Singapore - Key Statistics, Telecommunications Market, Regulatory and Infrastructure Overview

Synopsis

Singapore continues to maintain a strong positive outlook in the country’s telecommunications sector. The island state has built a competitive telecoms market over the past three decades, aided by its geographical location and its excellent infrastructure. It was one of the first countries in the world to have a fully digital telephone network. The World Economic Forum has described Singapore as ‘Asia’s most connected country’, noting that it was leading the region in terms of ICT development. By early 2011 mobile penetration had reached 145%, with 3G customers comprising some two-thirds of the total mobile subscriber base. Singapore’s mobile operators were already looking closely at the long-term evolution (LTE) platform for providing faster mobile broadband internet access into the future. This report looks at the growth of the telecom sector in Singapore and how it has been assisted in its development by the government’s strong commitment to deregulation of the industry. The report also provides an overview of Singapore’s domestic and international infrastructure.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Key statistics
• 3. Country overview
  • 3.1 Background
  • 3.2 Economy
• 4. Telecommunications market
  • 4.1 Overview of Singapore’s telecom market
  • 4.2 Intelligent Nation 2015 (iN2015)
  • 4.3 Next Generation National Infocomm Infrastructure (Next Gen NII)
• 5. Regulatory environment
  • 5.1 Regulatory authority
  • 5.2 Regulatory developments
    • 5.2.1 Service contracts
    • 5.2.2 Changes to Telecom Competition Code
    • 5.2.3 Consumer protection regulations
• 6. Telecommunications infrastructure
  • 6.1 National telecom network
    • 6.1.1 Overview
    • 6.1.2 Fixed-mobile convergence (FMC)
  • 6.2 Next Generation National Infocomm Infrastructure (Next Gen NII)
• 7. International infrastructure
  • 7.1 Submarine cable networks
    • 7.1.1 Overview
    • 7.1.2 Submarine cable systems under construction
  • 7.2 Satellite networks
    • 7.2.1 ST-1/ST-2
    • 7.2.2 Intelsat/Inmarsat
    • 7.2.3 APT Satellite Holdings Ltd (APT)
    • 7.2.4 Globalstar
    • 7.2.5 SES New Skies
• 8. Infrastructure developments
  • 8.1 International services
  • 8.2 IP networks
    • 8.2.1 SingTel
    • 8.2.2 StarHub
    • 8.2.3 The MobileOne Network
• 9. Related reports

• Table 1 – Country statistics – 2011
• Table 3 – Telephone network statistics – March 2011
• Table 4 – Internet user statistics – 2010
• Table 5 – Broadband statistics – May 2011
• Table 6 – Mobile statistics – May 2011
• Table 7 – National telecommunications authorities
• Table 8 – Singapore’s GDP real growth rate – 2006 - 2011
• Table 9 – Fixed-line versus mobile growth – subscribers and penetration – 1998 - 2010
• Table 10 – Fixed lines in service and penetration – 1998 - 2012
• Table 11 – Overview of fixed-line subscribers – March 2011

• Chart 1 – Fixed and mobile subscribers – 1999 - 2010

• Exhibit 1 – A snapshot of the Intelligent Nation 2015 (iN2015) project
• Exhibit 2 – Key regulatory and liberalisation developments – 2000 - 2011
• Exhibit 3 – International submarine cable systems with landing points in Singapore – 2011