Last updated: 15 Apr 2009 Update History
Report Status: Archived
Report Pages: 178
Analyst: Stephen McNamara
Publication Overview
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the trends and developments in telecommunications and digital media markets in
· Key statistics;
· Market and industry overviews;
· Regulatory environment;
· Major players (fixed and mobile);
· Infrastructure;
· Mobile voice and data markets;
· Internet, VoIP, IPTV;
· Broadband (DSL, cable, FttH, wireless);
· Convergence and digital media.
Researcher:- Peter Evans
Current publication date:- April 2009 (15th Edition)
Next publication date:- April 2010
Executive Summary
This report looks at
With strong leadership from its government and good support from its telecom service providers,
Although incumbent SingTel continues to play a major role in the
Some years back
The government’s continuing vigorous support for the ICT sector saw the launch in 2006 of a 10-year Infocomm Master Plan, labelled the Intelligent Nation 2015 (iN2015). The sector regulator IDA announced in April 2008 that S$1 billion (US$725 million) had been allocated by government to support the building and operating of the proposed national broadband network. A comprehensive national optical fibre-based network was set to be part of the so-called Next Generation National Infocomm Infrastructure; the plan also includes a wireless network. According to IDA, the allocated funding was to be split between an operating company (referred to as the OpCo), receiving S$250 million, and a network company (referred to as the NetCo), which was to get S$750 million. NetCo was to lay the optical fibre cables that would form the basis of the network.
Surprisingly, the
· Singapore’s overall mobile telephone penetration is now well over the 100% mark (131% in January 2009) and still increasing.
·
· More than 90% of
· The government has initiated a huge project to build the Next Generation National Infocomm Infrastructure (Next Gen NII), an island-wide broadband network, at an estimated cost of US$1.2 billion.
· Importantly, the Next Gen NII project has been structured to ensure an ‘open system’ with access being available to all operators.
· In a complementary strategy the government has also launched its Wireless@SG project, aimed at covering most of the island with free wireless Internet access.
· Fixed-line telephone services remain remarkably resilient in
Key telecom parameters in
Category |
2008 |
2009 (e) |
Fixed-line services: |
|
|
· Total subscribers |
1.86 million |
1.90 |
· Annual growth (e) |
0% |
0% |
· Fixed-line penetration (population) |
38% |
38% |
· Fixed-line penetration (household) |
98% |
98% |
Broadband Internet:1 |
|
|
· Total subscribers |
4.7 million |
5.9 million |
· Annual growth |
44% |
26% |
· Broadband penetration (population) |
102% |
124% |
· Broadband penetration (household) |
100% |
100% |
Mobile services: |
|
|
· Total subscribers |
6.3 million |
6.6 million |
· Annual growth |
13% |
5% |
· Total 3G subscribers |
2.5 million |
3.0 million |
· 3G as percentage of total mobile |
40% |
45% |
· Mobile penetration (population) |
131% |
136% |
(Source: BuddeComm)
Note: 1In 2007 the IDA changed its methodology to include all forms of wireless broadband resulting in a significant jump in the total broadband subscriber base.
Data in this report is the latest available at the time of preparation and may not be for the current year.
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