Statistics on Telecom Services for 2001 (Jan - Jun)

CATEGORY	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN
Fixed Line Market
Total Number Telephone Lines	1,940,200	1,941,700	1,946,200	1,950,400	1,951,000	1,948,900
Fixed Line Penetration	48.3	48.3	48.4	48.5	48.6	47.2
Mobile Market
Total Mobile subscribers	2,536,900	2,635,000	2,747,400	2,836,000	2,900,300	2,983,700
GSM 900 subscribers	1,910,400	1,959,400	2,021,100	2,072,900	2,100,600	2,130,000
GSM1800 subscribers	571,800	620,900	672,300	710,300	746,000	800,600
CDMA subscribers	54,700	54,700	54,000	52,900	53,700	53,100
Total Pre-Paid SIM Card subscribers1	741,200	773,000	819,800	858,200	894,500	942,900
Mobile Phone Penetration	63.1	65.6	68.4	70.6	72.2	72.1
Paging Market2
Total Paging subscribers	799,900	765,200	720,900	667,500	640,400	614,700
Numeric subscribers	597,200	574,000	541,300	497,600	477,200	458,000
Alphanumeric subscribers	202,600	191,100	179,600	169,900	163,200	156,700
Paging Penetration	19.9	19.1	17.9	16.6	15.9	14.9
Internet Market
Total Internet Dial-up subscribers3	1,948,000	1,949,600	1,956,200	1,957,800	1,913,1004	1,913,400
Internet Dial-up Penetration	48.5	48.5	48.7	48.7	47.6	46.3
Total Internet Leased Circuit subscribers	3,000	3,300	3,400	3,800	3,500	3,900
International Telephone Service5
No. of International Telephone call minutes	192.28 million	191.85 million	216.05 million	205.30 million	212.03 million	211.49 million
Trunked Radio Services
Total Trunked Radio subscribers	49,900	50,100	50,200	50,500	51,300	51,700
Analogue subscribers	8,500	8,400	8400	8,400	8,300	8,200
Digital subscribers	41,400	41,700	41,800	42,100	43,000	43,500
Mobile Data Services6
Total Mobile Data subscribers	11,900	12,000	11,900	12,000	12,300	12,300

Penetration rate figures from June 2001 onwards have been re-computed, taking into account the revised population figures recently released by the Department of Statistics.

With effect from Jan 2001, we have begun to use total population instead of total residential population as a population base for the calculation of penetration rates for telecom services. Total residential population was previously used because historically, the take-up of telecom services by foreign workers was typically low. With the government's recent efforts in promoting foreign talent, the profile of the foreign worker has changed. Specifically, there has been a marked increase in the subscription to telecom services by "non-residential" foreigners. It is therefore timely to adopt the total population figure as a population base in calculating penetration rates to give a more accurate picture of the various telecom market segments.

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

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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, including ISDN dial-up subscribers; and (ii) subscribers to free Internet access. Following full telecom market liberalisation, the number of IASPs have increased considerably. Starting Jan 2001, the published figures on the internet dial-up market include contributions from such new IASPs.

⁴ Please note that the fall in internet dialup subscribers from May 2001 onwards is a result of a database correction of an Internet Service Provider, to remove from its system discontinued dial-up internet accounts for the period of Dec '99 - Aug '00 that were not previously deleted.

⁵ Following full liberalisation of the telecommunications market, Singapore's international services market has grown considerably both in diversity of services available as well as in the number of operators offering international telephone services. As Singapore continues to develop as a hub for international voice traffic, including transit and regional traffic in our published statistics will provide a more holistic picture of the vibrancy and growth of the entire international telephone services market in Singapore. For comparison purposes, figures from previous years will also be adjusted accordingly. This change has been applied retroactively from Jan 2001. Furthermore, starting from Jan 2001, traffic from other service providers such as ISR operators has also been included.

⁶ 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.