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Statistics on Telecom Services for 1999 (Jul - Dec)

CATEGORY JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
Fixed Line Market            
Total Number Telephone Lines 1,805,600 1,812,700 1,822,500 1,833,500 1,842,600 1,850,700
Fixed Line Penetration 56.1 56.3 56.5 57.1 57.3 57.5
Mobile Market            
Total Mobile subscribers 1,210,500 1,260,400 1,308 300 1,357,600 1,396,900 1,471,300
GSM 900 subscribers 993,600 1,045,100 1,090 000 1,139,300 1,178,900 1,252,300
GSM1800 subscribers 191,700 188,000 189,000 187,600 186,000 184,000
CDMA subscribers 24,000 26,300 28,300 30,200 32,000 34,600
Others 1,300 1,000 1,000 600 500 300
Total Pre-Paid SIM Card subscribers1 - - 152,600 194,200 223,400 265,800
Mobile Phone Penetration 37.6 39.2 40.7 42.2 43.4 45.7
Paging Market2            
Total Paging subscribers 1,257,900 1,244,000 1,237,700 1,223,000 1,212,000 1,199,700
Numeric subscribers 943,700 930,200 924,300 910,700 899,900 888,200
Alphanumeric subscribers 314,200 313,600 313,400 312,300 312,100 311,400
Paging Penetration 39.1 38.7 38.5 38.0 37.7 37.3
Internet Market            
Total Internet Dial-up subscribers 466,200 480,600 489,400 497,500 507,400 582,600
Internet Dial-up Penetration 14.4 14.9 15.2 15.4 15.8 18.1
Total Internet Leased Circuit subscribers 1,400 1,500 1,600 1,700 1,800 1,830
International Telephone Service3            
No. of International Telephone call minutes
(IDD + BudgetCall 013 + FaxPlus 012)
73.07 million 72.61 million 74.30 million 75.50 million 74.89 million 70.92 million
Trunked Radio Services            
Total Trunked Radio subscribers 33,700 34,800 35,500 36,800 38,500 40,400
Analogue subscribers 11,900 11,800 11,000 11,000 10,900 10,700
Digital subscribers 21,700 22,900 24,500 26,000 27,700 29,600
Mobile Data Services4            
Total Mobile Data subscribers 11,000 11,000 11,000 11,100 11,100 11,200

Penetration rate figures from June 99 onwards have been re-computed, taking into account the revised population figures recently released by the Department of Statistics.

All subscriber figures rounded to the nearest hundred.
All penetration figures rounded to the nearest decimal point.
Penetration rates are computed based on the residential population figures released by the Department of Statistics.



1 The pre-paid SIM card subscriber base figures are included in the total number of mobile phone subscribers as well as in the total number of GSM900 and GSM1800 subscriber bases.

2 Paging figures from Jan 99 onwards have been re-computed based on updated data information.

3 As at Jan 99, previously reported figures on the number of IDD calls made will now be replaced with total number of International Telephone services minutes (which excludes calls to Malaysia) instead.

4 Mobile data services refer to services provided by licensees that offer Public Mobile Data Services (PMDS) under their Facilities-Based Operator (FBO) licence. Subscribers to such PMDS services include fleet management companies, dispatch service agencies etc.

 
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