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Statistics on Telecom Services for 2000 (Jan - Jun)

Please note that figures are updated at the end of each calendar month. Due to compilation reasons, there is a 1-month time-lag. This means that April figures, for example, will only be released at end-May / beginning-June.

CATEGORY JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
Fixed Line Market            
Total Number Telephone Lines 1,860,600 1,867,500 1,876,600 1,884,700 1,892,000 1,897,400
Fixed Line Penetration 57.8 58.0 58.3 58.6 58.8 58.1
Mobile Market            
Total Mobile subscribers 1,531,700 1,578,400 1,630,800 1,735,100 1,812,200 1,882,500
GSM 900 subscribers 1,310,400 1,355,800 1,406,100 1,455,161 1,512,000 1,563,700
GSM1800 subscribers 184,200 185,000 186,000 238,700 257,800 273,900
CDMA subscribers 36,800 37,700 38,600 41,300 42,400 44,900
Others 300 - - - - -
Total Pre-Paid SIM Card subscribers1 306,600 335,700 372,100 412,400 461,000 498,000
Mobile Phone Penetration 47.6 49.1 50.7 53.9 56.3 57.7
Paging Market2            
Total Paging subscribers 1,179,800 1,158,800 1,142,000 1,117,500 1,086,300 1,057,300
Numeric subscribers 871,600 855,100 842,300 825,000 802,900 782,500
Alphanumeric subscribers 308,200 303,700 299,800 292,500 283,400 274,800
Paging Penetration 36.7 36.0 35.5 34.7 33.8 32.4
Internet Market            
Total Internet Dial-up subscribers 3 956,300 1,692,400 1,711,300 1,731,000 1,743,600 1,790,200
Internet Dial-up Penetration 29.7 52.6 53.2 53.7 54.2 54.9
Total Internet Leased Circuit subscribers 1,900 2,000 2,140 2,260 2,370 2,480
International Telephone Service4            
No. of International Telephone call minutes
(IDD + BudgetCall 013 + FaxPlus 012)
73.07 million 71.99 million 80.38 million 86.57 million 90.45 million 89.71 million
International Telephone Services            
Includes Outgoing, Transit and Regional Call Minutes 143.44 million 147.20 million 160.90 million 167.7 million 171.03 million 170.45 million
Trunked Radio Services            
Total Trunked Radio subscribers 41,600 42,600 44,300 45,800 47,000 48,200
Analogue subscribers 9,800 9,800 9,521 9,200 9,200 9,100
Digital subscribers 31,800 32,800 34,800 36,500 37,900 39,100
Mobile Data Services5            

Total Mobile Data subscribers

11,200 11,300 11,500 11,500 11,500 11,600

Penetration rate figures from June 2000 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 The Internet Dial-up Penetration figures includes: (i) subscribers to paid Internet access service for all IASPs; and (ii) subscribers to free Internet access.

4 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 (excludes calls to Malaysia) instead.

5 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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