is to serve the public by consistently being the leading telecommunications provider in Brunei.

27th April 2011- Institut Teknologi Brunei (ITB), the technology university in Brunei Darussalam and Datastream Technology (DST) Sdn Bhd involved in ICT with a core focus on Mobile and Media Services, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 27th April 2011. The signing of the MoU was held at DST Headquarters in Kg Tungku between Dato Paduka Dr Hj Omar bin Hj Khalid, ITB Vice Chancellor and Mr Idris T. Vasi, DST Chief Executive officer.

The MoU will serve as a general framework for cooperation between ITB and DST and is intended to facilitate discussions for more specific programmes of collaboration. Cooperation between ITB and DST will include ITB Students’ internship at DST for ITB HND as well as Degree, Master and PhD programmes, DST employees' study for the Part-Time Degree Programmes at ITB, DST support towards the introduction of Cisco Networking Academy at ITB and other cooperation that support ITB stages of development in the areas of ICT and to promote entrepreneurship in Brunei.

As a corporate citizen driven by ICT, DST is committed to contribute to the betterment of technology education in Brunei. Apart from employment, DST also do recruiting for attachment students, transition attachment with RBAF and part-timers based on the requirements from DST.

ITB offers academic programmes in the areas of Engineering, Business & Computing. In addition to the current academic programmes offered, ITB will also be offering its Part-Time degree programmes in Business Information Technology, Internet computing as well as Master (By Research) and PhD programmes commencing August this year.

Others attending the signing are members of Board of Directors DST Sdn Bhd, Senior members and ITB Senior Officials.

25th March 2011- A sponsorship signing ceremony was held this morning for the ‘DST Group Brunei Premier League 2011’. The ceremony was held at the DST Group Headquarters building at Jln Tungku Link.

During the ceremony, an agreement was signed between DST Group as the title sponsor and Football Federation of Brunei Darussalam (FFBD) as the organiser of the DST Group Brunei Premier League for the 2011 season.

Present as the Guest of Honour to witness the signing of the Sponsorship Agreement was YM Dato Paduka Hj Mohd Hamid bin Hj Mohd Jaafar, the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, Negara Brunei Darussalam.

Signing on behalf of DST Group was YM Awang Abdul Latif bin Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Setia Dato Paduka Haji Md Yusuf, a member of the Board of Directors of DST Group, whilst FFBD was represented by its Treasurer, Pengiran Hj Adanan bin Pengiran Seri Indera Pg Hj Ismail.

DST Group has been a strong supporter of Brunei Football arena through sponsorship of other football associations and events. This year, once again DST Group is proud to be the main sponsor of the National Football League in Brunei Darussalam since 2003, when the Brunei Premier League was known as the B-League. For the 2011 season, DST Group is sponsoring the FFBD for the organising of the DST Group Brunei Premier League (Premier I and II) and its two sister competitions, namely the DST Group League Cup and DST Group FA Cup. In addition, FFBD will also use some of the funding to organise the under 10 and under 12 age group National Leagues during the forthcoming June school holidays.

In his speech during the signing ceremony, the Guest of Honour expressed his utmost gratitude and appreciation on behalf of the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports for the continued strong support of DST Group towards football development in this country. The Permanent Secretary also remarked that without such financial support from DST Group, the National Football League would have not been possible due to the enormous cost of organising such a big event.

The Guest of Honour also commended FFBD for its efforts in organising the national leagues at both senior and junior levels. He also thanked the Narcotics Control Bureau and Radio Television Brunei for their strong support. Finally the Permanent Secretary also extended his best wishes for all participating teams and urged them to compete in the best sporting spirit. The signing ceremony ended with cheque presentation of $145,000.00 from Board of Director DST Group, Abdul Latif bin Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Setia Dato Paduka Hj Md Yusuf to FFBD, Pengiran Hj Adanan bin Pengiran Seri Indera Pg Hj Ismail witnessed by the Guest of Honour.

6th March 2011- Chris Williams of South Africa won the Aberdeen Brunei Senior Masters 2011 tournament at the Empire Hotel and Country Club in his first ever European Tour after playing for Asian Tour in previous years.

Presenting the winner was His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah and Senior Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office. Second place was Chong Sang Ho of Korea and 2nd Runner up was Mike Harwood of Australia. This is the third year Aberdeen Brunei Senior Masters organise their tournament in Brunei with DST Group as the one of main sponsor for the event.

12th June 2009 - The DST Group yesterday afternoon held their very first fire drill at the DST Group Headquarters in Tungku Link.

A fire on level 14, and an unconscious man stuck on the level 7 were the two simulation scenarios that were mentioned when a call was made to the Fire and Rescue Department.

Approximately 200 employees of the DST Group evacuated the building with the help of in-house fire marshalls before the Fire and Rescue personnel arrived at the scene.

After the drill, the DST Group employees were given a briefing by officers from the Fire and Rescue Department's Public Relations Department and Assistant Director of Operational Office on how to improve their response times in the event of an emergency, and how to be better prepared in the future.

Present to oversee the operation was Hj Ariffin Hj Sulaiman, Assistant Superintendant and Deputy Commander of Operations 'F' and Hj Marsad Hj Ismail, DST Group's Group Development Officer.

26th May 2009 - Around 60 DST Group job applicants yesterday attended a new 'interview' process aimed at searching for the best possible candidates for the current job vacancies.

Present to welcome and brief the applicants about the new program was the Head of Group Human Resource Management, Hj Ismawi bin Dato Paduka Hj Kifli.

In the first part of the new process, candidates were divided into groups of 5 and asked to give presentations on why they had picked the DST Group as their employer of choice. This process proved to be a great way for candidates to show their capabilities in working as a group and, more importantly, show how much and why they wanted to work at the company.

In the second session, the candidates had to go through a variety of sporting activities which included 'telematches', futsal and netball matches.

The candidates will be narrowed down based on their performance during the day, and will be called-in for an oral interview in the weeks to come.