Singapore - Broadband Market

Synopsis

Already boasting an elaborate Internet network, with around 100% of Internet households having broadband access by 2009 Singapore has certainly not allowed itself to become complacent. The island state remains keen to build on its excellent technology base. The government has continued to maintain a strong commitment to making broadband Internet access widely available to the population and at the same time lifting the quality of the access. Apart from the excellent infrastructure available to support broadband services, the administration and the operators have put a major effort into expanding these services and increasing the ease of access, one such initiative being the Next Generation National Infocomm Infrastructure (Next Gen NII) and the Next Generation National Broadband Network (NGNBN). This report reviews the state of Singapore’s broadband market.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Market overview
  • 2.1 Broadband and Internet statistics
  • 2.2 Role of the Internet in Singapore
• 3. Next Generation National Infocomm Infrastructure (Next Gen NII)
  • 3.1 Planning phase
  • 3.2 Proposal phase
  • 3.3 Network Company (NetCo)
  • 3.4 Operating Company (OpCo)
  • 3.5 Status of development – March 2010
  • 3.6 Analysis – Singapore’s national broadband network – 2009
• 4. Broadband service providers
• 5. Cable modems
• 6. Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
• 7. Powerline broadband
• 8. Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH)
• 9. Wireless broadband
  • 9.1 The Wireless@SG initiative
• 10. Related reports

• Table 1 – Broadband subscribers – 1999 - 2011
• Table 2 – Overview of broadband/household subscribers – January 2010
• Table 3 – Broadband subscribers by sector – January 2010
• Table 4 – Broadband market share – by access type – January 2010
• Table 5 – Overview of Internet market – January 2010
• Table 6 –Internet users – 1996 - 2011
• Table 7 – Internet subscribers – 1997 - 2011
• Table 8 – Registered domain names – May 2009
• Table 9 – Fixed broadband subscribers, annual change, market share by major providers - 2009
• Table 10 – SingTel’s fixed broadband subscribers – 2005 - 2009
• Table 11 – StarHub’s fixed broadband subscribers – 2003 - 2009
• Table 12 – Cable modem subscribers – 2000 - 2010
• Table 13 – DSL subscribers – 2000 - 2010

• Exhibit 1 – Structure of National Broadband Network